Does it exist or not? Is it alive or dead? A vibrant artistic movement or a construction of record labels? This is the famous debate over the art song and its existence. The questions are not only of philological but also of practical importance, as they concern a large volume of current musical production....
The show "Listen and See, Look and Hear" is here, as every Tuesday, on Voice of Greece. Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis — an improbably mismatched yet perfectly matched duo — bring us today’s stories:
• The painting that shattered all records — you won’t believe how many millions it sold for...
Throughout the week that starts today, we shall be exploring the first half of the 1990s and how the discography of these years shaped Greek song with the advent of “entechno”, art song. Today’s destination? My favourite songs from year 1990. Expect masterpieces performed by the “usual suspects” of art so...
On this day, 81 years ago — 3 November 1944 — the highest-value banknote in Greek history was issued: the 100-billion-drachma note, which was worth slightly less than ten euro cents today!
Nikolas Angelidis and the program “Time in Greece" trace the fascinating journey of the drachma through histo...
2 November marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. We honour the day by listening to songs that reference the news, current affairs, and journalism itself. From Maria Dimitriadi to Argyro Kaparou, and from Alexandros Emmanouilidis to Georgia Velivasaki, many artists...
This episode of “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” with Giannis Papoutsakis, broadcast on 02 November 2025, was dedicated to Odysseas Elytis — the poet of the Aegean and of “Axion Esti” — marking 114 years since his birth.
The episode highlighted his life and work, along with his poetry set to musi...
Stavros Xarchakos called him “a modern Dionysus.” For Manos Hadjidakis, he was “the most important artist of his generation”. And as Alkinoos Ioannidis put it, “Without you, we would not be who we are.”
“Our Town” presents a special tribute to Dionysis Savvopoulos — the visionary sing...
Today, we remember an important—though less widely known—composer who passed away on 01 November 2021. With solid and comprehensive musical training, Takis Bougas enjoyed a rich recording career and collaborated with many major figures of Greek song.
Speaking to the distinguished colleague and fri...
On 1 November 1920 — in the wake of the Treaty of Sèvres and the grand vision of a “Greece of the Two Continents and the Five Seas” — Eleftherios Venizelos suffered a stunning electoral defeat. Taking this unexpected turning point as a starting point, “Historical Walks”&nbs...
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
Today, we are remembering a deeply sentimental poet who was born on this day, October 31, 1888. Napoleon Lapathiotis is a recurrent “passenger” aboard GME, but today we focus on how he has been approached by contemporary composers. Stella Gadedi, Giannis Kontaratos, Dimitris Maramis, Martha Menahem and...
“Back Then” takes us on a journey through time, every Friday within the program “Time in Greece.” Today, we leaf through the pages of the sports newspaper “Filathlos” dated Monday, 31 October 1988 — exactly 37 years ago!
And here’s what we find…
– Koskotas makes headlines, sweeping everything...
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
This week, here at GME, we have been pinpointing the position of poetry in modern Greek song through the work of contemporary composers and today we are remembering an existentialist poet who was born on this day, October 30, 1896. Kostas Karyotakis is a key figure not only in Greek poetry, but also...
Today, we turn to a set of relatively recent releases that stand at the crossroads of two worlds, poetry and music. Composers such as George Kagialikos, Alexandros Gourgoulios and Giorgos Komboyannis demonstrate that Greek art song has not only a glorious past but also a fascinating present, with explorations...
A bomb exploded at the very foundations of the capitalist system on this day, 29 October 1929. The total collapse of the American financial system plunged the entire planet into an economic nightmare, with the working and productive classes enduring the harshest conditions.
The Great Crash of 1929,...
Today, October 28, we celebrate the “No” or “Ohi” Day, i.e. the rejection of Mussolini’s ultimatum and the entry of Greece to World War II. And our track list shall reflect this idea of saying “no”, because resistance is not a historical artefact, but an everyday practice that begins from our daily lif...
This episode is dedicated to Babis Tsertos — the singer who, as a student, experienced firsthand the “revival” of rebetiko music. He learned to play the bouzouki and, in 1982, when the first rebetadika (rebetiko clubs) began to appear, he started performing professionally in them.
Produced and p...
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