Tributes

It’s Friday, and we open the old chest of newspapers, leafing through news items and stories from another era. In front of us lies the newspaper “Ta Nea” of Saturday, 12 December 1987, as we wander through its sports pages. And this is what we discover… • The draw for the World Cup qualifiers and the a...

From an early age, Stamatis Spanoudakis knew he wanted to play and compose music. At the age of 12, he began studying guitar and music theory. By 17, he had left home and was making a living as a bass guitarist and keyboard player. Along the way, he met a number of musicians, among them Loukás Siderás, d...

Sotiria Maragkozaki, author of the book White Dog, Black Dog, which recounts the life, actions and struggles of Nikos Vavoudis, is a guest on the program "Time in Greece" with Nikolas Angelidis. Nikos Vavoudis, also known as Raikos, remained faithful to his ideology until the very end. He was imprisoned...

We turn back time… as we do every Friday in our “Back then” segment.We open the newspaper Apogevmatini, dated Monday, 5 December 1977. Forty-eight years ago. And we discover… Andreas Papandreou’s messages to Konstantinos Karamanlis, shortly after the parliamentary elections The lament of a refu...

It’s the program “Listen & See, Look & Hear”, with Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis at the helm… And today we’re poking around the strange, the curious and the downright unbelievable — the kind of stories you’ve probably never heard of, nor even imagined. So, here’s what we uncover… ...

The episode of “Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis on 30 November was dedicated to the love songs of classic Greek cinema. Guest of the program was lyricist and actor Giorgos Foskolos. The musical journey featured beloved voices such as Poulopoulos, Marinella, Vanou, Asteriadis, D...

The program “Our Town” of Voice of Greece dedicated an episode to Panos Gavalas, an important performer of Greek laiko, known for his distinctive artistic path.The show highlighted special moments from his life and artistic expression, as well as his many great successes, songs deeply loved and sun...

“Our Town”  presents a tribute to Christos Bravos. A major poet and one of the principal representatives of the 1970s generation—who left us far too soon—Bravos left a powerful imprint of poetic language and thought. The program invites us to consider how his poetry is read today. There are references...

The episode is dedicated to Maria Farantouri, the singer whom Mikis Theodorakis discovered in 1963 after hearing her perform one of his songs, immediately proposing that she become the voice of his work.

As we do every Friday on the program "Time in Greece" with Nikolas Angelidis at the microphone, we dive into history, leafing through old newspapers.Today we’re looking at the historic sports daily “Omada”, as we travel back to 1961. And here’s what we discover… Panathinaikos betting on fresh blo...

A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.

Listen & See, Look & Hear this Tuesday, 25 November, with stories you probably haven’t heard — and may never have imagined.Hosted by Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis. Today we learn about: The restaurant that has been frying with the same oil for more than a century — people rush ...

It feels like a poorly made American movie. In truth, reality surpasses the realm of imagination and turns into a relentless “witch hunt.” It is the era of McCarthyism in the United States, and Hollywood is accused of being “red.” The “exterminators” must find their targets… and they arrive at a list of ...

“Our Town” with Themis Rodamitis presents a special tribute titled “Echoes of Manos Hadjidakis.”  The broadcast revisits landmark texts, songs and musical moments—distinct highlights from the rich and singular journey of a beloved and unforgettable composer who spoke to us with the mos...

with Nikol Liakostavrou “The pre-appointed hero is the future tyrant…” An interview with Manos Hadjidakis for Tachydromos magazine, published on October 19, 1973 — one month before the Polytechnic uprising. Happy listening!

From Sotiria Bellou to Mario and from Tzeni Vanou to Giannis Kalantzis, countless folk vocalists have sang about komboloi, this tool of relaxation that has acquired multiple symbolisms in the context of Greek song. Komboloi is a symbol of friendship but also of abandonment when its holder plays with...

We turn the clocks back and read together the press of the time, as we do every Friday in the “Back then” segment of the program “Time in Greece”. Today we leaf through Aigyptos (Tachydromos) of the Greek community of Alexandria. And we learn about… • The liberation struggle of Cyprus – As if not...

Today, we begin a 2-day mini tribute to a typically Greek object that has inspired numerous Greek songs. Worry beads (or “komboloi”) are a string of beads manipulated with one or two hands and, apart from entertaining and relaxing multiple generations of Greeks, they have inspired numerous folk son...