Greece: Vocal Monodies/ Various - Greece: Vocal Monodies Fulfilled By AEC Thee Sinseers

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everything flowed so easily: sometimesI've felt an internal pressure to come up with a sound no one's heard before

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his mute daughter

Greece: Vocal Monodies/ Various - Greece: Vocal Monodies Fulfilled By AEC Thee SinseersDimitras Kukas, familiarly known as Barba Mitsos ("Uncle Mitsos"), sang and composed these unaccompanied songs. Born at the end of the 19th century on the island of Syros, Kukas grew up in Mykonos, and until his death in 1980 was one of the last performers of this Greek oral tradition. While Kukas' songs are original compositions, he comments, "I keep the tradition of my father and grandfather, who sang this sort of song when I was a child." Kukas