This week here at GME is dedicated to three core features of Greece and its built environment: churches, castles and statues. Today, we will be listening to songs with references to statues – these unique specimens of both ancient and modern Greek art. Today’s track list contains songs with references to ...
On 24 July 1974, Dimitris Doukas, former director of Athens Airport, was called on to make an important decision: Should he allow the flight carrying Konstantinos Karamanlis, the first president of the 3rd Hellenic Republic, to land in Greece.
Interviewee: Dimitris DoukasInterview by: Dimitris...
Greece is one of the few countries in the world with so many castles and fortresses. It is estimated that there are more than 1200 on the mainland and the islands. The castles of Greece were often in the centre of modern European history. Today, we are listening to a selection of songs that include...
This week here at GME is dedicated to three core features of Greece and its built environment: churches, castles and statues. Today, we will be listening to songs with references to castles, which constitute a very visible reflection of the country’s rich history. Castles are venues of myth and mystery, c...
Religion is an important aspect of Greek culture. Greece is a country with a predominantly Christian Orthodox population and countless holy sites such as churches and historic monasteries scattered in the Greek mainland and the islands. Now, today we shall be listening to songs with references to churches...
Theodoros is fighting for his ideals in a time when this is forbidden. At the age of twenty, the betrayal of his house mate leads to him being sent into exile, together with thousands of other citizens who were persecuted during the dictatorship.
Interviewee: Theodoros PaschalidisInterview...
Your words are what matter; they are the art form that gets people to give you what you want and gets people to comply.
Listen to this episode of "Infinitely Curious" with Katerina Batzaki and learn why words are such a powerful weapon that can alter our lives and shape the course of our present...
The week that ends here at GME was dedicated tο previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists and today we will be interviewing what I regard as the most impressive female voice of the younger generation, while appreciating songs performed live by her: Despoina Rafail. An interview with ...
Our journey across previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists continues. Today, we will be celebrating the live recordings of a highly cosmopolitan, gentle and sensitive singer-songwriter who has given new meaning to the concept of light song: Giorgis Christodoulou. Giorgis first appeared...
Today, we will be listening to the previously unreleased live recording of a concert titled “Jasmine Tea”, that took place on the 4th of April 2021 at Half Note Jazz Club. Guitarist Vassilis Rakopoulos,
Arleta's close friend and associate for many decades, and vocalist Nana Binopoulou, together wit...
Thanos Mikroutsikos does not need any special introductions – you should know by now how much I adore his art and how much he is missed today. Our selection of unreleased live recordings of this colossal composer includes, first of all, several songs performed at the 45th Festival of the Communist Y...
The week that starts here at GME is dedicated tο previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists – it is a week full of surprises with recordings that stand outside the official discography. Today, we will be appreciating the live recordings of three of our country’s greatest composers: Gior...
At the age of fourteen, Vasilis Pisimisis is working various jobs in the commercial area of Piraeus; he knows little about the infamous Troumpa area. He begins to explore it systematically, collecting the fascinating stories of the women and men frequenting this legendary red-light neighbourhood and...
This is the last day of our week-long tribute to sailors and to songs about sailors, those heroes of seafaring who keep alive not only Greek shipping but also our lifestyle, consumption and the fundamentals of our societies. It is, of course, not surprising that there are enough songs with seamanship-related...
Instead of ports, on today’s voyage we are visiting songs that contain references to sailors, to the heroes of the seas, their achievements and their concerns, their departures and their arrivals. These songs are performed by notable folk vocalists, from Vicky Mosholiou to Giannis Parios and from E...
Today, our tribute to sailors continues, with a menu of songs that includes beautiful laiko tunes. Poly Panou, Stratos Dionysiou, Giota Lydia, Rena Koumioti and Marinella are just some of the robust, original folk voices that will be keeping us company. In addition, we will be listening to some equally...
Today, we are proceeding with our voyage across songs that contain references to seamen, to their adventures, their worries and their joys. Some of the greatest songwriters and vocalists will be keeping us company – from Arleta to Giota Nega and from Hainides band to Loudovikos from Anogeia. Really, i...
Today’s menu includes folk songs about sailors by huge names such as Stelios Kazantzidis, Poly Panou, Giorgos Margaritis and Vicky Mosholiou. Some of them are songs of melancholy, farewell and contemplation. Others are songs of joy. One way or another, the density with which the theme of seamen and s...
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