Today is Clean Monday and this is our last chance to listen to traditional carnival season songs and beyond, by Domna Samiou, Vangelis Kotsou and others. Dance, nature, and the arrival of spring. Our destination: Celebrating Clean Monday.
Γιορτάζοντας την Καθαρά Δευτέρα
Σήμερα είναι Καθαρά Δευτέρα και αυτή είν...
Today, we celebrate Carnival with unexpected songs that contain references to it, without necessarily being festive, upbeat, or overtly cheerful.
“I have no mask to wander through this carnival / only a net to gather the sea’s cunning / and the wealth of silence.”
Our meeting point for tonight’s journey...
Today, we remember a great Greek poet who passed away on 22 February 2020. And we do so with the help of major composers such as Sfetsas, Mikroutsikos, Kazantzis, Ganotis, and Xanthoulis.
Our meeting point for tonight’s journey: Kiki Dimoula set to music.
Produced and presented by Hercules E...
Today, we are listening to Greek songs with Dutch lyrics performed by Tim Meeuws together with Michiel Koperdraat, the head of Ano Kato band. A message from Tim Meeuws? “Greek music gave me more emotions than the rest of my life in the theater and elsewhere. Thanks to this music, I lived beautiful s...
Ano Kato plays most of the best known and influential music styles from Greece: old as well as modern laïká, rebètika, nisiótika and epirótika – all very danceable music, and all in all a repertory of over seven hours! In this, the group is rather unique because most groups restrict themselves to jus...
In May 1987, Ano Kato was founded under the name I tris Ano Kato. The kompanía’s first members were Andonis Moraïtis, Jurrie Eilers and Michiel Koperdraat. Ever since Andonis left, there has not been a native Greek musician in the band anymore. The first recordings I Tris Ano Kato made are available on ...
This week, here aboard GME, we are exploring the vibrant presence of Greek music in beautiful Holland, thanks to the activities and recordings of some unbelievably talented Dutch artists. Our destination: Tim Meeuws and the album Als een vreemde – Like a stranger. The album stands out for the inclusion o...
Ano Kato is a Greek orchestra and music institute in the Netherlands. The band stages concerts and performances. It also provides in music workshops and lessons on musical instruments with the intention of introducing Greek music and improvisation to the Netherlands, and to spread around and propagate...
Today, we turn our attention to a remarkable artist, prompted by a remarkable book — Kostas Bezos and the study by Dimitris Kourtis, “Let’s Go to Honolulu,” published by Aiolos Editions.
Our meeting point for tonight’s journey: the significant and mysterious Kostas Bezos.
Produced and prese...
“And as the rain would fall, imagine all the lovers gathered on a tin roof — and above them God with Saint Valentine: I love you and I won’t give you up to anyone.”
Tonight at midnight we fall in love, we part, we reunite. We go, we come, we depart, we return — together and alone, yet always in each o...
Our week-long tribute to Crete ends with more lyre, lute and mandolin sounds, more “mantinades” songs and “pentozalis” dances, and more information about the island’s museums, natural wonders and …wines!
Επιστροφή στην Κρήτη, IV
Το αφιέρωμά μας στην Κρήτη ολοκληρώνεται με περισσότερους ήχους λύρ...
Crete, this enchanting island of the Greek Archipelago, is known not only for its amazing nature, but also for its rich musical tradition. Cretan music, with its rhythmic dances and emotional songs, is an important pillar of the island's culture and a timeless treasure that deserves to be discovered.
Επιστροφή στην Κρή...
Paris Perysinakis, Achilleas Dramountanis, Antonis Martsakis and many more Cretan music soloists are found in today’s track list, which is filled with the uplifting energy and endless passion of a special genre born on a special island.
Επιστροφή στην Κρήτη, ΙΙ
Πάρις Περυσινάκης, Αχιλλέας Δραμ...
On this day, Greek citizens head to the polls… The Municipal Elections of 1934 would go down in history.
It was the first time women were granted the right to vote. It was the first time municipalities with a strong refugee population were administratively separated from the Municipality of Athens. A...
Nikos Xylouris, the Archangel of Crete, passed away on February 8, 1980. Today, and throughout this week, we are revisiting this beautiful island and its fascinating music with the most uplifting rhythms and voices. Our destination: Back to Crete, part 1.
Επιστροφή στην Κρήτη, Ι
Ο Νίκος Ξυλούρης, ο «...
On this day, 10 February 1975, the poet of the sea — the poet of our sailors — Nikos Kavvadias passed away.
“Fair Winds and Following Seas” and Voice of Greece, wishing to honor his memory and his work, presented a short tribute featuring songs based on his poetry and highlighting the most signifi...
Today, we are celebrating a very special day – World Greek Language Day, which has been set by UNESCO on February 9. And the choice for today’s track list seems obvious: world-class poetry set to music by world-class composers. Our destination? Setting to music the poetry of Greece’s two Nobel Prize...
In a special episode marking the occasion, Stavroula Karali welcomed Christoforos Charalambakis, Professor Emeritus at the University of Athens and a distinguished author with an extensive body of work on language and the science of linguistics, who spoke about the historical framework of the Greek...
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