In a garage in New Port Richey, two old friends create lyras and laoutos, stringed instruments that vibrate with the music of their native Crete. Konstantinos Maris of New Port Richey, 58, plays lyra, ...
Smithsonian Folkways: SFW 40437 (on container: SFW CD 40437). Compact disc. Program notes by Tullia Magrini and Roberto Leydi, lyrics with English translations, and bibliography and discography (32 p.
If you’re born a Xylouris, there’s really only two ways you can go. You either embrace your destiny and pick up a musical instrument, or you reject it out of hand, and do anything but. For siblings ...