12 short comedic stories by Zeti Fitsiou, featuring Euterpe, portrayed by Fay Xyla
Meet Mademoiselle Euterpe—noble, utterly guileless, and perpetually caught in the most unexpected comedic predicaments. Through her unique adventures, she unveils her delightful character, drawing us into a world s...
On this episode, we conclude our two-part tribute to the work of a superb folk lyricist who was born on March 29, 1926. Manos Eleftheriou believed that Kostas Virvos' passage through Greek song "was a blessing." Another of his colleagues, Lefteris Papadopoulos, emphasized that "Virvos took the folk...
12 short comedic stories by Zeti Fitsiou, featuring Euterpe, portrayed by Fay Xyla
Meet Mademoiselle Euterpe—noble, utterly guileless, and perpetually caught in the most unexpected comedic predicaments. Through her unique adventures, she unveils her delightful character, drawing us into a world s...
Greek Music Express sheds light on the work of Costas Virvos, an outstanding lyricist who was born on March 29, 1926, which means that this Saturday we will be commemorating the 99th anniversary of his birth. In today’s GME, we will be focusing on his friendship and artistic association with composer T...
On this episode of GME, we revisit a genre of Greek song that flourished in the 1930s and influenced, with its sensitivity and melodic quality, a variety of other styles. Specifically, we will be celebrating the encounter of a contemporary singer-song-writer with a major light song creator. Our destination:...
On this episode of Greek Music Express, we are celebrating March 25, the Greek Independence Day and the national liberation revolution of 1821. Our destination is the setting to music of the poetry of Dionysios Solomos, the country’s so-called “national poet”. Christos Leontis, Dimitris Lagios, Terps...
Giorgos Sarantaris was cherished in a unique way by poetry lovers, leaving behind a powerful poetic legacy. Some of Greece’s greatest poets wrote about him, including Odysseas Elytis, who considered him his mentor.The program explores the remarkable poet and thinker's philosophy on art and life, his d...
The concluding part of the show's tribute to cafes and coffee takes us to some of the greatest moments of Greek song. Arleta, with her encounter at her favourite Café; Themis Andreadis with a song about coffee shops; Winter Swimmers with their Café Aman; Margarita Zorbala with her Café Hope; Tania Ts...
The radio show Journeys Basking in Greek Light with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 23 was dedicated to the great Greek lyricist Akos Daskalopoulos. His life and timeless songs were celebrated through the voices of legendary artists such as Bithikotsis, Dalaras, Poulopoulos, Marinella, Koumioti, Violaris,...
“Our Town” presents a tribute to Manolis Angelopoulos.
The renowned singer left a powerful mark on Greek popular music. Throughout his long career, he collaborated with outstanding composers such as Kaldaras, Bakalis, Verveniotis, Mitsákis, Chiotis, Tsitsanis, Pitsiladis, and Nikolópoulos, as we...
On Saturday, March 22, 2025, “Our Town” will hosted Giorgos Markopoulos.
The award-winning poet, beloved by poetry enthusiasts, engaged in a revealing conversation with Themis Rodamitis, sharing his special relationships formed through his connections with fellow poets. He talked about the great ...
Today is World Poetry Day and GME is hosting a panorama of poetry set to music. These are songs by leading Greek composers based on the poetic speech of Anagnostakis, Elytis, Karyotakis, Cavafy, Kavvadias and Ritsos, among others. In between the tracks, we will be sharing basic information about the...
The fourth part of our week-long tribute to cafes and coffee includes some of the brightest samples of Greek folk and light folk songs, replete with simple messages about the everyday life of the people, their hardships, their passions, their dreams. And of course, these songs include robust performances...
The show "Time in Freece" dares to make... a different tribute. To the greatest goalkeeper in history. The Soviet Lev Yashin. He was called the "Black Spider" because he spread his web across the entire goal, and no one could easily breach it... He was also called the "Black Octopus" because his arms...
Today’s GME lies at the crossroads of coffee, cafes, and popular, laiko song. The folk muse utilises the cup of coffee as a motif of emotions, dead-ends and precious moments. And, similarly, the coffee shop, the café or kafeneio becomes a theme and a venue where the fates of the people meet. Brace yo...
Charalambos Bouchos… The notorious underworld enforcer and "protector" of hardline right-wing politicians. A man of the underworld, a prison veteran, and the undisputed boss of the era’s top bouzouki club, the infamous Dasos (The Forest) owned by Vlachos in Votanikos.
He bragged that he was the one...
Today’s GME hosts songs with references to coffee and coffee shops that originate from the huge legacy of rock, ballad and the electrified soundscapes of Greek music. Some of the greatest rock artists will be sharing with us their musical stories in connection with the motif of coffee. Lavrentis Mahairitsas a...
The history and songs of Stavros Pantelidis, the pioneer of Smyrnaic music. Alongside Toundas, Papazoglou, and Ogdontakis, he is one of the legendary figures whose music journeyed from Smyrna to Greece along with the refugees.
A personality not widely known, yet with a mythical presence in the earliest...
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