Jeg rotet meg bort i YouTube igjen! Han som mailet meg om greske kantadika i går, fikk meg til å søke på kantida, og dagens første sang kom opp. Et nydelig glimt av hvordan det var, og forhåpentlig fremdeles er. Håper du synes den er like nydelig som jeg.

De 2 første grekere jeg ble kjent var brødrene Kåstas og Jårgås, de tok imot Gullivere på Skiathos fra 1980 og mange år fremover.
De ble The Greek Conncetion reisebyrå, og de ble mine venner.
Skopelítissa er tilegnet Jårgås, for alt han ga oss og hva han lot oss få oppleve i hans "Skiathiske Verden" - han døde dessverre så altfor tidlig i 1995, bare 35 år gammel.

Hva jeg vil frem til er at Jårgås var den som fikk meg til å få dilla på gresk musikk. Han var et samlingspungt og jeg vet ikke hvor mange ganger vi satt en gjeng av hans venner på Skiathos, så begynte de å synge, gitarer og bouzoukier kom frem,
og vi sang resten av natten, nordmenn som grekere.

En kveld på Jimmys Bar (eksisterer den ennå?) var det helt magisk.
Våre nye, unge reiseledere var ikke så interessert, og de fortalte meg etterpå at de synes jeg var veldig rar da jeg sa; "Dette må dere lytte til, dette må dere se, dette er noe som dere kanskje aldri vil få oppleve igjen!"

Her på Skopelos har vi mange flotte musikkere, og det skjer at pluttselig en kveld er det levende sang og musikk, men hvor og når?

Kostas Kalafatis synger og spiller hos Annas hver lørdag kveld.

Flere ganger i det siste har det vært levende musikk og sang på Molos taverna.

På Anatoli, oppe på gamle Kastro, (åpent somregel juli og august, avhengig av været) er det levende musikk så og si hver kveld.
Anatolis eier er en av landets store bouzoukispillere, Jårgås Sidaris,
- artig når jeg ser ham på et musikkprogram på TV.
Hans 2 sønner har arvet hans anlegg, ofte spiller de også på Ouzeriet, - de er skikkelig flinke dansere også.

I got lost in YouTube again! He who mailed me about Greek kantadika yesterday, got me to surch YouTube and todays first song got up.
A lovely glimpse of the way it was, and hopefully still is.
Hope you like it as much as I do.

The two first Greeks I got to know was the brothers Kostas and Giorgo, they received all the Norwegians who came to Skiathos from 1980 and for many years.
They became The Greek Connection travel agency, and became my friends. Skopelítissa is dedicated to Giorgos, because of what he gave us and what he let us experience in his "Skiathos World"
- unfortunately he died too early in 1995, just 35 years old.

What I am trying to tell is that Giorgos was the one responsible for me falling in love with Greek music.
He was the connecting center and I do not how many times we were a bunch of his friends somewhere in Skiathos, they started to sing, the guitars and bouzoukis came out, and we were singing the rest of the night.

One night at Jimmys Bar (does it still exist?) it was just magic. Our new, young tour guides was not much interested, and they told me afterwards that they thought that I was a bit mad when I told them;
"You have to listen to this,
you have to see this, this is something that maybe you never
will experience again!"

Here on Skopelos we have many excellent musicians, and it happens suddenly live music and song, but where and when?

Kostas Kalafatis sings and plays guitar at Annas every Saturday.

Many times lately they have had a happening of live music in Molos.

At Anatoli up at Old Kastro (open mostly July and August, weather-permitted) there is live
 music most night.
Anatolis`s owner is one of the countries big bouzouki players, Giorgos Sidaris,
- fun when I sometimes see him at music program on TV.
His to sons are good at music as well, many times they play at the ouzeri too, - they are good dancers as well.

Se og hør på dagens YouTube og drøm om en kveld i Hellas ...

See and listen to todays YouTube and dream of a night in Greece ...

Marios Tokas has worked with some of the most famous Greek singers. Dimitris Mitropanos, Constantina, Yiannis Parios, Aleka Kanellidou, Charis Alexiou, Dimitra Galani, Dionisis Theodosis, Katerina Kouka, Antonis Kalogiannis and Manolis Mitsias are just a few of them.
He always offered free of charge concerts every summer in his native Cyprus, for all the 18year olds that were going for their 26 month compulsory service in the National Guard. Marios Tokas was a superb composer and his work includes religious albums, folk albums,
soundtracks to television shows, and pure Greek music.

His last work was the official anthem of the
Cyprus University of Technology.

On 27 April, 2008, Tokas died of cancer in Athens. Cypriot president Dimitris Christofias had visited him in the hospital towards the end of his life. He was buried in Athens' First cemetery."

Marios Tokas ( O Agnooumenos ) Singing

agnooúmenoV  - missing

(referring, I think, to all those still missing after the occupation
of Cyprus in 1974.)

Η ΔΙΚΗ ΜΟΥ Η ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ ΠΟΛΥΜΝΙΑ ΠΡΟΒΑΔΟΥ

"PEOPLE SAY A MAN SHOULD LOVE HIS COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHAT MY FATHER OFTEN TELLS ME!!!
BUT MY COUNTRY (CYPRUS) IS SEPARATED IN TWO...
WHICH OF THE TWO PARTS SHOULD I LOVE???"

Beautiful poem by Neşe Yaşın
with matching music by the late Marios Tokas.

Kalo taksidi Marie 

Kalo Taxídi Marie

Sorry many links today, but I just had to!