Today, we are continuing our week-long tribute to panigiri with festive songs from the islands and from Asia Minor performed by art vocalists. The term art song denotes a genre characterised by poetic verse, complex melodies and sophisticated arrangements. Most of the vocalists that we shall be listening...
Today, we will be appreciating the contribution of violin player, vocalist and composer Nikos Economides, to the rejuvenation and promotion of nisiotiko – island song. In the second part, we will celebrating the magical performances of his muse, Kyriaki Spanou, in some uplifting island tunes. Our f...
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world – Alzheimer’s, cancer, obesity, diabetes – has very strong causal links to de...
Greece has some exceptionally beautiful gorges, scattered in various geographic regions, both on islands and its mainland, offering excitement to canyoning lovers. The gorges’ tall and remote cliffs are home to wildflowers and birds’ nests. They will win you over as you cross them; climb the rocky pat...
Bridges: uniting people and places, changing geographies, wonders of architecture and engineering, with particular historical or aesthetic significance. Rightfully, bridges found their place in Greek songs, denoting not only tradition and memories of the past, but also routes of the present and visions...
Songs of resurrection
Greece has many natural and artificial lakes and lagoons. Although lakes in Greece are not famous or touristic, they offer a marvellous natural setting. Surrounded by forests and mountains, they are ideal for hiking and bird watching. Today, we shall be listening to songs about these lakes, created...
Songs of resurrection
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...
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 est...
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