Sporades Islands

Traditional songs and tunes from the Sporades islands.
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Folk Fables in Song
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosFable Song (Ballad)

A Little Shorty (Skiathos)

  • Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Σκιάθος) ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Skiathos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2006.
Three Black-Eyed Girls
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosCarnival Song, Lampoon

All Day Long I Reaped

  • Όλη μέρα θέριζα ⬥ Carnival satirical song from Skiathos with Thanassis Gkekas. Recorded in 2006.
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosFable Song (Ballad), Ritual Song

Arta’s Βridge

  • Της Άρτας το γεφύρι ⬥ Fable song (ballad), a dance song from Skiathos with Yiorgos Bagiokis. Recorded in 1980.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosFable Song (Ballad), Ritual Song

Arta’s Bridge

  • Της Άρτας το γεφύρι ⬥ Fable song (ballad), a dance song from Skiathos with Yiorgis Tzoumas. Field recording (1975).
St Basil Is Coming (Propontis)
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christmas Carol (Skiathos)

  • Χριστούγεννα, Πρωτούγεννα (Σκιάθου) ⬥ Christmas carol from Skiathos with a children’s choir. Recorded in 2011.
A Wedding Rite
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosWedding SongTable Song

Fortunate Bride

  • Κόρη μου καλορίζικη ⬥ Table wedding song from Skiathos with Vassilis Karkantzos. Recorded in 2008.
Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosLove Song

I See Some Ships Approaching Port

  • Βλέπω καράβια κι έρχονται ⬥ Dance song from Skiathos with little Yiorgos Papadopoulos. Live recording (1998).
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosLove Song

I See Some Ships Approaching Port

  • Βλέπω καράβια κι έρχονται ⬥ Dance song from Skiathos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1980.
I Tread the Earth Gently
  • SongSporades IslandsSkyrosLove Song, Spring SongCouplets

It’s in May the Partridge Sings

  • Το Μάη λαλούν οι πέρδικες ⬥ Love song of spring from Skyros with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2006.
Of Nature and of Love
  • SongSporades IslandsSkyrosLove SongProcessional Tune

January Violet

  • Βιολέτα του Γιονάρη ⬥ Processional song from Skyros with the Domna Samiou Choir. Recorded in 2005.
Of Nature and of Love
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosSad and Plaintive SongTable Song

O Black Dawn, Won’t You Break

  • Δεν ξημερώνεις μαύρη αυγή ⬥ Slow table song from Skiathos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2005.
DRAFT The Doxastikon of the Aposticha, by the nun Kassiani
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosEaster Song, Fable Song (Ballad), Ritual Song

Song of Saint George

(Easter Dance)

  • Το τραγούδι του Αϊ-Γιώργη ⬥ Easter dance song, a fable song from Skiathos with the Domna Samiou Choir. Recorded in 1997.
The Great North Wind Blew
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosSea and Sailors Song

The Great North Wind Blew

  • Ο κυρ Βοριάς εφύσηξε ⬥ Song of the sea and the sailors from Skiathos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2005.
Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
  • SongSporades IslandsSkyrosLove SongCouplets

The Night Endures for Thirteen Hours

  • Η νύχτα ώρες δεκατρείς ⬥ Table, slow love song from Skyros with Domna Samiou. Live recording (1998).
Of Nature and of Love
  • SongSporades IslandsSkyrosLove Song, Sea and Sailors SongCouplets

The Sea Pounds Me

  • Η θάλασσα με δέρνει ⬥ Song from Skyros with the Domna Samiou Choir. Recorded in 2005.
Good Day Brothers (Epiphany Carol from Patmos)
  • SongSporades IslandsSkyrosRitual Song, Saturday of Lazarus CarolCarol

Wake up Lazarus

  • Ξύπνα Λάζαρε ⬥ Saturday of Lazarus carol from Skyros with the Children’s Choir of the High School “Estia Neas Smyrnis”. Recorded in 1974.
Songs of Dame Sea
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosLove Song

We Kissed Each Other in the Night

  • Νύχτα ήταν που φιλιόμαστε ⬥ Love song from Skiathos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2001. 
Of Nature and of Love
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosLove Song

Whoever Saw a Tree of Green

  • Ποιος είδε πράσινο δεντρί ⬥ Dance love song from Skiathos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2005.
Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosAcritic Song

Young Kostantakis

(The Evil Mother-In-Law)

  • Ο Κωσταντάκης ο μικρός ⬥ Acritic song from Skiathos with Katerina Papadopoulou. Recorded in 2004.
A Walk in Sergiani
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosLove SongCouplets

Your Eyes, My Eyes

  • Τα μάτια σου, τα μάτια μου ⬥ Dance song from Skiathos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1986.