Songwriter Grigoris Polyzos recalls: “I met Nikos Zoudiaris through MySpace in 2010. At that time I had prepared a demo with fifteen songs of my own, which were fully orchestrated so that I could approach people in the field and have them listen to my work. Nikos was one of the first people I sent i...
On Christmas Eve in Koskinou, Rhodes, twenty-four-year-old student Rafaela Drakou suddenly loses her father, a prominent livestock farmer on the island. She and her sisters do not hesitate for a moment. They take on the livestock themselves and step up with courage and perseverance, against all hardships...
Banda Entopica is a traditional music street band based in Thessaloniki, fusing clarinet, saxophone, accordion and davul in a synthesis of traditional and modern Balkan music. Influenced by a wide array of sounds from Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus and the entire Balkan Peninsula
Xefrago Ambeli band was formed in 2011 and is made up of friends and family members. Antigone Stappa plays the guitar, Spyros Lembesis plays the violin, Grigoris Lembesis plays the lute and Emmanouil Paliakis plays percussion and brass instruments.
Gidiki band was created in Thessaloniki in 2014. At that time Tasos Kofodimos, Filippos Fasoulas, Konstantinos Lazos and Kostantis Papakonstantinou started experimenting by arranging traditional pieces.
Mantzounia band was formed in Athens but its members come from different parts of Greece (Macedonia, Cyclades, Peloponnese). All of the band members have a particular taste for the sounds of Epirus
Thrax Punks is a music group from the region of Thrace, which is experimenting and integrating various traditional music elements to its sound.
Digital Nomads in Greece Series
Tenzin, a digital nomad and artist, explores and shares his experiences of Athenian contemporary and classical art spaces.
Interviewee: Tenzim TandingInterview by: Johnny PavlatosProducer: Johnny PavlatosSound Editor: Johnny Pavlatos
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On World Environment Day this June 5th, the UN issued a report saying that Climate scientists have showed humans being responsible for virtually all global heating over the last 200 years. Human activities are causing greenhouse gases that are warming the world faster than at any time in at least the...
Whenever one listens to pop summer songs from the past, they feel well and thus, today, we will be talking about wellness and its connection with vacations in Greece. Indeed, the country has a great tradition in health and wellbeing practices, and an equally established tradition in quality pop – e...
Summer is a time of vacations, relaxation and escape from everyday life. Naturally, for precisely these reasons, it has passed in the heart of the Greek song - in many ballads or light songs that exude coolness and nostalgia, containing references to this particular season. Summer can also be found...
Greece offers an unforgettable cultural experience. Across Greece, there are monuments, museums, art galleries, festivals and traditional feasts you can visit and experience during your holidays. And what better way to accompany these cultural experiences with a sip of art song, the famous ‘entechno’ gen...
The New Wave was a genre that developed around the mid-1960s and was an attempt to renew the light song. The term is a translation of the Nouvelle Vague film movement that prevailed in France in the 1950s and was transferred to Greek music by composer Yiannis Spanos. This term was used as an advertising...
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...
Digital Nomads in Greece Series
Digital nomad Maya Sabri shares her love of finding unique bookstores and finds her vibe while making new friends clubbing in Athens.
Interviewee: Maya SabriInterview by: Johnny PavlatosProducer: Johnny PavlatosSound Editor: Johnny Pavlatos
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Walking is massively egalitarian. Regardless of your age, sex, ethnicity or economic prowess, if you’re of average health, you’ll be able to walk far farther than you credit yourself capable of – even when carrying weight. Covering 12-15 miles a day seems a range that is programmed into our bodies – per...
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...
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