Paul Voudouris

About Paul Voudouris

Paul Voudouris is a singer, songwriter, and keyboard artist with thirty releases to his credit, a devoted following, critical acclaim, and a personal history that can only be called improbable. Born in Libya in 1956 to a Greek mother and a Greek-American father, Voudouris teamed up with Wisconsin-born musician Chris Spheeris in the 1970s, and the duo became all the rage on the concert circuit, with a unique fusion of new age and pop romanticism. The AllMusic Guide declared the duo had “set standards in new age music circles,” and the two partners recorded a benefit album with luminaries such as Yanni and Vangelis. Then, in the mid-1980s, the duo split up to sign individual record deals – Spheeris with CBS, and Voudouris with EMI. Ill at ease in the world of the major label, Voudouris soon ended his contract and went back to recording independently. And he took to the road. He spent seven years in Sedona, Arizona, before ending up in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he has lived for the past 27 years. For a time, he toured and recorded fellow musician (and neighbor) Doc Severinsen. Along the way, he created 28 albums of original compositions, became a Feldenkrais practitioner, and – quite seriously – a designer and vendor of luxury flyswatters.