This year, Greece is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the fall of the 7-year military dictatorship in 1974 and the establishment of a functioning democratic regime. This is a great occasion for GME to return to some of the greatest songs that marked the mid-1970s and, also, to some texts that analyse...
34 dead and over 100 injured in the shocking… train accident that occurred in Derveni, Corinthia, on this day in 1968. A complete report and analysis of the events that led to the mass casualties… How the junta of the colonels attempted to cover up the tragic events… What the press of the time wrote...
Two hours filled with the voice of MARINELLA! In the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis on September 29, 2024. Her life, her early years in music, her pivotal encounter with Kazantzidis, her major hits, and her rare collaborations! A tribute of LOVE to our great interpreter,...
The final part of the 3-part tribute of the show “Unguarded Passage,” researched, written, and presented by ERT journalist Thomas Sideris, broadcast for the first time on Voice of Greece on Friday, September 20, 2024.
“Cinnamon from Smyrna”: A radio documentary based on the novel “Cinnamon from Smyrna” b...
The week that ends here at GME was dedicated to a music genre that is somehow overlooked nowadays, even though it encompasses huge amounts of talent, improvisation and vision: Greek jazz. Tonight’s destination: pianist Giorgos Kontrafouris and saxophonist Takis Paterelis. The jazz virus attacked Paterelis a...
A journey through the history of the National Liberation Front (EAM), established today, 83 years ago. The struggles alongside workers, the battles against hunger, the occupiers, and their local collaborators. The organization spread throughout Greece, launching significant strikes against fascists...
Thanos Mikroutsikos has been appearing regularly here at GME thanks to his multi-faceted musical personality and his active engagement with different styles and genres. Today, we shall be exploring his jazz side; indeed, his relationship with jazz may not be clear in the minds of many of us, but it...
The music producer and performer Nikos Graigos is hosted on the show "Time in Greece." He discusses the difficulties of our times, emphasizing the social aspect that intertwines with the cultural sector. Graigos shares his acquaintance with Stelios Vambakaris, reflecting on productions that sent powerful...
Pianist, composer and writer Sakis Papadimitriou is one of the key figures in Greek jazz. He started studying piano at a very early age and later he continued with classical guitar. He holds a degree from the Philosophy Department of the University of Ioannina and the Department of Education of Patras...
Trumpet player and composer Andreas Polyzogopoulos studied jazz trumpet at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where he won the Toots Thielemans award. He has recorded five personal albums and appears in more than seventy as a sideman. His later records include a tribute...
"Heliotrope" with Giannis Papoutsakis welcomed Autumn on September 23rd with poems by Livaditis, Ritsos, Dimoula, and other poets, along with nostalgic music by Satie, Kitaro, Myers, Kosma, Roxani Chatzidimitriou, and the voice of Nat King Cole in 'Autumn Leaves'!
The liner notes of the historic Greece Goes Modern album read as follows: “Mimis Plessas is one of our foremost composers, he has repeatedly been awarded with international European and Greek awards for his music songs and film scores. In this album with the help of The Orbiters, a modern group with s...
The astonishing story of Italian international footballer Bruno Neri… How he humiliated Mussolini's fascist squads. How he abandoned his football jersey and took to the mountains, fighting fascists and occupiers… His final battle alongside fellow athlete Vittorio Bellencini, known as "Commander Nic...
On September 22nd, 2024, the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis presented a two-hour tribute to George Seferis. His life, his poetry, his words... With recitations of his poems by Seferis himself and, of course, his poetry set to music! The voices of Bithikotsis, Farantouri,...
On Sunday, September 22, "Our Town" presented a tribute to poet Pablo Neruda.
In the first part, the program highlighted Neruda's long and fascinating poetic journey, his awards, his love for language, the environment, and his homeland, Chile.
Actors Akillas Karazisis and Michalis Mitrousis read...
Unguarded Passage tribute to the Asia Minor Catastrophe: “My Dearest Brother George” | 20 Sept. 2024
This is the second part of the 3-part tribute of the show “Unguarded Passage,” researched, written, and presented by ERT journalist Thomas Sideris.
“My Dearest Brother George” : This radio documentary brings to light unknown written records from the period of 1919-1922, focusing particularly on even...
53 years after his death (on September 20, 1971), Seferis’ footprint on Greek music remains significant, as GME has tried to show throughout this week. Tonight, it is time to unveil the connection between Seferis and two colossal figures of Greek music, Giannis Markopoulos and Dimos Moutsis. The former u...
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