On Sunday March 24th, 2024, at 12:00 Athens time, the show “Our Town” will make a small tribute to the lyricist Giannis Lelakis.
One of the most important lyricists of our country, who was sung, loved but also wronged, Giannis Lelakis managed with his great lyrics to motivate composers and performers to ...
Anna Prokova
Anna Prokova is a translator and journalist, specializing in cultural reporting. She has a master's degree in film theory, a love affair with music and she likes to wander, in every possible way. She's a city child, with a soft spot for garage rock and songs about the moon. She oscillates between auteur cinema and cult horror films, perfectionism and impulsiveness, collective excitement and subjective melancholy.
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Piraeus, October 16th, 1962. The time was about 8 o'clock in the morning. A 19-year-old boy walks down the steps of a house at 104 Sahtouris Street, in Santa Claus. The day before they had come as a family from his island, Amorgos, to his aunt's house in Piraeus. He has decided,...
The Perfect Soundtracks of Wim Wenders
''An old ship tale'' by Gabriel Panagiosoulis
In the Indian Ocean, from the Cape of Good Hope.
They knew it was rotten, they knew the engine wasn't working, they knew we wouldn't come back, but after we were splashed by the sacred waters of the Ganges River, we were spared.
It...
_ Η πόλη μας το βράδυ του Σαββάτου αλλάζει όψηΤρελαίνει και τρελαίνεται σε κάθε εποχή _ _tracklist The Isley Brothers – Ohio/Machine Gun David Bowie – Amsterdam Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London Natalie Merchant – Portofino Foxygen – San Francisco Gilbert Bécaud – Nathalie Mansfield TYA – Petite Italie They Might Be Giants – Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Τάνια Τσανακλίδου – Tarantela Devendra Banhart – Santa Maria de Feira Ryan Adams – New York, New York Rykarda Parasol – Texas Midnight Radio Σπύρος Σακκάς- Αχ Παπουαλίλη Lilipoupoli Orchestra – Tώρα που πας κι εσύ στη Λιλιπούπολη
_ Η πόλη μας το βράδυ του Σαββάτου αλλάζει όψηΤρελαίνει και τρελαίνεται σε κάθε εποχή _ _tracklist The Isley Brothers – Ohio/Machine Gun David Bowie – Amsterdam Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London Natalie Merchant – Portofino Foxygen – San Francisco Gilbert Bécaud – Nathalie Mansfield TYA – Petite Italie They Might Be Giants – Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Τάνια Τσανακλίδου – Tarantela Devendra Banhart – Santa Maria de Feira Ryan Adams – New York, New York Rykarda Parasol – Texas Midnight Radio Σπύρος Σακκάς- Αχ Παπουαλίλη Lilipoupoli Orchestra – Tώρα που πας κι εσύ στη Λιλιπούπολη
In January 2024, the show "My Wandering Heart" on Voice of Greece, launched a tribute to songs about cities. An approach to urban space through music, or simply an opportunity for wanderings all over the world through carefully selected music. All good things come to an end, and so does the show's 'city...
_ Η πόλη μας το βράδυ του Σαββάτου αλλάζει όψηΤρελαίνει και τρελαίνεται σε κάθε εποχή _ _tracklist The Isley Brothers – Ohio/Machine Gun David Bowie – Amsterdam Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London Natalie Merchant – Portofino Foxygen – San Francisco Gilbert Bécaud – Nathalie Mansfield TYA – Petite Italie They Might Be Giants – Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Τάνια Τσανακλίδου – Tarantela Devendra Banhart – Santa Maria de Feira Ryan Adams – New York, New York Rykarda Parasol – Texas Midnight Radio Σπύρος Σακκάς- Αχ Παπουαλίλη Lilipoupoli Orchestra – Tώρα που πας κι εσύ στη Λιλιπούπολη
Our good friend Mrs Katy Raouzaiou from Syros, daughter and mother of a sailor,sent us the following story about EIP, the AM band,the dedications to our sailors there on the ships they sail.The narrator is a beloved close relative of hers.
Thank you very much, Mrs Raouzaiou!
«''The ...
_ Η πόλη μας το βράδυ του Σαββάτου αλλάζει όψηΤρελαίνει και τρελαίνεται σε κάθε εποχή _ _tracklist The Isley Brothers – Ohio/Machine Gun David Bowie – Amsterdam Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London Natalie Merchant – Portofino Foxygen – San Francisco Gilbert Bécaud – Nathalie Mansfield TYA – Petite Italie They Might Be Giants – Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Τάνια Τσανακλίδου – Tarantela Devendra Banhart – Santa Maria de Feira Ryan Adams – New York, New York Rykarda Parasol – Texas Midnight Radio Σπύρος Σακκάς- Αχ Παπουαλίλη Lilipoupoli Orchestra – Tώρα που πας κι εσύ στη Λιλιπούπολη
The following video was sent to us by Captain Davli Tuning. He writes to us: ”I am a sailor, Captain in rank, in active duty since 2003. I remember the times when all Greeks we would gather on the bridge to listen to you.” The video was taken on January 23rd, 2024 at 18:00 at sea heading from the Atlantic to the south. Fair Winds and Following Seas, Captain!
_ City Songs #5 _
Η πόλη μας το βράδυ του Σαββάτου αλλάζει όψηΤρελαίνει και τρελαίνεται σε κάθε εποχή
The tribute of the show ''My Wandering Heart'' to the cities of the world continues on Voice of Greece. Each time with different cities, as an excuse for musical wanderings.
Produced an...
Captain Kostas Sokos has written poems about ships, life, and the sea.The following poem , ''Life's Long Journey'', is one of them. We would like to thank him for sharing it with Voice of Greece.Fair Winds and Following Seas, captan!
ΤΟ ΤΑΞΙΔΙ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΗΣ (LIFE'S LONG JOURNEY)
Είν΄ η ζωή ένα ταξίδι μ...
_City Songs #4 _
I live in a town called Millhaven,And it's small and it's mean and it's cold,But if you come around just as the sun goes downYou can watch the whole thing turn to gold
Produced and presented by Anna ProkovaSound editing: Nikos Savorginakis
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Mark Lanegan...
_City Songs #3_
Meet me in the eveningFor a kiss in Taksim SquareDrink and kissWhat could be more civilized?
Produced and presented by Anna ProkovaSound editing: Nikos Savorginakis
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Simon & Garfunkel - Somewhere they can't find meBrigitte Fontaine - Rue Saint Louis...
"Let man know that man can!"
The Atlantis expedition, "Expedición Atlantis", is the name given to the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean carried out by five Argentines in 1984, departing from the port of Tenerife in the Canary Islands and arriving 52 days later in La Guaira in Venezuela on a precarious ...
The following video was sent to the Voice of Greece by Captain Giannis Kougioumtzoglou. It was taken on M/V MONTECRISTO in January 2021 in the North Aegean, with south winds at 8 Beaufort. The 170.00 ton ship was carrying iron ore and was coming from the port of Yuzny in Ukraine. His destination was China’s Qingdao via the Suez Canal.
_ City Songs #2_
Φεύγω gια το Σαντιάγο / κι όποιον θέλει ας πάρει ο Χάρος
Produced and presented by Anna ProkovaSound editing: Nikos Savorginakis
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WITCH - Home ΤowWITCH - Α Strange DreaMulatu Astatke - MotherlandAndrew Bird - PlasticitiesElizab...
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