Rhythms drawn from Greek tradition, sophisticated melodies, modern musical instruments, lyrics of a highly poetic quality. Art song creatively assimilated the folk and rebetiko tradition, while remaining open to a selective incorporation of contemporary elements and currents. The 1990s form the spring...
Fyllenia Vounelaki is a musician and artist, born in Athens. She currently lives and works in Malmö, Sweden.
Malmö is the third-largest city in Sweden, known since earlier times for its strong industrial identity. It became a landmark city among industrialized urban centers not only in Sweden b...
Does it exist or not? Is it alive or dead? A vibrant artistic movement or a construction of record labels? This is the famous debate over the art song and its existence. The questions are not only of philological but also of practical importance, as they concern a large volume of current musical production....
A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from ERT’s archive, new album releases and fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles.
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
Throughout the week that starts today, we shall be exploring the first half of the 1990s and how the discography of these years shaped Greek song with the advent of “entechno”, art song. Today’s destination? My favourite songs from year 1990. Expect masterpieces performed by the “usual suspects” of art so...
A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from ERT’s archive, new album releases and fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles.
2 November marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. We honour the day by listening to songs that reference the news, current affairs, and journalism itself. From Maria Dimitriadi to Argyro Kaparou, and from Alexandros Emmanouilidis to Georgia Velivasaki, many artists...
Today, we remember an important—though less widely known—composer who passed away on 01 November 2021. With solid and comprehensive musical training, Takis Bougas enjoyed a rich recording career and collaborated with many major figures of Greek song.
Speaking to the distinguished colleague and fri...
Fresh sounds, eclectic new releases, ‘under the radar’ Greek and international artists and bands and timeless favorites, come together in a show with a radically wandering disposition.
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
Today, we are remembering a deeply sentimental poet who was born on this day, October 31, 1888. Napoleon Lapathiotis is a recurrent “passenger” aboard GME, but today we focus on how he has been approached by contemporary composers. Stella Gadedi, Giannis Kontaratos, Dimitris Maramis, Martha Menahem and...
A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from ERT’s archive, new album releases and fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles.
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
This week, here at GME, we have been pinpointing the position of poetry in modern Greek song through the work of contemporary composers and today we are remembering an existentialist poet who was born on this day, October 30, 1896. Kostas Karyotakis is a key figure not only in Greek poetry, but also...
A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from ERT’s archive, new album releases and fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles.
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
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