Voice of Greece

Seven poems each week, one Greek poem every day, travels through the frequencies of the VOICE OF GREECE to the farthest corners of the earth where there are Greek voices.The week from October 21, 2024, to October 27, 2024, is dedicated to the poet Marigo Alexopoulou. Marigo Alexopoulou (1976) has...

On Monday, October 21, the program “Our City” will present the second part of the tribute to the Portraits of Rebetiko Creators. Guest: Manolis Dimitrianakis, who will talk about the iconic singer of the classical Rebetiko era, Stratos. Many have said that he had “nests of nightingales in his throat.” Stratos was a member of the famous “Tetralogy of Piraeus” and uniquely interpreted the songs of Markos and others. Regarding Giovan Tsahous (Giannis Eitsiridis), Dimitrianakis will describe him as a significant personality, a virtuoso who played many instruments (piano, violin, tzouras, saz, oud, bouzouki, baglamas, tamboura), whose melodies will remain ... Read more

On Sunday, October 20th, from 12:00 to 14:00 Athens time, the show "Our Town" will host the charismatic singer Vasilis Gisdakis. Gisdakis will talk about the most significant moments in his fascinating artistic journey, recalling composers and lyricists with whom he collaborated, as well as special...

On Sunday, October 20, at 10:00 AM Athens time, the program “Greeks Around the World - Greece in Argentina” will feature Mr. Nikos Klapsos as a guest. Nikos Klapsos is a fourth-generation Greek, originally from Chios and Lemnos, and he works in Argentina as a civil engineer. He has successfully est...

Achilles never backs down. He is brave. He does things that he considers heroic. Others, especially his own family, are not so sure that Achilles has much in common with that other Achilles of the Trojan War. Whatever he does always ends badly for him. He always gets into trouble and never learns...

On Saturday, October 19, "Historical Walks" will travel back to the tumultuous 1940s, focusing on the phenomenon of collaborationism, guided by historian Menelaos Charalambidis. The study of Greek collaborationism during the occupation is a nationally uncomfortable topic, revealing that not the entire...

Radio portraits of creators of rebetiko music will be presented in the program "Our Town" on Saturday, October 19, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (Athens time) and on Monday, October 21, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. In the first part of the tribute, portraits of significant creators Markos Vamvakaris and Giannis...

What is fire performance? How does one get started with it? Is it safe? What equipment is needed, and how is a show of this kind set up? Fire performance certainly involves a blend of mystery and intrigue. Those who watch it surrender to the flames in an almost mystical ceremony that balances imagination...

In September 1922, the captain of the Japanese merchant ship "Tokei Maru" saved the lives of 825 people—women, children, and men, Greeks and Armenians—from the wrath of the Turks as Smyrna burned. Unable to bear the magnitude of the tragedy, the captain stood against the Turks, who were demanding tha...