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The week that starts here at GME is dedicated to songs about the summer and today we are celebrating its arrival with hits from the very mainstream of Greek pop. We are listening to contemporary mega hits by stars like Eleni Foureira, Tamta, Melisses and Stelios Rokkos, as well as to sweet, light ballads...

Ένα δίωρο αφιέρωμα στο αηδόνι της Θράκης, Χρόνη Αηδονίδη, με συνοδοιπόρους στο ταξίδι τον συγγραφέα-βιογράφο του Κώστα Παπασπήλιο και τη διεθνή μας ηθοποιό και συντοπίτισσά του Δέσποινα Μοίρου, παρουσίασε ο Γιάννης Παπουτσάκης στην εκπομπή του ''Ταξιδεύοντας με φως ελληνικό'' στις 2 Ιουνίου! ...

ΑΝΔΡΕΑΣ ΖΕΠΠΟΣ''Ο φιλάνθρωπος ψαράς από το Αϊβαλί που στην κατοχή μοίραζε ψάρια στους άπορους του Πειραιά."Γρήγορα γίνεται ο πρώτος ψαράς του όρμου του Φαλήρου, τα ‘κονόμησε και απέκτησε μεγάλη φήμη ως ένας από τους διασημότερους γλεντζέδες· όσα έβγαζε, κάθε βράδυ τα «ακούμπαγε». Σύχναζε στην ταβέρνα του Καούδη στις...

The 2022 album of Foivos Delivorias, "Anime", came to complete and close an informal trilogy. Three albums that are milestones in the development of his creative path, but at the same time also statements of his worldview which complement each other. In 2010 Foivos Delivorias, having already released...

In May 2009, his first album as The Boy, “Please Make Me Dance”, released from Inner Ear Records, receives great reviews. He has also participated as a singer and a pianist in Felizol, Lolek and The Callas albums. At the same time, he began his collaboration with the band “Felizol and The Boy” and the...

Nalyssa Green is a singer, songwriter, thereminist from Athens, Greece. Her debut album, lo-fi, DIY “Barock” was released in 2010 followed by the 2012 folk-rock “The Seed” (Inner Ear). She is known for her gentle and ethereal voice, her romantic melodies, her dramatic outbursts and her passionate perform...

Kore. Ydro. were formed in Corfu during the autumn of 1993 by 15-year-old schoolmates Pantelis Dimitriadis, Giorgos Arvanitakis and Spiros Katagis. Konstantinos Amygdalos joined in 1997 and Spiros Katagis departed in 2000. Pianist/multi-instrumentalist Alexandros Makris joined in 2001, creating Kore....

Tango with Lions is the stage name of Berlin-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kat Papachristou. She has released four albums via Inner Ear Records. Her debut album Verba Time, released in 2010, received enthusiastic reviews. Her second album A Long Walk was released in 2013, followed...

Αφιερωμένη στη σπουδαία μας ερμηνεύτρια Βίκυ Μοσχολιού ήταν η εκπομπή ''Ταξιδεύοντας με φως ελληνικό'' του Γιάννη Παπουτσάκη στις 26 Μάη. Η ζωή της, τα δύσκολα παιδικά της χρόνια, ο δρόμος προς την καταξίωση, τα μεγάλα τραγούδια της ...

At the end of the 1970s, four students found themselves studying in Patras (Vangelis Delikouras, Argyris Papageorgiou, Lambros Karelas and Christos Papadopoulos). Together with Panagiotis Manolakos, who was already a professional musician, they formed one of the most successful bouzouki bands in history:...

The light-folk song is the most underrated genre of Greek song that has appeared in the last half a century. This is unfair, because the best light-folk songs are as important as the best folk, "art" or pop of the time. Many of the light-folk songs constitute underrated masterpieces or are, in any case,...

From Dimitris Kontolazos and Katerina Stanisi to Lefteris Pantazis and Antzela Dimitriou, from Tolis Voskopoulos to Pashalis Terzis and Vassilis Karras, there is a musical current that cannot be considered proper folk, but also cannot be ignored. It is something lighter than folk, something perhaps...

It was around 1960 when the well-known singer Michalis Menidiatis and his brothers opened the nightclub "Fantasia" first in the center of Athens and then exclusively to Hellinikon at the Athens Riviera. Big names appeared live, next to younger artists who later rose to stardom: Makis Christodoulopoulos,...

As a small child, at festivals, he got to know the traditional sounds and voices and entered the world of music, succeeding in becoming one of the most important Greek composers. Talented and committed, he never ceased to seek perfection during his long career. It is no coincidence that many artists...

In the 1980s, light folk singers relied mostly on singing easy, digestible songs with slogans. In Katerina Stanisi's records, such songs were absent. "I didn't want songs that were easy to digest, I wanted to build a repertoire. As for Mary Maranti’s career peak, this is probably her majestic performance i...

Pitsa Papadopoulou is a myth. In 1961, at the age of 16, she gets to meet legendary composer Giorgos Zambetas. Upon hearing her, he immediately asks her to sing live. That night, she recalls, singing in front of an audience for the first time, in a borrowed dress, changed her life forever - and the...

Litsa Diamanti is a Greek laïko singer who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s. She has been described as the “wonder-child of the 1960s and the absolute diva of the post-1974 period” while her hits are regarded as all-time classics. As for Haroula Lambraki, she is one more goddess of laiko: “From the age of five I knew I wanted to be a singer. I would go to church with my uncle, who was a cantor, and I would sing with him. My parents were farmers. They were going to the fields, and my sisters and I were going ... Read more

Litsa Diamanti is a Greek laïko singer who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s. She has been described as the "wonder-child of the 1960s and the absolute diva of the post-1974 period" while her hits are regarded as all-time classics. As for Haroula Lambraki, she is one more goddess of laiko: “From th...