Folk music by the Pontic Greeks.
Music by Greeks who lived in the Pontus area and emigrated to Greece after 1920. The Pontus is an area located at the southeastern banks of the Black Sea approximately 700 kilometres long, and an inland distance of 60 to 80 kilometres. The historic Greeks called it Pontos Axeinos, which means something along the lines of inhospitable sea. 
We play some recordings made by German musicologist Christian Ahrends at various villages in North Greece in the early seventies. The recordings were released on an LP under the Museum Collection Berlin (MC5) label. The pieces of music are discussed at length in this programme.
Near the end of the programme, music by the Pontic Greeks made in the village of Jerissos, located on the Macedonian peninsula of Chalkidike.
LP SDNM 109.
