Dance From Pyrgi

Πυργούσικος

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Region: Eastern Aegean
Area: Chios, Pyrgi
Type: Instrumental
Rhythm: 2 beats
Dance: Local dance
Duration: 02:02

Recording information

Live recording at Panorama Cultural Society, in Athens, in 1990.

Credits

Nikos Oikonomidis

Violin

Kostas Philippidis

Lute

Yiorgos Gevgelis

Goblet drum

Discography

Carnival Songs (LP)
Carnival Songs

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