Domna Samiou

Balkan, Greece · fewer than 10,000 listeners

Genres: Balkan, Folk, World

Bio

Domna Samiou (Δόμνα Σαμίου), born in 1928, in Athens, Greece, is a Greek musicologist, educator, and singer. Samiou’s mother fled to Greece from Turkey in 1922, her husband having been taken prisoner of war; each thought the other dead, but they were reunited after he was released in 1924. Domna Samiou was born in a refugee camp in Kesariani, Athens. Despite their deep poverty, the family used to sing around the stove on winter nights.

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Latest release

Τα Αποκριάτικα με τη Δόμνα στη Θεσσαλονίκη (Live) (2024)

Top tracks

  1. Κουρσάρικο (Φούρνοι)
  2. Κοντούλα Λεμονιά (Ήπειρος) [feat. Μιχάλης Ζάμπας]
  3. Δεν Ξημερώνεις Μαύρη Αυγή (Σκιάθος)

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