Maramis V: The Haunted
In Dimitris Maramis’ contemporary musical The Haunted, three folk ballads are combined: The Bridge of Arta, The Dead Brother’s Song, and The Ghost of Charmaina. The supernatural is the common theme that links these stories together, with the ghosts of the damned haunting the pl...
Maramis IV: Erotokritos
Dimitris Maramis has composed a contemporary musical full of powerful melodies based on Vincenzo Cornaro’s masterpiece. With Cretan musical influences and references to jazz, the composer has created a new melodic universe. This is a live recording offered by the composer e...
Maramis III: Sentimental Age
Dimitris Maramis' Sentimental Age is a cycle of songs that refers to the era of love and of the loss of love. Sentimental Age is the moment of innocence, when the heart is still pure enough to believe in love, dreams and fairy tales.
Μαραμής ΙΙΙ: Αισθηματική Ηλικία
Η Αισθηματικ...
Maramis II: The collaboration with Korina Legaki and beyond
Some of the best songs of Dimitris Maramis have been performed by Korina Legaki, a female singer who, in the words of the composer, is “technically flawless, expressive and emotionally charged, with a unique theatricality”.
Μαραμής ΙΙ: Συνεργ...
Maramis I: The Federico Garcia Lorca connection
The week that starts today is dedicated to Dimitris Maramis, the most talented composer of a younger generation, who has excelled in songwriting and in much more complex forms of music composition. Today we will be exploring his work inspired by the poetry...
Cyclades Orchestra
Cyclades Orchestra is a unique local initiative. Founded in 2010 by composer Nikos Kypourgos and 25 musicians and singers from Syros, it has collaborated with many major artists and has appeared regularly in dozens of concerts in the Cyclades and in cities around Greece.
Ορχήστρα των Κυκ...
Syros of Manos Eleftheriou
Syros-born Manos Eleftheriou was not only a superb poet and novelist, but also one of Greece’s greatest lyricists, with a tremendously important yet also popular body of work.
Η Σύρος του Μάνου Ελευθερίου
Μάστορας του λόγου σε όλες του τις μορφές και κορυφαίος στιχουργό...
Syros Mix
Hip-hop band Nea Taxi Pragmaton, folk singer Chrysoula Kehagioglou, ballad singer Nana Binopoulou and singer-songwriter Nikos Zournis take part in today’s tribute to a younger generation of Syros-related music artists.
Syros Mix
Το σημερινό αφιέρωμα σε καλλιτέχνες που συνδέονται με τη Σύρο περιλαμ...
Markos Vamvakaris II
Stelios Vamvakaris, son of Markos, became a leading bouzouki player and a pioneering musician, linking rebetiko songs with the blues legacy. In parallel, Stelios revisited the songs of his father in a robust, convincing manner.
Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης II
Ο Στέλιος Βαμβακάρης, γιος του Μά...
Markos Vamvakaris I
The week that starts today is dedicated to the beautiful island of Syros and to the artists connected with it. Markos Vamvakaris, who was born in Syros, is considered the patriarch of rebetiko and a major influence on so many modern composers.
Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης Ι
Η εβδομάδα π...
The last leg of our week-long trip to the work of Yannis Markopoulos takes us to the 1970s, a period of relentless creativity for him. From 'Chronicle' to 'Immigrants' and from 'Citizenship' to 'Free Besieged', Markopoulos' albums in that decade reveal the full scale of...
Greek Music Express”: A series of episodes in English, dedicated to the compositions of Yannis Markopoulos
As part of his English radio show ‘’Greek Music Express’’, Hercules Economou curates and presents a series of three episodes dedicated to the most important work of the ren...
As part of his English radio show ‘’Greek Music Express’’, Hercules Economou curates and presents a series of three episodes dedicated to the most important work of the renowned composer. This radio tribute is specifically created in English having in mind the Greeks who are living abroad, including 3rd and...
The rebetika of the working classBabis Goles and Agathonas, two magnificent rebetiko singers, join forces in order to honour the labour dimension of this amazing genre.Τα ρεμπέτικα της εργατιάς«Παίρνει και γλυκοχαράζει κι όλα γύρω είναι σιωπηλά / κι ένας μόνος φτωχός εργάτηςξεκινά για την δουλειά / με χαμόγελ...
“Workers’ Symphony” – A masterpiece by Dimos Moutsis
Moutsis’ pioneering music for a play called “Strike” by playwright George Skourtis. The year is 1976 and the composer reveals a flair for more innovative musical paths while maintaining his socially conscious orientation.
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Markopoulos’ “Workers”
A lesser known 1976 album by maestro Yannis Markopoulos focusing on the hardships faced by manual labourers in the industrial zones of Piraeus, Skaramagas and Elefsina – names of places filled with the realities of shipyard workers and machinists.
Manos Loizos - Fontas Ladis - George Dalaras
Written by Fontas Ladis, composed by Manos Loizos and performed by George Dalaras, the album “Our songs” remains a symbol of labour struggles and is still sang in strikes and demonstrations.
May Day
This week is dedicated to the struggles of the working class and the multiple ways through which these struggles have been depicted in Greek song. Numerous creations have emphasized the essence of May Day as a celebration not only of spring and nature, but also of working-class i...
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