Andonis Dalgás's lyrics & chords

Αντώνης Διαμαντίδης (Νταλγάς), Andonis Diamandis, a.k.a. Dalgas, which means sorrow, was born in Istanbul in 1892. He is one of the great singers who settled in Athens, after the 1922 Asia Minor Catastrophe and performed in the Smyrneiko Style. His songs are mostly amanedes, slow mournful songs based on two verses, in which the singer improvises in an elaborate style using the arab-persian modes called macam (such as hedjaz, kiourdini, etc.). The bands he played with were mostly smyrneiko bands, with violin, sandouri or...read more