On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we celebrate with songs of female empowerment and strength.
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On this episode, we return to the art of painting and to a leading Greek painter, exploring the album covers he created for records by major composers. Our meeting point for this journey: the painter Giorgos Stathopoulos.
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On this episode, we dive into the magical world of photography and explore a wide range of songs and emotions connected to this remarkable art form. Our meeting point for tonight’s journey: Photography in Song.
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Today, we remember a painful moment and a charged date: Tempi, 28 February 2023 — 57 dead, “let’s go and see where it leads.”Our meeting point for tonight’s journey: Songs about trains.
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Today, we celebrate Carnival with unexpected songs that contain references to it, without necessarily being festive, upbeat, or overtly cheerful.
“I have no mask to wander through this carnival / only a net to gather the sea’s cunning / and the wealth of silence.”
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Today, we remember a great Greek poet who passed away on 22 February 2020. And we do so with the help of major composers such as Sfetsas, Mikroutsikos, Kazantzis, Ganotis, and Xanthoulis.
Our meeting point for tonight’s journey: Kiki Dimoula set to music.
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Today, we turn our attention to a remarkable artist, prompted by a remarkable book — Kostas Bezos and the study by Dimitris Kourtis, “Let’s Go to Honolulu,” published by Aiolos Editions.
Our meeting point for tonight’s journey: the significant and mysterious Kostas Bezos.
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“And as the rain would fall, imagine all the lovers gathered on a tin roof — and above them God with Saint Valentine: I love you and I won’t give you up to anyone.”
Tonight at midnight we fall in love, we part, we reunite. We go, we come, we depart, we return — together and alone, yet always in each o...
Today, we return to the source — and when we speak of the source of the Greek song, we think of Markos, of Ermoupoli, of Piraeus, of rebetiko, and of eyelashes that shine.
Our meeting point for tonight’s journey: 54 years without Markos Vamvakaris.
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On the anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Thomas More (1478–1535), we celebrate his timeless work “Utopia.” At the same time, we explore the very idea of utopia and the search for a radically different world.
Our meeting point for tonight’s journey: Thomas More’s Utopia, and songs of utopia...
The use of musical motifs borrowed from Latin America demonstrates that Greek song has long been — and continues to be — a living organism, a lens that magnifies the realities of its time. In other words, Greek song is an open and welcoming art form. As its raw material, it has never hesitated to dra...
Today we shed light on the rich and far-reaching presence of Latin America in Greek song. Our focus is not so much on the portrayal of Latin America as an exotic destination, nor on the stylistic influence of Latin songs on melody and form, but rather on references to the region as a symbol of resistance...
The end of our week-long tribute to the first half of the 2000s takes us to the exotic universe of Stamatis Spanoudakis, the unique harmonies of Trifono, the folk melancholy of Orfeas Peridis, the reggae carefreeness of Locomondo.
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From Kore.Ydro to Sigmatropic and from Dimitris Papadimitriou to Evanthia Reboutsika, the yield of 2003 carries an interesting blend of innovation and melodiousness. Art song, rock ballad, music for films, bright moments of a variety of genres that carry the thrust from the end of the 20th century.
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Singer-songwriters such as Sokratis and Thanasis? Rock mega-bands such as Ypogeia Revmata? Ethnic priestesses such as Kristi Stasinopoulou? Masters of melody such as Stavros Lantsias? 2002 had it all.
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The cosmopolitanism of Savina Yannatou meets the robustness of Dimitris Mitropanos, the I provisation of Mode Plagal coexists with the folk immediacy of Mario, the dark narrations of Loudovikos ton Anogion goes hand-in-hand with the protest spirit of Miltos Pashalidis. 2001 - One more year in the life...
Today, and throughout the rest of the week, we are exploring the first half of a fascinating decade, the 2000s, and the music that was produced back then in Greece. Our destination: Music released in the year 2000.
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On this episode, we return to the orchestral of a much-loved composer who passed away on this day, 28 December 2019. We do so by listening to distinctive musical works created without lyrics, allowing the music itself to speak. Along the way, we share reflections by fellow composers and scholars who contribute to the volume Thanos Mikroutsikos: Chasing Utopia, published by Metronomos. Our meeting point for this evening’s journey: Thanos Mikroutsikos—without words. Produced and presented by Hercules Economou
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