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Hercules Economou

Hercules Economou is split between Ermoupoli, in Syros island, and Athens, and between music, journalism, and political science. He holds a Ph.D. in International Politics from the Aberystwyth University of Wales. He has edited the publication Θάνος Μικρούτσικος - Κυνηγώντας την Ουτοπία (Thanos Mikroutsikos - Chasing Utopia, Metronomos editions, 2023) and co-edited the autobiographical essay Manos Eleftheriou: Malamatenia Logia (with Manos Aravanis, Metaixmio Publications, 2021) and Ο Πουλαντζάς Σήμερα (Poulantzas Today, with C. Golemis, Nissos Academic Publishing, 2012). His English-language radio show Greek Music Express, broadcasting on the Voice of Greece, showcases the work of acclaimed Greek songwriters, lyricists and performers.
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Greek Music Express: Farewell to Dionysis Savvopoulos with his live recordings | 22.10.2025
The great Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos has died. Le grand auteur-compositeur grec Dionysis Savvopoulos est décédé. Der große griechische Singer-Songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos ist gestorben. È morto il grande cantautore greco Dionysis Savvopoulos. De grote Griekse zanger-songwriter Dion...
Greek Music Express: 100 years Manos Hadjidakis, part part 2: Four divas sing his songs | 21.10.2025
Savina Giannatou, Aliki Kagialoglou, Nena Venetsanou, Maria Farantouri. Today’s GME showcases the encounter of Manos Hadjidakis with four of Greece’s greatest female vocalists. With their exquisite voices, they became global ambassadors of his art. 100 χρόνια Μάνος Χατζιδάκις, μέρος 2ο: Τέσσερις ντίβε...
Greek Music Express: 100 years Manos Hadjidakis, part 1: Songs and music for theater | 20.10.2025
100 years Manos Hadjidakis, 100 years with his presence, his melodies, his critical thinking. Obviously, the entire week here aboard GME, The Voice of Greece’s daily English-speaking broadcast, is dedicated to our great composer. Today, Monday 20.10, we begin with songs and melodies that he wrote f...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Happy Birthday, Haris & Panos Katsimichas | 20 Oct. 2025
On 19 October, the two leading twin singer-songwriters celebrate their birthday—two creators whose sensitivity has left a lasting mark on generations of perpetually young listeners. Tonight, we approach their work through the lens of space: cities and their corners, islands, places, rooms, cafés, pr...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: New Folk Songwriters | 19 Oct. 2025
Today, we travel through the work of a new generation of artists who draw inspiration from the folk muse, carrying into the present the aesthetics and ethos of the past. From Kantinelia to Vasilis Korakakis and Giorgos Papantonis, from Dimitris Bakoulis to Ilias Mastoris and Dimitris Psarras. Produced...
Greek Music Express: Greek goddesses in concert 5: From Anastasia Moutsatsou to Eleni Tsaligopoulou | 17.10.2025
From Eleni’s song with wings to Anastasia’s crazy dreams, from Alkistis’ admissions to Eleftheria’s red dress, from Giota’s white and red boats to Haroula’s night in need of love, these are some of our greatest songs recorded live by the crème-de-la-crème of female vocalists. Their recordings carry all the...
Greek Music Express: Greek goddesses in concert 4: From Melina Kana to Afendoula Razeli | 16.10.2025
Versatile repertoires, expressive voices, rare sensitivity, unique skill and talent - these are the ingredients utilised by our country’s greatest voices to realize the magical recipe of Greek song. And when all these ingredients are brought on stage, to live concerts and recordings, then a real artistic e...
Greek Music Express: Greek goddesses in concert 3: From Marinella to Mario | 15.10.2025
Marinella wants me again tonight; Tsanaklidou asks for my company; and Alexiou thinks that I am as hot as fire. Hard to not feel uplifted by the sentimental calls of the goddesses of Greek song, even if they are steeped into some of the most melancholic melodies. Contradiction and synthesis are, after...
Greek Music Express: Greek goddesses in concert 2: From Dimitra Galani to Tania Tsanaklidou | 14.10.2025
Haroula, Eleftheria and Dimitra. Tania, Anastasia and Elli. Melina, Pitsa and Poly. Our many voices and memories, our very own modern goddesses. With all the spontaneity and expressiveness that accompany a live concert. Ελληνίδες θεές, ζωντανά 2: Από τη Γαλάνη στην Τσανακλίδου Χαρούλα, Ελευθερία ...
Greek Music Express: Greek goddesses in concert 1: From Eleni Vitali to Elli Paspala | 13.10.2025
Throughout the week that starts today, we shall be enjoying the live recordings of my favourite female voices. This means that we will be listening to the most talented ladies of Greek song – from Eleni Tsaligopoulou to Lizetta Kalimeri and from Melina Aslanidou to Martha Frintzila - while experiencing a...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: 97 Years with Domna Samiou | 13 Oct. 2025
On 12 October 1928, a towering figure of Greek folk music was born—Domna Samiou, who, as both a singer and a musicologist, played a decisive role in the preservation and dissemination of traditional song. The meeting point for tonight’s journey: 97 years with Domna Samiou—celebrated by listening to se...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Danae Panagiotopoulou, Alexandros Emmanouilidis, Leonidas Maridakis | 12 Oct. 2025
Today, we return to the thoughts and songs of three songwriters who are especially dear to me. What brought them to the fore? Strong melodic instinct, intelligent lyrics, and a clear social and political dimension to their art. The meeting point for tonight’s journey: Danae Panagiotopoulou, Leonidas M...
Greek Music Express: Fragments of Greek rock V: The “Magiko Votani” collection | 10.10.2025
Throughout the week that ends today, we have been listening to the sheer force and dynamism of Greek rock, and today we return to an important 1994 collection with some of the most prominent rock and punk bands of that era. Erevos, Diafana Krina, Arnakia, Stigma ‘90, Giorgos Tsigos and the Black Circles, P...
Greek Music Express: Fragments of Greek rock IV: The mega-bands of the 1990s | 09.10.2025
Today, we continue our tribute to Greek rock with some exquisite artists and songs that belong to the period from the end of the 1980s to the mid-1990s. These are primarily the years of the mega- bands, from Trypes to Ypogeia Revmata and from Mora sti Fotia to Xylina Spathia and Magic de Spell. And...
Greek Music Express: Fragments of Greek rock III: The raw side | 08.10.2025
Today, part 3 of our week-long tribute to the crème-de-la-crème of Greek rock takes us to the more raw, hardcore and punk side of things formulated mostly in the 80s and early 90s. Some of the legendary names of our track list? Stress, Anti, Horis Perideraio, Morel, Metro Decay, Panx Romana, Ektos E...
Greek Music Express: Fragments of Greek rock II: The peak of the 1980s | 07.10.2025
Today, we continue our tribute to Greek rock with some renowned artists who belong to the peak of Greek rock in the 1980s. Lakis Papadopoulos, Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Tzimis Panousis, Fatme, Katsimiha brothers, Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Vaggelis Germanos, Nikos Ziogalas – this is not merely a current o...
Greek Music Express: Fragments of Greek rock I: The pioneers of the 1970s | 06.10.2025
Throughout the week that starts today, we shall be mapping the evolution of Greek rock and today we shall be celebrating the pioneers of the 1970s. This is a week-long tribute to the crème-de-la-crème of Greek rock - its innovative sound, profound meanings and unique atmospheres. From Savvopoulos t...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Τhe jazz side of Mimis Plessas | 08 Oct. 2025
On 5 October, one year has passed since the loss of a towering composer. Mimis Plessas is regarded as a pioneer of jazz expression in Greece, at a time when this music was still viewed with skepticism in the country. Greece Goes Modern, The Mimis Plessas Quartet, 40 Years of Jazz, Three Generations...