Music Group 2025-01-16 Greek Music

Above: The Parthenon

Program submitted by Liz, who writes:

In October, 2024, I went on a Greek music tour led by Tangents Radio show host Dore Stein. We attended eleven concerts in seventeen days. I have included links to music from nine of those concerts. Listen to as much or as little as you like; however, for ease of discussion, if you could try to listen to segments of the first two artists (Daulute Trio and Stelios Petrakis), that would give us a jumping off place for our conversation on the 16th.

Thanks for listening! ~Liz

       1. Daulute Trio

A YouTube video of the Daulute Trio performing at a concert in Heraklion, Crete. It is cued to start at the 10:04 mark; please listen to the end of the track, at 14:30.

       2. Stelios Petrakis Trio

(Chania, Crete.) [8:55] The YouTube video is from a WOMEX (Worldwide Music Expo) 2013 performance.

       3. Iliodromio

       Here is Liz's iPhone video.

(Mountain Village amphitheater, Palios Panteleimonas.) [7:56] iPhone video of school choir (you can hear the Balkan influence here) [0:32 – the second one]. The YouTube video is professionally recorded in the same amphitheater setting as the tour concert.

       4. Theodoros Koumarttzis (ancient lyre) and Thanos Stavridis (accordion)

iPhone video [2:31]. Theodoros (the lyre player) gave my group an exquisite tour of the Seikilo Museum of Ancient Music in Thessaloniki.

       5. Ala Rum featuring violinist Sotirios Katsouras

(Ioaninna). iPhone video [8:18].

       6. Livas Trio

(Athens) Featuring percussionist Vagelis Karipis, Taxiarchis Georgtoulis, oud, and Tasos Poulios, kanun.

       7. Sokratis Sinopoulos

(Athens.) [7:55] Listen to the first three minutes or so.

       8. Katerina Papadopoulou

       iPhone video

       9. Banda Jovanica

      Here is Liz's iPhone video.

(Athens.) This was the last concert of the tour and took place in a Greek restaurant. Here’s an iPhone video: [2:58] If you’re interested in a hearing the band in a more controlled environment, and seeing some more Greek dancing, check out this YouTube video, cued to start at [0:52].