Today we travel to Kyrgia, in Drama, to explore its history and learn about the legendary local sports team, Kyrgia FC, founded in 1946 after the war. Author Thodoris Vassiliadis discusses his book "The Team of Our Heart," which chronicles the region's historical events through the club's activities....
Today, we are proceeding with our voyage across songs that contain references to seamen, to their adventures, their worries and their joys. Some of the greatest songwriters and vocalists will be keeping us company – from Arleta to Giota Nega and from Hainides band to Loudovikos from Anogeia. Really, i...
Today’s menu includes folk songs about sailors by huge names such as Stelios Kazantzidis, Poly Panou, Giorgos Margaritis and Vicky Mosholiou. Some of them are songs of melancholy, farewell and contemplation. Others are songs of joy. One way or another, the density with which the theme of seamen and s...
A huge figure of Greek sports. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras went down in history, not only for his performance in a very difficult time, but also for the quality of his character, his stubbornness and his indomitable logic… The show "Athens Time" and Nikolas Angelidis present unknown aspects of the life o...
On Sunday, July 7, "Our Town" was dedicated to Giorgos Katsaros.The composer and guitarist was an amazing case, unique both in his life and in his work. We can say that he was the first Greek who literally went around the world playing to expatriates and to the wider public of each country the wonderful...
Summer tunes vol.3 - the Heatwave edition
I love live recordings – they convey the atmosphere of the concert, the sense of togetherness, this fantastic interaction among the performer, the musicians and the audience. Today, we will be listening to the great voices of the 1980s and to moments from their concerts recorded live. From Vassilis L...
He wanted to make history and awaken the world. He wanted Greece and Crete to be heard to the ends of the earth! Giorgos Stathakis, an immigrant in the 1930s, worked as a cook in Buffalo, New York. He was stuck with the idea of falling into Niagara, huddled in a barrel. He tried to achieve the impossible......
Singer-songwriters are a thing of the 1980s - a trend that later developed further and flourished in the following decade. But what is a singer-songwriter? Basically, they are artists who undertake all the stages of song creation, writing the lyrics and the melodies and performing the songs themselves,...
The Greek 1980s are pop, no doubt about that. Constantina, Alexia, Sofia Vossou and Andreas Mikroutsikos, Manto, Costas Haritodiplomenos and Michalis Rakintzis are just some of the names that fuel a light and uplifting genre. It is a genre that reflects the positivity, the innocence, the optimism and...
The show "Time in Greece" with Nikos Angelidis revisits a historic event from July 3, 1964. On that day, far-right protesters stormed the Greek Parliament during a discussion on the Cyprus problem. A group of far-right elements invade Parliament, clash with Parliament officials. The intruders come to...
Today, we will be listening to a web of albums and artists that together formulated the new folk sound of the 1980s. Their common foundation is lyricist Manolis Rasoulis, a poet and a philosopher, a true intellectual who altered the course of Greek song. Rasoulis delivered a range of outstanding albums,...
An uprising of thousands of workers and people in Athens and Piraeus against the predatory foreign companies Power and Ulen. The calendar reads July 1, 1932. Pedion tou Areos and Pasalimani are filled of people who can't take it any longer... The taxes, the pricing policy and the extreme poverty......
The award-winning composer Giorgos Krimizakis, who has been honored at five festivals, was a guest on the show “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” hosted by Giannis Papoutsakis, on June 30th. Mr. Krimizakis talked about his hit songs and his collaborations with big names such as Poulopoulos, Marinella, Vos...
The first half of today’s journey includes a select set of songs that depict the moon as a symbol of love – a guardian of romance and emotion. Haris Alexiou, Aleka Kanellidou and Giannis Parios are some of the voices that we shall be listening to in this context. The second half of today’s GME is de...
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