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Stelios Ioannidis
SCHEDULE VOICE OF GREECE

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 – Grande dames of ‘laiko’: Katerina Stanisi & Mary Marandi | 17.05.2024
Greek Music Express - Grande dames of 'laiko': Katerina Stanisi & Mary Marandi | 17.05.2024
Greek Music Express: Five moments of ‘laiko’ song: The sound of Omonia Square | 08.05.2024
Greek Music Express: Five moments of 'laiko' song: The sound of Omonia Square  | 08.05.2024
Greek Music Express: Religious music for Easter – Stavros Kougioumtzis  | 03 May 2024
George Dalaras and a new voice - Aimilia Kouyoumtzi - interpret the verses by poet George Themelis set to music by Stavros Kouyumtzis. Listening to "Helioscope", it is very difficult to distinguish the elements that are superior in its structure. It is a work of popular music, which is overflowing with...
Greek Music Express: Religious music for Easter – Mimis Plessas and the ‘Kosmas the Aetolian’ oratorio | 01 May 2024
Mimis Plessas and the “Kosmas the Aetolian” oratorio On Holy Wednesday we will be listening to the oratorio Kosmas the Aetolian by Mimi Plessas, with a libretto by Iakovos Avlitis and with Grigoris Valtinos in the role of the well-known monk of the Greek Orthodox Church. "I have always faced wit...
Greek Music Express: Religious music for Easter – Michalis Grigoriou and the “Dark Act” oratorio, part 2 | 30 April 2024
Michalis Grigoriou and the “Dark Act” oratorio, part 2  "I know of course that nowadays "oratorios" that last for one and a half hours are no longer written because the collective symbols that could support them have been lost, and also because the pace of life has accelerated and the limits of ...
Greek Music Express: Religious music for Easter – Michalis Grigoriou and the “Dark Act” oratorio, part 1 | 29 April 2024
Religious music for Easter - Michalis Grigoriou and the “Dark Act” oratorio, part 1  Holy Week aboard GME is full of music that evokes reverence and devotion. Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday are dedicated to the Dark Act, a superb oratorio by Michalis Grigoriou based on the poetry of Tasos Liv...
Greek Music Express: Happy birthday Thanasis Papakonstantinou | 26 April 2024
Tonight, we are celebrating the birthday of probably the most important songwriter of the last three decades in Greece, by focusing on the more experimental moments of his career. Thanasis Papakonstantinou was born on April 26, 1959 and, since 1993 and the release of his first album, he has been constantly...
Greek Music Express: Global Rhythms – Tango | 25 April 2024
Time to celebrate the legacy of tango! UNESCO observes: "The Argentinian and Uruguayan tradition of the Tango, now familiar around the world, was developed by the urban lower classes in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the Rio de la Plata basin. Among this mix of European immigrants to the region, descendants...