Pondiaka Tragoudia

 

ΠΟΝΤΙΑΚΑ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΑ

PONTIC SONGS

Singers : Nikos Ioannidis, Asimakis Andoniadis, Dina Vasiliadou
Lyra : N. Ioannidis

Fidelity, no date, 6484 308

Here we have an example of how Greek popular music has evolved since the 50's or the 60's. It was a tendency in the whole of Greece to bring in instruments from the Western rock and pop music such as electric guitar, synthethizers or drums. Pontic music followed the same way probably in order to sound more ''modern'' and attract young people. It is Pontic music nevertheless with the lyra at its core and singing in a traditional style. Nikos Ioannidis the lyra player and singer was also the composer of the lyrics and music of this album. We can hear an accordion on some tracks and there is an imitation of the tulum by the synthetizer on track A4.
This kind of rendering  is sometime discredited as not traditional or mitigated but this is what people want to hear and has a value musically. This is an LP for the Pontic community without any other consideration than dancing and having fun.

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