Songs of Asia Minor 1

On this LP, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. This LP marked the founding of the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association.

Production: Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association
Year of release: 1984
Type: Digital release, LP

Collaborators

Production team

Domna Samiou (Research, Collection, Musical supervision)Yulie Papatheodorou (Production assistant)

Sound team

Kostas Prikopoulos (Sound engineer)

Singers

Domna Samiou (Ataris, The Young Meliots, Dimitroula, Yioryitsa, )Kleoniki Tzoanaki (Balos from Alatsata, )Maria Karamblaka (Roumbalia, )Yiorgos Kambouriannidis (The Ship Is My House, )Mathios Ventouris (The Widow, )Maria Lazoglou (Karsilamas dance from Marmara, )Elli Gizgi (Karsilamas dance from Marmara, )

Choir

Women’s Group from Nea Erythrea (Attiki) (Balos from Alatsata, )Group from Nea Makri (Attiki) (I Come and You Are Asleep, )Women’s Group from Meli (Megara, Attiki) (Roumbalia, )Choir of the Athletic and Cultural Association ‘Propontis’ (Neos Marmaras, Chalkidiki) (Karsilamas dance from Marmara, )Men’s Group from Neos Marmaras (Chalkidiki) (Selim, )

Musicians

Clarinet

Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (Yioryitsa, Balos from Alatsata, Dimitroula, The Young Meliots, Ataris, Koniali, Karsilamas dance from Marmara, )

Violin

Stathis Koukoularis (Yioryitsa, I Come and You Are Asleep, Violin Solo, The Young Meliots, Koniali, Karsilamas dance from Marmara, )Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis (Balos from Alatsata, Dimitroula, The Widow, Ataris, )

Santur

Tassos Diakogiorgis (Balos from Alatsata, The Widow, The Young Meliots, Ataris, )

Oud

Joanna Andrews (Yioryitsa, Dimitroula, I Come and You Are Asleep, Ataris, )

Lute

Vangelis Koukoularis (Yioryitsa, The Young Meliots, Koniali, )Vassilis Katrakos (Dimitroula, The Widow, Karsilamas dance from Marmara, )Kostas Pitsios (Ataris, )

Goblet drum

Mathios Balabanis (Yioryitsa, Balos from Alatsata, I Come and You Are Asleep, The Widow, The Young Meliots, Karsilamas dance from Marmara, )Yiorgos Gevgelis (Dimitroula, Koniali, )

Spoons

Domna Samiou (Koniali, )

Informant (source of the song)

Kleoniki Tzoanaki (Yioryitsa, Ataris, )Kostas Kounelas (Balos from Alatsata, )Yannis Zikas (Dimitroula, )Marianthy Vagianou (Dimitroula, The Young Meliots, )Nikos Karageorgiou (I Come and You Are Asleep, )Maria Karamblaka (Roumbalia, )Yiorgos Kambouriannidis (The Ship Is My House, )Antonis Marmarinos (Karsilamas dance from Marmara, Selim, )