Δόμνα Σαμίου has been played on NTS in shows including Open Hand Real Flames , featured first on 23 November 2022. Songs played include Paidushka.

Δόμνα Σαμίου {Domna Samiou} (1928-2012) was a Greek musicologist, educator, and singer.

Samiou's mother had fled to Greece from Turkey in 1922, her husband having been taken prisoner of war; each thought the other dead, but they were reunited after he was released in 1924. Domna Samiou was born in a refugee camp in Kesariani, Athens. Despite their deep poverty, the family used to sing around the stove on winter nights.

Having been brought up with the music known as Smyrneika…