Small yet significant stories of immigration to Australia. From the first Greek immigrants in Australia, who are said to have been seven sailors, possibly pirates, from Hydra in 1829, to other pioneering stories that have remained unknown to the general public until now…
A countess, a 99-year-old m...
Born in London, UK to Greek parents, Leon of Athens learned to play the piano and classical guitar from an early age and soon went on to form his first band – Mimosa’s Dream. He has been reviewed by such major international press outlets as the Guardian, the New York Times, the BBC, Q Magazine, and...
Sir Alec, the designer of the legendary Mini Cooper—the best-selling car in history—is Greek, from Smyrna… Emerging from the hardships of displacement and uprooting, he rose to the top of the world with only one thing in mind… The design. Just the design! He hated mathematics and the culture of data...
On Sunday, August 25th, 2024, the show “Our Town” was dedicated to Leonidas Kyrkos. The program featured discussions by director Manos Zacharias and poet Titos Patrikios about Kyrkos, a leading figure of the Left and a pioneering fighter in social struggles. They ref...
He is a dramatic figure in history. Greek student Kostas Georgakis from Genoa, who self-immolated in front of the city's courthouse to send a message of freedom for Greece to the world. The show “Time in Greece” and Nikolas Angelidis delve into the details that led the young Corfiot geology student to ...
This week here at GME is dedicated to the girls of Greek song, all these young music artists who have been leaving an important footprint on our contemporary music landscape. Today, we will be tasting the coexistence of dynamism and sensitivity in two gifted singers-songwriters: Pavlina Voulgaraki &...
How can one approach the phenomenon that is Bellou? Is there a way? No… ONLY through emotion. Personal emotion… You might say, of course, that all songs evoke emotions and connect somehow with each person’s sorrows… But Bellou is something different. Unique and unsurpassed through the passage of time...
Nefeli Fasouli was born and raised in Athens. At the age of 6, she began studying violin and music theory, while in 2013 she enrolled at the Athens Law School, from where she graduated in 2018. In parallel, she attended classes in jazz singing, vocal improvisation and theory, and completed a graduate...
The story of the legendary composer of rebetiko and laiko music, Vangelis Papazoglou. During a time of hunger, poverty, war, and betrayal, when darkness fell over the land, he abandoned his beloved bouzouki and took to the streets with a cart, becoming a junk dealer. "I don't play bouzouki for the occupiers...
Myrto Vasileiou was born in Athens, in February 1995. “I don't remember myself not being concerned with music in one way or another. To begin with, music was inside our home every day. By the time I was five I knew how to record my own tapes on a big stereo we had in the living room”. Her first per...
The riveting story and journey of a legend in classical music. We present to you the life, works, and passions of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. From Tsarist Russia and Saint Petersburg to the pinnacle of the world. Through doubts, harsh criticism, and a relentless pursuit of recognition…
This week here at GME is all about girl power in Greek music - female music artists who have been fuelling contemporary Greek song with their talent and inspiration. Some of them do so using Greek language; others turn to English to express themselves. The language is really secondary; what matters...
Eleni Vallianou, a native of Kefalonia, is a heroine of the French Resistance. She fought passionately and fiercely against the fascists, was captured, tortured, and executed by the Gestapo on August 15, 1945, in Nice. Her code name in the Resistance's secret groups in Cannes was "La Veilleuse," meaning...
On the occasion of the Assumption Day celebration, on Sunday, August 18th, “Folk Paths” featured a live recording at Studio B of the Hellenic Radio with distinguished musicians and artists.During the first hour of the show, Giorgos Zampetas, along with Nikos Graigos, Makis Psaradellis, and the exce...
A tribute to the defiant doctor Vasilis Tsironis, who hijacked a plane 45 years ago today to bring global attention to what was happening in Greece under the military junta of the colonels. As a doctor for the exiles on Ai Stratis, an unyielding mind, he went on a hunger strike demanding the return...
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