Hercules Economou

“What can I write about you, my Michalis…? What should I remember first, how should I say goodbye to you? No matter what I write, it will be insufficient. You will always be here, in my thoughts, with the precious words that you entrusted me with binding us forever. Today we say goodbye to a great poe...

Vocalist Vasilis Lekkas underlines the following about the recording of the 1996 album Asikiko Poulaki: "I tried to keep a very discreet distance from Mikis. I was not flattered by the fact that I had to sing Theodorakis and that I was given the opportunity to do so. We had very nice conversations before...

We continue our tribute to poet Michalis Ganas and his contribution to Greek music by focusing on his collaboration with two grand female vocalists: smooth jazz lady Elli Paspala and folk diva Natasa Theodoridou. Most of the songs that marked the encounter of Ganas with these two renowned singers were...

The week that starts today here at GME is dedicated to the songs written by a distinguished poet who sadly passed on November 12. Today, we will be exploring his collaborations with three outstanding composers that produced some fascinating modern folk songs. Award-winning poet and lyricist Michalis...

Stavros Logaridis, who passed away two years ago at the age of 69, was a much-loved creator. Songwriter and composer, Logaridis was a very talented man – and as often happens with people of many talents, somewhere his course and path in musical things was not aligned with his potential, as it should h...

George Theodorakis, son of Mikis, recorded several compositions that belong to the heart of Greek electronic music. Indeed, music critics have described him as ‘perhaps the most interesting and accomplished electronic music composer’ in the country. Influenced by Pink Floyd, among others, George suc...

Thesia Panagiotou, Thymios Papadopoulos, Alexandros Hahalis Thesia Panagiotou: First Prize for Best Soundtrack at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, 1989, for Oh Babylon, directed by Costas Feris. First Prize for Best Soundtrack at the Ankara Film Festival, 1992, for Seni seviyorum Rosa, directed by...

The week that starts today here at GME is dedicated to some key figures of electronic music in Greece. Composer and pianist Lena Platonos is definitely one of them. Thanks to her pioneering albums in the mid-1980s (Sun Masks, Gallop, Lepidoptera), Lena is rightfully considered a highly influential artist...

The week that ends today here at GME was dedicated to the bands of the Greek underground – the groups of friends that shaped a new, heavy and dynamic rock sound away from the mainstream of the recording establishment. Today, we will be listening to the …angry melodies of an unconventional artist and...

According to the dictionaries, the band’s name means constant care and diligence. The members of Endelehia? Dimitris Mitsotakis (lyrics, drums, vocals), Dimitris Leontopoulos (acoustic guitar, vocals), Antonis Dimitriou (electric guitars, vocals) who sadly passed away earlier this month, Andreas Vaitoudis (...

We have been emphasising the contribution of certain bands to the shaping of the sound of the Greek underground and today, we will be appreciating Lefki Symphonia (White Symphony), a band that many analysts regard as one of the best rock bands of the 1980s. It comprised musicians Thodoris Dimitriou,...

This week here at GME is dedicated to the bands of the Greek underground – those collectives that dared to pave the way for a more dynamic sound and for a more radical poetic landscape in Greek song. Today, we will be shedding light on a pioneering group that produced one of the most innovative and i...

The week that ends here at GME was dedicated to key figures of the Greek underground – the artists, the works and the ideas that shaped music production away from the mainstream of the recording landscape. Today, we will be enjoying the music that Giorgos Hatzinasios and Kyriakos Sfetsas created for t...

Music analyst Giorgos Charonitis notes the following about the album “The Blues of the Prince” by rock legend Pavlos Sidiropoulos: “It's not just a recording documentary. It is about much more: a voice heard underground, a sound desperately trying to keep its secret, an allegory of images that can o...

Singer-songwriter Nikolas Asimos wrote: “We are looking for people, not for ideologies. We are looking for people who have courage, love, kindness. People who are not liars, shallow and comfortable, and know how to give, not how to cheat and take advantage of those around them. People who are at least w...

The first source of today’s track list is an album titled ‘Up and Down Patision Street’, containing 20 of Katerina Gogou’s poems set to music. The songs are composed and performed by, among others, Panos Katsimihas, Martha Fritzila, Vaso Alagianni, Lolek, Eva Loukatou, Rita Antonopoulou, Pantelis Theocha...

Dimitris Poulikakos is a Greek singer, composer, actor, radio producer, writer, and translator of surrealist poetry and literature. He was born in Athens in January 1943 in a relatively wealthy bourgeois family. Dimitris Poulikakos participated in the publication of the landmark Pali magazine together...

A very special artistic phenomenon was at the heart of this week’s GME broadcasts. We are referring to a wave of covers of Italian, Spanish, French, British, Dutch and other international hits that flooded the Greek recording landscape towards the end of the 1970s, until the mid-1980s. Some of the g...