In the tradition of Patrick Leigh Fermor & Geoff Dyer, a Grammy-winning producer discovers a powerful & ancient folk music tradition. In a dark record shop in Istanbul, Christopher King uncovered some of the strangest & most hypnotic sounds he had ever heard. The 78s seemed to tap into a primal well of emotion inaccessible to contemporary music. The songs, King learned, were from Epirus, an area straddling southern Albania & northwestern Greece & boasting a folk tradition extending back to the pre-Homeric era. Lament from Epirus is an unforgettable journey into a musical obsession which follows a genre back to the roots of song itself. As King hunts for traces of two long-lost virtuosos, he tells the story of the Roma people who pioneered Epirotic folk music & whose descendants continue the tradition today. His journey becomes an investigation into song & dance`s role as a means of spiritual healing & what this may reveal about music`s original purpose.