Kolida Babo by Kolida Babo 2019

"Kolida Babo is the collaboration between two Greek woodwind musicians from separate regions - Socratis Votskos is from Pella, and Harris P is from Athens. This, their debut album, was recorded in improvised live-take sessions beginning on the night of the “Kolida Babo” folk rituals of music and dance in northern Greece in winter 2013...

The Armenian Duduk that anchors the project is a double-reeded woodwind instrument made of apricot wood with thousands of years of history and generations of venerable masters - the duo cite Djivan Gasparyan as a main influence, and Harris studied with Vahan Galstyan. Traditionally, its music is played in duet: a melody on one duduk, a low drone accompaniment (“the dum”) on another..."

Words by Theodore Leanse

https://kolidababo.bandcamp.com/album/kolida-babo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSLGjUaPa-A&list=PL1-fSd4uV-Nlb6q4zDC_GjIUs5ky-do2l&index=1

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