The cities of Greek song – foreign and desolate, lonely or for two, with love or with darkness. The cities of Polyxeni Karakoglou and Katerina Kyrmizi, of Victoria Tagouli and Rita Antonopoulou and Elli Paspala, of Kostas Thomaidis and Kostas Mantzios. “In this city, you left me alone / and I am a t...
Today, we will be stopping at the crossroads of two arts, music and cinema, through selections from Hadjidakis' soundtracks for films such as Blue, Topkapi, America America, Sweet movie and Faccia di spia. This GME broadcast was supposed to be part of our week-long tribute to the 100th anniversary of...
It’s the program“ “Listen & See, Look & Hear” that surprises you with its topics every Tuesday. Today, Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis discuss...
• The couple that loved and hated each other so much… that they got married 12 times! What’s going on there?
• The pride of Dimini, Jason...
Today, we are celebrating “Polytechneio”, i.e. the uprising of the Athens Polytechnic School on November 14-17, 1973, which marked the struggle against the Greek dictatorship of 1967-74. Our track list includes songs with direct references to the events, as well as others that focus on the themes of ...
Today, here at GME, we are celebrating lyricist Lefteris Papadopoulos’ 90 years of life, creativity and endless contribution to Greek song. And we are doing that by highlighting his more erotic side, a side replete with powerful images of love, loss and devotion. A moon kissing with the stars, an e...
We lay out the newspapers of the era before us… and turn the calendar back to 1983.We flip through the sports weekly “BALLA”, which hit the newsstands every Tuesday and revisit stories such as:
The “diplomatic incident” between Greece and England, triggered by Denmark…
Thomas Mavros preparing f...
There are many things that one can say about lyricist, writer and film director Alekos Sakellarios, and we will indeed be saying many things about him and his contribution aboard today’s GME. But for me, Sakellarios is, above all, the one who wrote the lyrics of my favourite song: “In life there are...
This week, we have been celebrating five important poets and lyricists who have left a notable mark on Greek song and today we turn to my number one, the poet whom I consider the greatest not only in Greece but globally, a true master situated at the crossroads of political vision and existential despair....
This week, we have been celebrating five important poets and lyricists who have left a notable mark on Greek song and today we turn to my number one, the poet whom I consider the greatest not only in Greece but globally, a true master situated at the crossroads of political vision and existential despair....
It’s “Listen & See, Look & Hear”, VoG's Tuesday special broadcast with Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis — a whirlwind of the bizarre, the funny, and the utterly unbelievable.
In this episode, listeners discovered that:
– NASA lost 135 million dollars due to one employee’s mistake– Ju...
French poet Arthur Rimbaud, who passed away on this day, November 10, 1891, is considered a leading figure of world poetry. Literary critics have pointed to his pioneering role in promoting a variety of aesthetic currents, including symbolism and surrealism. Naturally, Rimbaud has been present in this...
The moving story of the doctor of the poor. Evdokia Papasotiriou, from the idyllic village of Planitero in Achaia, was the first woman to graduate from the Medical School. A fighter of the National Resistance and a doctor who gave selflessly, she would walk five hours to the surrounding villages to...
Από τα Κόκκινα τα Μπλουζ με τον Μητροπάνο στο Άσπρο Μπλουζ με τον Καράλη, από το Μπλουζ του Κόσμου με τη Μουτσάτσου στο Ιπτάμενο Μπλουζ με τη Βόσσου, από το Μπλουζ στο Πικάπ με την Τσανακλίδου στο Blues on the Road με τον Θηβαίο… Σήμερα, κάνουμε μια πρώτη, αναγνωριστική βουτιά στο βασίλειο των μπλουζ...
This episode of the Voice of Greece radio program “Journeys Basking in Greek Light”, presented by Giannis Papoutsakis, was dedicated to the poet of Romiosyni, Yiannis Ritsos, on Sunday, 09 November 2025, marking 35 years since his journey into eternity on 11 November. The episode celebrated his poe...
On Sunday, 09 November 2025, Voice of Greece presented the second part of the tribute by the program “Our Town” to Dionysis Savvopoulos, focusing on the second creative phase of the great artist – from “Tραπεζάκια έξω” (Tables Outside) to “O Chronopoios” (The Time Maker).
Taking part in the broadcast are acto...
Η γνωστή συγγραφέας και μεταφράστρια Βάσια Τζανακάρη έρχεται στη Φωνή της Ελλάδας και μοιράζεται μαζί μας κάποια από τα πιο …ροκ αποσπάσματα των βιβλίων της! Γεννιέται ο κόσμος, Αδελφικό, Η καρέκλα του κυρίου Έκτορα, Έντεκα Μικροί Φόνοι: Ιστορίες Εμπνευσμένες από Τραγούδια του Nick Cave – η Τζανακάρη διαβάζε...
On 1 November 1920 — in the wake of the Treaty of Sèvres and the grand vision of a “Greece of the Two Continents and the Five Seas” — Eleftherios Venizelos suffered a stunning electoral defeat. Taking this unexpected turning point as a starting point, “Historical Walks”&nbs...
Our week-long journey across the fields of “entechno” (art) song ends today with yet another overdose of emotion, lyricism and sensitivity – this time from albums recorded in 1994. Indicatively, Anastasia Moutsatsou sings the words of Giorgos Andreou: “If love is a light in the darkness / you are my ...
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