Music

A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from the archive of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, new album releases, as well as fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles. Produced and presented by Maria Koutsimpiri

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...

Sandra Kaki̱oni visited the studio of Voice of Greece with her guitar, as a guest of Alexis Kostas on the show "Voices and Music" on Thursday, 14/11/24. After briefly working as a dance teacher and an English instructor, Sandra realized that music would be the only profession that would truly make ...

A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from the archive of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, new album releases, as well as fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles. Produced and presented by Maria Koutsimpiri

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...

A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from the archive of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, new album releases, as well as fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles. Produced and presented by Maria Koutsimpiri

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...

"Voice of Greece" paid tribute to the renowned poet and lyricist Michalis Ganas, who has passed away. Alexis Kostas, on the show "Voices and Music," curated a tribute to the work of the great poet, featuring beloved songs by major composers who set his lyrics to music.

A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from the archive of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, new album releases, as well as fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles. Produced and presented by Maria Koutsimpiri

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...

A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from the archive of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, new album releases, as well as fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles. Produced and presented by Maria Koutsimpiri

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...

Zoi Nikitaki shares tales from her new book, Fairy Tales from the Realm of Mages (Παραμύθια από το Βασίλειο των Μάγων), recently published by Dharma Editions. Zoi Nikitaki, an author, storyteller, and painter, has made significant contributions to the world of storytelling, with performances across Greece...

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...

Every day, a selected song from Greek discography travels the world and the seven seas, setting sail from the Voice of Greece with a clear destination: to reach Greeks all around the world.

The show features some of our most beloved tunes from Greece and beyond, aiming to transmit the vibes of Greek conviviality. Songs that bring back memories of special moments, celebrated with good friends.

Past midnight marks the beginning of a new day. It is time to embark on a musical journey to the open seas, with our favorite tunes as a compass and some of the best new music as a beacon. Music is selected by Giannis Psychogios, with the help of Voice of Greece listeners.