Eirini Konitopoulou-Legaki
Eirini Konitopoulou-Legaki, one of the greatest voices of the ‘Nisiotika’, was born on the island of Naxos, in a family of musicians. Both her father and her grandfather played the violin and were very familiar with the island music tradition. Together with her brother, Gio...
‘Aegean’ – The soundtrack
All aspects of the album "Aegean" by Vassilis Drogkaris and Manolis Pappos - the melodies, the lyrics, the arrangements, the performances - constitute a reference point for those who seek a return to the real Aegean music tradition, away from distortions and imitations. This ...
Anna Karampesini & Efi Sarri
Sisters Anna Karampesini and Efi Sarri were born in a family of musicians on the island of Kos. From a young age, they started studying and performing the traditional songs of the Dodecanese and, today, this duo is considered unsurpassed as far as this particular genre...
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Omer Faruk Tekbilek is a Turkish musician and composer, who plays a wide range of wind, string, percussion and electronic instruments. He has developed a style that builds on traditional Sufi music, but includes inspiration from ambient electronic musicians. Since 2010, Tekbilek ha...
Sokratis Sinopoulos & Derya Turkan
Socratis and Derya, friends and companions in their musical crossroads for years, carrying on the musical legacy of the kemence masters of Istanbul. Two prominent musicians and virtuosos of our time, inviting us to experience the evolution of kemence and its restored...
Dilek Koc
Dilek Koc was born in Antalya, Turkey but moved to Thessaloniki in 1999. Her personal discography includes the albums Karsi (2004) and Sevdalim Aman (2010), with songs equally loved on both sides of the Aegean. Today we are listening to songs from the wonderful Souvenir de Salonique (2015)...
Okay Temiz
Okay Temiz is a Turkish fusion jazz percussionist and drummer. He was influenced by his mother, who was classically trained in music, and studied at the Ankara Conservatory and Tophane Art Institute before settling in Sweden. He is one of Turkey’s most famous jazz musicians, maintaining a...
Christos Tsiamoulis meets Halil Karaduman
Late Turkish kanun virtuoso Halil Karaduman meets Greek oud player Christos Tsiamoulis in an outstanding recording that serves as the best introduction to this week’s theme: the love of the Greek audience for Turkish musicians. This Greek-Turkish rapprochement i...
From Koufonisi to Asia Minor
Today we focus on two distinct aspects of Nikos Oikonomidis’ contribution: his collaboration with singer Giorgoula from the island of Koufonisi, and his study of the linkages between the islands of Naxos, Paros and Kythnos and the musical heritage of Asia Minor. The latter e...
Passage to Kimolos
A voyage across the music tradition of the island of Kimolos, added to the long and successful “Passages” series of albums, curated by Nikos Oikonomidis. Here comes a tribute to an extremely interesting musical heritage that combines elements of Asia Minor and island tradition and...
Passage to Amorgos
This 2001 album is the first attempt to record the local repertoire of the island of Amorgos – a work that reveals a rich and highly expressive material. Nikos Oikonomidis goes beyond his role as a musician, studying thoroughly the music body of the island and delving into the t...
Passage to Kythira
A very special album for a very special island that lies opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. Here, Nikos Oikonomidis mobilises important female singers like Mariza Koch and Katerina Papadopoulou, in a 1991 recording that registers the rich music heritage...
Passage to Chios
The week that starts today is dedicated to songs and music from the islands, curated by the master of “nisiotika”, violin soloist Nikos Oikonomidis. Our first stop: the island of Chios and the magnificent music of its villages, from Volissos to Pyrgi and Mesta. Singer Kyriaki Spanou, Oik...
Giannis Poulopoulos sings immigration songs
The songs of today’s GME are mostly taken from the album “The songs of foreign lands”, which was released in 1976. This unjustifiably forgotten collection was composed by Giorgos Katsaros, written by Dimitris Iatropoulos and performed by Giannis Poulopoulos.
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Foreign lands in rembetiko songs
This is a rare collection of rebetiko songs created from the 1930s and the mid-1950s, which talk about the harsh realities of immigration
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«Δε φοβούμαι βρε μαγκίτη και θα φύγω απ' την Αθήνα / στην Αμερική θα πάω πώς να σου το ειπώ / μέσα στον ουρανο...
Haris Alexiou’s “Immigration Songs”
The album “Immigration Songs” is unique in many respects: it contains performances by Greece’s top art-folk singer, Haris Alexiou; the songs had been recorded by 1987 but the album was eventually released in 2020; and there are not many collections with such a spec...
‘Immigrants’ by Giannis Markopoulos
The 1974 album “Immigrants”, composed by Giannis Markopoulos and written by George Skourtis, defined an entire era of Greek song, when it was replete with social and political messages. Markopoulos described the album as “A cycle of songs, a bitter tribute by the co...
Domna Samiou’ “Far away from home” songs
The week that starts today is dedicated to immigration and to the memory of all those immigrants and refugees who have died trying to cross the Mediterranean, including all those hundreds who perished at the Pylos migrant boat disaster on June 14, 2023. We st...
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