Thanos Mikroutsikos does not need any special introductions – you should know by now how much I adore his art and how much he is missed today. Our selection of unreleased live recordings of this colossal composer includes, first of all, several songs performed at the 45th Festival of the Communist Y...
The week that starts here at GME is dedicated tο previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists – it is a week full of surprises with recordings that stand outside the official discography. Today, we will be appreciating the live recordings of three of our country’s greatest composers: Gior...
At the age of fourteen, Vasilis Pisimisis is working various jobs in the commercial area of Piraeus; he knows little about the infamous Troumpa area. He begins to explore it systematically, collecting the fascinating stories of the women and men frequenting this legendary red-light neighbourhood and...
This is the last day of our week-long tribute to sailors and to songs about sailors, those heroes of seafaring who keep alive not only Greek shipping but also our lifestyle, consumption and the fundamentals of our societies. It is, of course, not surprising that there are enough songs with seamanship-related...
Instead of ports, on today’s voyage we are visiting songs that contain references to sailors, to the heroes of the seas, their achievements and their concerns, their departures and their arrivals. These songs are performed by notable folk vocalists, from Vicky Mosholiou to Giannis Parios and from E...
Today, our tribute to sailors continues, with a menu of songs that includes beautiful laiko tunes. Poly Panou, Stratos Dionysiou, Giota Lydia, Rena Koumioti and Marinella are just some of the robust, original folk voices that will be keeping us company. In addition, we will be listening to some equally...
Today, we are proceeding with our voyage across songs that contain references to seamen, to their adventures, their worries and their joys. Some of the greatest songwriters and vocalists will be keeping us company – from Arleta to Giota Nega and from Hainides band to Loudovikos from Anogeia. Really, i...
Today’s menu includes folk songs about sailors by huge names such as Stelios Kazantzidis, Poly Panou, Giorgos Margaritis and Vicky Mosholiou. Some of them are songs of melancholy, farewell and contemplation. Others are songs of joy. One way or another, the density with which the theme of seamen and s...
Aristeidis Pangratidis is executed in Thessaloniki in 1968, convicted of a series of murders and vicious attacks that shook the city. Decades later, former prosecutor Konstantinos Logothetis investigates the case and begins to have serious doubts about who the real perpetrator was, only to have them...
I love live recordings – they convey the atmosphere of the concert, the sense of togetherness, this fantastic interaction among the performer, the musicians and the audience. Today, we will be listening to the great voices of the 1980s and to moments from their concerts recorded live. From Vassilis L...
Singer-songwriters are a thing of the 1980s - a trend that later developed further and flourished in the following decade. But what is a singer-songwriter? Basically, they are artists who undertake all the stages of song creation, writing the lyrics and the melodies and performing the songs themselves,...
The Greek 1980s are pop, no doubt about that. Constantina, Alexia, Sofia Vossou and Andreas Mikroutsikos, Manto, Costas Haritodiplomenos and Michalis Rakintzis are just some of the names that fuel a light and uplifting genre. It is a genre that reflects the positivity, the innocence, the optimism and...
Today, we will be listening to a web of albums and artists that together formulated the new folk sound of the 1980s. Their common foundation is lyricist Manolis Rasoulis, a poet and a philosopher, a true intellectual who altered the course of Greek song. Rasoulis delivered a range of outstanding albums,...
Greek rock is cool and the eighties are cool too – in fact, the coolest of all decades. There are so many iconic looks and styles from the 80s that it's hard to know where to start. As for Greek rock, a vast spectrum of music geniuses, from Tzimis Panousis to Vlassis Bonatsos and from Nikolas Asimos t...
Giannis Bardanis spends four days alone and adrift on the Aegean when his boat suffers a mechanical failure.
Interviewee: Giannis BardanisInterview by: Efthymia PapagiannopoulouProducer: Stavros VlachosSound Designer: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound Editor: Dimitris PapadakisTranslator: Steve LeverVoiceover:...
What if you could harness the power of vulnerability to ask for what you need or express your emotions without fear of rejection? Small actions — like sharing your feelings or celebrating your own achievements — may seem more daunting than it appears because of emotional vulnerability.Sometimes, vul...
The first half of today’s journey includes a select set of songs that depict the moon as a symbol of love – a guardian of romance and emotion. Haris Alexiou, Aleka Kanellidou and Giannis Parios are some of the voices that we shall be listening to in this context. The second half of today’s GME is de...
“Your words were a knife to the heart the moment you said goodbye to me. You didn't keep your word, you left me alone into the night and the cold. Your words are a knife to the heart, you keep coming back to my mind and it hurts. And I didn't sleep tonight, I remembered your eyes, come back I love y...
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