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Listen to this beautiful song covered by Xaris Alexiou

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Start date Jun 12, 2022

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blopez34

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Xaris Alexiou does a beautiful rendition of the song Barbagiannakakis. It seems that this video clips from a movie, so if anyone knows where it's from I would really appreciate it. I believe the song was originally written and sung by Andonis Diamantidis but I could be wrong, since many songs have just been passed around. This particular piece is a classic from Asia Minor.

k_tsoukalas

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This is a gorgeous piece! So beautiful and emotional.

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