Tributes

The panorama of the new releases of 2023 reveals just how vibrant and multifaceted the current landscape of Greek music is, thanks to: A renowned composer (Stamatis Kraounakis) who fuels with admirable consistency the spring of popular song; a rock star (Pavlos Pavlidis) who revisits the best songs...

Despite the profound crisis of the discography in the last two decades, the Greek song is here, alive and kicking. This week, we are exploring some of the albums that were released in the last five years and that confirm this conclusion. Today, we will be listening to the precious return of a grande...

The political hip-hop of Kini Thniti (Common Mortals); the sensitive ballads of Alexandros Emmanouilidis; the urban mythology of Usurum; the world music explosion of Thanos Stavridis; and the re-negotiation of Cypriot tradition by Monsieur Doumani. These are the ingredients of today’s overview of t...

"Our Town" welcomes the award-winning and multi-talented actor Manolis Mavromatakis for an engaging conversation with host Themis Rodamitis. Mavromatakis reflects on key moments from his career in theater, cinema, and acting education, offering insights into the significance of the Greek language,...

The week that starts today, here at GME, is dedicated to the albums and the songs that were released in the last five years, from 2020 to 2024. In other words, we will be celebrating the most recent and promising works that, of course, also correspond to our own artistic criteria. Today’s broadcast f...

The show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 30th was dedicated to Kostas Virvos, the folk poet behind some of Greek music's greatest hits. Songs of his were performed by Bithikotsis, Kazantzidis, Moscholiou, Marinella, Ninou, Tsitsanis, Poly Panou, Giota Lydia, Chalkias,...

 Our Town presents a special tribute to Stella Haskil.The renowned Greek singer, considered one of the greatest voices of the difficult interwar years, uniquely interpreted the works of legendary Greek popular composers such as Tsitsanis, Kaldaras, Chiotis, Vamvakaris, Binis, and others. Joining th...

"Our Town" with themis Rodamitis presents a special tribute to poet and translator Giorgos Blanas, one of the leading figures of Greece’s literary generation of the 1980s. The program aims to highlight the wisdom and transcendent intellectual maturity of a man deeply respected and cherished in the lit...

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...

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...