LYRICS
Η ευτυχία της ζωής / The Joy of Life / La alegría de la vida 21/02/2014
Η ευτυχία της ζωής Η ευτυχία της ζωής είναι εδώ και τώρα μη περιμένεις να τη βρεις όταν περάσει η μπόρα Κάθε σταγόνα της βροχής είναι και μια ευλογία κι η λάμψη κάθε αστραπής μια ξαφνική σοφία που σου ξεπλένουνε τον νου απ’ τ’ άχρηστα τερτίπια ενός πολύπλοκου μυαλού που κρύβει την αλήθεια: Άνεμος φυσά, […]
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MAJNOUN 18/11/2013
(from the album « Echotropia » trad from Persia, lyrics: Stassinopoulou) In the desert’s depths, in castles faraway Age-old secrets buried in the sand Songs forgotten, that celebrate love They say prince Majnoun is still alive Beyond Samarkande, in inns and backyards Wandering troubadours play with seven chords Songs of war echoing in the desert Galloping […]
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Windham Hotel 18/11/2013
(from the album taxidoscopio) Montreal, Canada, July 2000, 21st International Jazz Festival The Windham Hotel is a skyscraper in the center of Montreal, which hosts, every July, the musicians and bands performing at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. In the rooms of the upper floors, all day long musicians can be heard warming up […]
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Vale da Lua 18/11/2013
(from the album taxidoscopio) Chapada Dos Veadeiros, Goias, Central West Brazil, September 2005 They say that this region is a place of energy. Strangely shaped hills rise abruptly above the forests of the savannah. The ground is made of crystals and every stone you lift is transparent and glitters. We follow the footpath to Vale da […]
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Yerevan 18/11/2013
(from the album taxidoscopio) Yerevan, Armenia, April 2005, Invited by the ΑΝΒ avand-guard folk music club Mount Ararat, perpetually snowy, towers above Yerevan. On the cusp of Soviet, European and Asian culture, Armenia is gathering its pieces and stands on its own feet with the help of enlightened Armenian artists and wealthy Armenians of […]
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Sikinos 18/11/2013
(from the album taxidoscopio) Grape harvest on Sikinos Come, catch the moon staring like a white ram from Sikinos’ peek Come, give it to me as a crown and you will get from me a sea kiss The port of Sikinos decked with a necklace of lights and children embraces our celebration quickens our breath […]
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Jaffa 18/11/2013
(from the album taxidoscopio) Tel Aviv, September 1998 Glimmers of peace in the most bloodstained corner of the world … Saturday evening. I gaze at the Mediterranean and the vast beach in front of the coastal highway of Tel Aviv. To the left I can make out Jaffa in the distance. Groups of friends and […]
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BEEHIVES 18/11/2013
(from the album « Echotropia » music: Kalyviotis, lyrics: Stassinopoulou) Beehives and wildflowers made me drunk and I run Dizzied by the buzz I slide in the light and fall down I slide in the light and I fall in the palaces of the sun In the scents of the grass, birds fly in my […]
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DRUMMING FROGS 18/11/2013
(from the album « Echotropia » music: Kalyviotis, lyrics: Stassinopoulou) When coming out of my balcony, to sing my song Birds will chirrup, flowers will bloom And a pale cloud’s gonna start the dance Frogs are drumming Willow trees play tambourine When coming out on my balcony, to sing my song The blowing wind, is […]
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AT THE EDGE OF THE HORIZON 18/11/2013
(from the album « Echotropia » music: Kalyviotis, lyrics: Stassinopoulou) One night I want to drift away to the horizon’s edge To wash myself at dawn, in heaven’s shedding tears One night I want to loose myself in the city’s waste Have ashes for a wedding dress, charcoal for jewels Open your arms, do a […]
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