Songs of loss & departure
Songs about departing, about leaving and losing - because songs are the best way to express and heal one’s pain. Once again, a broadcast dedicated to the memory of the victims of the train crash at Tempi
Songs of sorrow
Songs reflecting the widespread feeling of sorrow generated collectively by the railway tragedy at Tempi, the unbearable loss of life, and the permanent ineffectiveness of the Greek state and government.
Laments
The entire week is dedicated to the memory of those who died at the train crash of February 28, an event that shocked (and enraged) the entire Greek society. The laments are a unique expression of grief provided to us through tradition but also present in contemporary music produ...
Panagiotis Tzanavaris is the only teacher of "Whistling," an ancient language spoken (or rather, whistled) in the village of Antia in Euboea. He has dedicated his life to trying to save the language from extinction.
Interviewee: Panagiotis TzanavarisField Reporter: Stavros VlachosProducer: Stavros...
There are times when freedom is expressed through art which has no place or space. It is easily accessible and can unfold in front of us in the metro, in an alley, in the snow or on the slopes of a mountain or a beach around a fire. For performing artists this is called freedom. Two young talented...
Giorgos Xintaris
An ingenious rembetiko singer and bouzouki soloist from the island of Skopelos, he played a key role in the rebirth of rempetiko music in the 1980s through his studio recordings, live concerts and TV appearances.
Athinaiki Kompania
This band became a key pillar of the revival of rempetiko music during the first half of the 1980s, thanks to the talent of Dimitris Hatzidiakos and the band’s participation at the “To Minore tis Avgis” TV series.
In 1971, a rich uncle brings a television to the home of Manolis Bardanis. The first television in the village of Apeiranthos in Naxos, it attracts all the neighbors who gather to see this strange acquisition.
Interviewee: Manolis Bardanis
Field Reporter: Efthymia Papagiannopoulou
Producer:...
Valerie Kontakos’ new documentary, “Queen of the Deuce,” celebrates the wild life of Chelly Wilson, a colorful and fiery character who thrived in the midst of a heavily dominated milieu, run a porn empire and hosted a rotating cast of guests and supplicants at her apartment above one of her theaters, the E...
Gadjo Dilo
Here comes the country’s most famous swing band, created with the sole purpose of reanimating the manouche gypsy jazz musical tradition.
Penny Baltatzi & The Swinging CatsCelebrating the jazz-swing hits of singer Penny Baltatzi and The Swinging Cats band - both their joint creations and their separate repertoire. Without a doubt, one finds here some of the best moments of contemporary Greek swing production.Πέννυ Μπαλτατζή & The Swi...
Les Au Revoir
A very original band, combining latin elements with jazz influences and a swing ‘nucleus’. Alexandra Bounatsa, Costas Karamitsos and Leonidas Anagnostou put forward a contemporary sound proposal characterized by respect for the past hits and a joyful mood.
Les Au Revoir
Μια πρωτότυπη μπάντα που συνδ...
Greek swing IIPart two of our panorama of Greek swing recordings, with hits by, among others, The Speakeasies Swing Band, Ekmek and Semeli. Ελληνικό σουίνγκ ΙΙ Δεύτερο μέρος του πανοράματος του ελληνικού σουίνγκ, με επιτυχίες από τους The Speakeasies Swing Band, Εκμέκ και Σεμέλη, μεταξύ άλλων.
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Greek swing IAn exploration of Greek swing covers and originals, from Mariza Riou to Doros Dimosthenous and from Little Kiss to Mary Doutsi & The Swingers.Ελληνικό σουίνγκ ΙΜια περιδιάβαση σε ελληνικές σουίνγκ διασκευές και όχι μόνο, από τη Μαρίζα Ρίζου στον Δώρο Δημοσθένους κι από τους Little Kiss ...
In 1943, the young Nikos Davanos sees his house and town destroyed in a German bombardment during the Second World War. Living in utter poverty, he wishes on a star that he might find a better life.
Interviewee: Nikos DavanosField Reporter: Fotini PipinaProducer: Maya FilippopoulouSound Designer:...
We are our journeys. We are the people we meet. We are a journey ourselves. But often we look without seeing. We take pictures but don't take the time to listen and absorb the experience. Some of us insist on looking at the buildings, others at nature and others at the food and people or all of them...
Marinella sings Giorgos ZambetasZambetas signed some of the most beautiful folk songs performed by this timeless and ageless voice. In total, Marinella recorded 17 songs by Zambetas, many of which are still adored by the lovers of Greek music.Η Μαρινέλλα τραγουδά Γιώργο ΖαμπέταΟ Ζαμπέτας υπέγραψε κάποια από τα...
Alexandra sings Giorgos Zambetas Alexandra, who sadly passed away in 2015, was primarily known for her covers of rempetiko songs but also recorded an entire LP with Zambetas (“Our own love”, 1978). Her distinctive voice proved a perfect match for Zambetas’ special melodies. Η Αλεξάνδρα τραγουδά Γιώργο...
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