Giannis Tavladorakis explains how a prayer, a lullaby, and mantinades saved his life when he was thrown overboard in the sea off Crete.
Interviewee: Giannis TavladorakisInterview by: Alkinoos MpagkerisPodcast creator: Maya FilippopoulouSound Designer: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound Editor: Nikolas...
Our last batch of songs with references to the Aegean islands and their beauty includes grand voices such as Aleka Kanellidou, Kaiti Homata and Popi Asteriadi, rock and roll legends such as Pashalis and a younger generation of artists such as Katerina Kyrmizi and Vasiliki Karakosta. Leonidas Maridakis...
Virtually throughout the Aegean area, numerous islands large and small emerge from the clear blue waters. And numerous modern songs emerge as well, replete with references to the islands of the Aegean sea: Nena Venetsanou, Areti Ketime, Nikos Androulakis, Nikos Zournis, Tania Tsanaklidou and many more...
The Aegean is a unique insular and cultural system that emerged in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, a place where the European, the Asian and the African human-geographical history and evolution intersect. Naturally, this place has also intersected with Greek song, with the crème-de-la-crème of Greek c...
Our goal, this week, is to document the dominant position of the islands of the Aegean in modern Greek songs. Today’s menu includes rock artists such as Giannis Giokarinis and Leonidas Balafas, art singers-songwriters such as Miltos Pashalidis and Vassilis Kazoulis, renowned composers such as Evanthia R...
This is not a week with island songs, nisiotika, i.e. traditional songs from the Aegean, even though you are warmly invited to explore nisiotika, both in past broadcasts of GME and in other platforms. This is a week with modern Greek songs that contain references to the islands. And indeed, the islands...
Greek summer: 99% of us love it. Most people in Greece and abroad dream of vacations on Greek beaches, in picturesque villages, and by crystal-clear waters.But what if summer became more than just a season – what if it became a way of approaching life?
On this episode of “Infinitely Curious” liste...
Today, we continue our tribute to statues with songs that contain references to them and share a more rock sound or character. Here, the word ‘rock’ is used to denote not one single genre as such, but something unconventional and unexpected, something alternative that goes beyond the frontiers of ...
This week here at GME is dedicated to three core features of Greece and its built environment: churches, castles and statues. Today, we will be listening to songs with references to statues – these unique specimens of both ancient and modern Greek art. Today’s track list contains songs with references to ...
On 24 July 1974, Dimitris Doukas, former director of Athens Airport, was called on to make an important decision: Should he allow the flight carrying Konstantinos Karamanlis, the first president of the 3rd Hellenic Republic, to land in Greece.
Interviewee: Dimitris DoukasInterview by: Dimitris...
Greece is one of the few countries in the world with so many castles and fortresses. It is estimated that there are more than 1200 on the mainland and the islands. The castles of Greece were often in the centre of modern European history. Today, we are listening to a selection of songs that include...
This week here at GME is dedicated to three core features of Greece and its built environment: churches, castles and statues. Today, we will be listening to songs with references to castles, which constitute a very visible reflection of the country’s rich history. Castles are venues of myth and mystery, c...
Religion is an important aspect of Greek culture. Greece is a country with a predominantly Christian Orthodox population and countless holy sites such as churches and historic monasteries scattered in the Greek mainland and the islands. Now, today we shall be listening to songs with references to churches...
Theodoros is fighting for his ideals in a time when this is forbidden. At the age of twenty, the betrayal of his house mate leads to him being sent into exile, together with thousands of other citizens who were persecuted during the dictatorship.
Interviewee: Theodoros PaschalidisInterview...
Your words are what matter; they are the art form that gets people to give you what you want and gets people to comply.
Listen to this episode of "Infinitely Curious" with Katerina Batzaki and learn why words are such a powerful weapon that can alter our lives and shape the course of our present...
The week that ends here at GME was dedicated tο previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists and today we will be interviewing what I regard as the most impressive female voice of the younger generation, while appreciating songs performed live by her: Despoina Rafail. An interview with ...
Our journey across previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists continues. Today, we will be celebrating the live recordings of a highly cosmopolitan, gentle and sensitive singer-songwriter who has given new meaning to the concept of light song: Giorgis Christodoulou. Giorgis first appeared...
Today, we will be listening to the previously unreleased live recording of a concert titled “Jasmine Tea”, that took place on the 4th of April 2021 at Half Note Jazz Club. Guitarist Vassilis Rakopoulos,
Arleta's close friend and associate for many decades, and vocalist Nana Binopoulou, together wit...
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