Ancient Greeks believed that music influenced the behaviour, the ethos, the character of people. And they understood music as a reflection of something much bigger and much more significant: universal order and harmony. The rich discography of Petros Tabouris includes efforts to approach and imagine...
We explore the history of Mandrakiakos and listen to the club’s anthem, celebrating a team that has risen as far as the Gamma Ethniki. As every Tuesday, the program "Time in Greece" is dedicated to grassroots sport.
From the turbulent past of Mandra, traced back to antiquity, to the sporting journey o...
Music played a central role in the daily life of Ancient Greeks, in all of its dimensions: civic affairs, theatre, religion, education, recreation. Indeed, it is hard to think of a human action that was carried out without the presence of music. This week, we are exploring the fascinating connection...
On this day, January 19… One of the greatest maritime tragedies in history occurred. The SS Heimara, carrying 616 people (530 passengers and 86 crew members), sank in the South Euboean Gulf. An explosion rocked the ship, which turned into a shapeless mass and drifted uncontrollably for an hour and a...
Today, we celebrate the birthday of a beloved artist who, with his distinctive voice, the intelligence of his melodies, the originality of his art — and of course with his band, the Heimerinoi Kolymvites— has left a deep mark on my own life, on the lives of my friends, and on Greek song as a whole.
Our jou...
Today we celebrate the birthday of a beloved composer and songwriter, born in Serres on 17 January 1961, who has since played a defining role in shaping and renewing the contemporary Greek sound — particularly within the realm of entechno song.
In this broadcast, we listen to a panorama of his r...
There is a strong connection between the rebetiko genre and the bouzouki. Thankfully, however, the sound of the bouzouki continued to be at the heart of Greek song in its post-rembetiko evolution, towards folk (laiko) and art-folk paths. Our week-long tribute that ends today highlighted the autonomy...
Tsitsanis, Papaioannou, Mitsakis, Papadopoulos, Nikolopoulos – so many bouzouki virtuosos, so many timeless moments of expression with Greece’s most popular musical instrument, without words!
Produced and presented by Hercules Economou
Playing the bouzouki is no easy task - a good bouzouki player must be in a position to produce a clear and deep sound at a high speed. It requires commitment, initiative and discipline. But the reward is immeasurable: an endless potential for musical expression, as reflected in the recordings of bouzouki...
The extraordinary story of the Polish-born — and later American — athlete who won Olympic gold, but whose biological characteristics were revealed only after her death. Stanisława Walasiewicz, later known as Stella Walsh, was raised as a girl in the close-knit environment of a Polish village. Upon movi...
Three-string or four-string, for songs or for instrumentals, with taxims or without taxims, played by some old rebetiko master or by a modern kompania – the bouzouki was and still is the king of Greek folk music. From Lakis Karnezis to the Bouzouki Kings, let us appreciate once more the touching sound o...
We go back to 1973 looking for the roots of the historic Ethnikos Katerinis. It's the team of the railway district of Katerini, with the front of a train as its emblem. The club has competed in the national championships, the Gamma Ethniki and Delta Ethniki, and has won the Pieria Championship three...
Today, and throughout the rest of the week, we are celebrating, once again, Greece’s most recognizable and popular musical instrument, which has lent its sound to thousands of songs and instrumentals. Here come some of the most powerful, evocative, truly inspiring melodies by some of the country’s gre...
The story and struggles of the legendary Nikos Marambotas. A leading figure of ELAS and EPON in the Eastern districts of Attica. His action against the occupying forces and their local collaborators. Hand-to-hand battles in Kaisariani, Ilisia, and Zografou.
Arrested at the age of eighteen, imprisoned...
Today, we return to the poet of the sea, the chronicler of far-off voyages — the singular Nikos Kavvadias, born on this day, 11 January 1910.
We do so with the guidance of one of the foremost scholars of his work, the distinguished journalist and radio producer Michalis Gelasakis, author of the b...
Today, we turn our attention to the books written by Greek music creators — works that capture the reflections, questions, and inner journeys that have nourished our song tradition.
Welcome to the magical world of composer-authors and their libraries.
Our meeting point for tonight’s broadcast: Fro...
Puzzlemusik does not have a specific collective sound. This is not a simply “alternative”, “post-rock”, “jazz”, “electronic’, “contemporary classical”, “experimental”, “free improvisation” label. The sound of Puzzlemusik is the summing up of the personalities of its artists; each artist being a piece o...
The life story of the incomparable Stratos Pagioumtzis, told as a score of lived experience—through those unforgettable years in Piraeus that shaped both the man and his music.
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