As part of the Mother's Day celebration, "The Elves of Tradition" present a heartfelt tribute to the figure of the Mother through traditional song — honoring her in all her forms: the mother who gave us life, Mother Earth who sustains and nourishes us, and the Divine Mother who embraces us with her l...
The week that starts today, here at GME, is dedicated to New Wave (Neo Kyma). This is a genre replete with softness and emotion, which marked the Greek song of the mid-1960s and the early 1970s, and disappeared as abruptly as it emerged. Today, we will be exploring the ingenuity of a composer who remained...
On May 11th, the show “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” with Giannis Papoutsakis presented a heartfelt two-hour tribute to Mother’s Day. The program featured moving poems by Vlachos, Markoras, Polemis, and Sperantzas, along with beloved songs dedicated to motherhood, performed by voices such as Kazan...
In today’s GME, we will be enjoying some of Greece’s greatest female voices singing timeless masterpieces along the dance rhythm of hasapiko. From Eleni Roda to Melina Tanagri, from Rita Sakellariou to Eleni Tsaligopoulou, and from Dimitra Galani to Maria Dimitriadi, we are confronted with the most uni...
The mother of the striking worker Tasos Tousis, mourning over her dead son. An image like the Epitaph... Yannis Ritsos conveys the grief, the spiritual grandeur, the promise of resistance... Mikis Theodorakis creates one of his greatest achievements...
Hasapiko, syrtaki, hasaposerviko – three dance rhythms that are different but all belong to the same family. Three rich rhythmic universes in which some of the nicest Greek songs are contained. Today, here at GME, we will be listening to samples from all three dance styles, highlighting their proximity a...
Terzis, Dalaras, Mitropanos, Voskopoulos, Poulopoulos, Kalantzis, Bithikotsis, Kalogiannis, Dionysiou, Korakakis, The Kids from Patra, Makedonas, Theoharidis. Are you sure you can handle all of these amazing folk voices in just a single radio broadcast? I hope so, because these are precisely some of...
Today’s GME is filled with the beautiful “penies” of bouzouki playing hasapiko. This is the dance rhythm of some of the greatest and most memorable tunes, a robust rhythmic foundation of immense beauty. Our track list includes creations of masters of Greek composition such as Giorgos Mitsakis, Giann...
The show that loves to surprise you is here again... With Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis at the microphones,“Listen & See, Look & Hear” brings you fresh stories and unexpected twists:
What’s it like to play football on a floating pitch — right in the middle of the sea?
Timers in publ...
“Irregular Notes” with Stelios Ioannidis presents a special tribute to Nikos Gounaris, the beloved singer with the “velvety voice,” who passed away on this day in 1965.
The broadcast revisits the life and legacy of the iconic composer, lyricist, and entertainer who defined the 195...
The week that starts today, we will be celebrating a landmark dance rhythm that has been part of some of our greatest songs and that is truly adored by the lovers of Greek music, dancers and non-dances alike, in Greece and abroad. An entire week dedicated to hasapiko? Sure, as this is the foundation...
The story of a man whose ultimate sacrifice became a song, a symbol, and a rallying cry for people across the world. On this day in 1981, Bobby Sands died after 66 days on hunger strike, protesting the inhumane conditions in British prisons. A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Sands gave his...
May is an emotionally intense month, symbolising the passage from Spring to Summer, the blooming of nature and of our inner worlds. It is a month of protest and struggles, including the struggles of the working class that we talked about yesterday. But it is also a month of love, of passion, of liberation...
The story of the legendary rebetis Dimitris Gogos, who became widely known by his nickname “Bayianteras.” How did he get this unusual name—and why did it stick? A look at the life and path of a true old-school mangas, a man of grit and style from a bygone era.
We explore the music of Bayianteras along...
May 1 at GME means remembering the workers’ struggles that secured the social and economic rights enjoyed by our societies today. And it also means celebrating the identity and culture of the working classes, old and new. A part of this identity consists of the Greek labour songs that reflected an e...
Today, here at GME, we are celebrating the life and work of an important figure of folk music, a radio producer and music journalist who died exactly twenty years ago, on April 30, 2005. With his texts and broadcasts, he remained faithful to his ideals – folk song, social justice, artistic originality –...
A historical exploration into one of humanity’s darkest chapters... Benito Mussolini, the ruthless fascist dictator of Italy, and the end of his reign that brought relief to the nation. This program delves into the details of his execution, examines the various historical accounts of his death, and i...
This episode is dedicated to Constantine Cavafy, the internationally acclaimed poet of the Greek diaspora. It features musical interpretations of his poems, along with evocative readings by Dimitris Horn, Dimitris Kataleifos, and Grigoris Valtinos.
Produced and presented by Stelios Ioannidis...
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