Harmolipi (Joyful Sadness) is Apodimi’s 9th album, released in 2023 and marks the band’s 39th birthday which coincides with its 2023 tour of Australia. Apodimi Compania is mainly a concert-stage performance and album recording band that revives and arranges lesser known songs and tunes from the Folk and Rebetika musical traditions of Greece.
‘Mother Send the Doctors Away’ is a track from Apodimi Compania’s album Rebetika: Songs of Greece (1986). It is a Rebetika song from the 1940s, played in a style typical of the genre, with guitar, tzouras and baglama backing the voice.
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Apodimi Compania performed in front of the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaro Mousikis), on February 23, during the recent official visit of the Irish President to Greece.
Α photo (Maxwell Photography) borrowed from the website of the President of the Irish Republic Michael D. Higgins.
Apodimi Compania live at The National Folk Festival – Canberra, Australia, April, 2017. Apodimi play a Traditional Amane.
Yiannis Niarhos (Vocals, Bouzouki), Vangellis Votteas (Fiddle), Manolis Galiatsos (Banjo), Chrysoula Kehayioglou (Percussion) and George Galiatsos (Guitar).
