Thanasis Polykandriotis, son of folk master Thodoros Polykandriotis, is a great composer and bouzouki soloist as well as a dedicated teacher. He has left his mark with hundreds of compositions to his credit and has appeared in the most famous concert halls of Europe, the United States and Australia....
A magical walk in the unique beauties of Kasos. Nikolas Angelidis meets Ilias Mastropavlos, special technician and pebble designer... We travel through the eternal blue of the Dodecanesian land, learn about the amazing natural trails of Kasos which are still wild but unspoiled and we draw information...
This week here at GME is dedicated to the greatest virtuosos of Greece’s most popular musical instrument: the bouzouki! Yannis Stamatiou (“Sporos” - also known as John Stamatis) was a superb bouzouki soloist and even today, many years after his passing away in 2011, he is widely regarded as a legen...
Bouzouki instrumentals – this is the theme of our week-long tribute that starts today. And our starting point is the crème-de-la-crème of bouzouki soloists: Giannis Papaioannou, Markos Vamvakaris, Manolis Hiotis, Vasilis Tsitsanis, Giorgos Zambetas, Giorgos Mitsakis, Dimitris Stergiou, Costas Papadopoulos, Lak...
TIME IN GREECE goes back in a time and place that was stained with blood and marked our history... On this day in 1896 the multi-day militant strike mobilization of the miners broke out in Lavrion. Reacting to the inhumane working conditions, the brutal exploitation by employers and the unaccountability...
The backbone of today’s tribute to painter Theofilos is a 1976 collection of songs titled Paintings of Theofilos, written by Akos Daskalopoulos and composed by Notis Mavroudis. The songs are performed by Alexandra and Haris Galanos. Next to them, we will be listening to songs with references to Theofilos p...
A breathtaking tribute by Nikolas Angelidis on TIME IN GREECE about the massacre of civilians in Kleisoura on April 5th, 1944. All events as they unfolded frame by frame... How we got to the massacre of 280 innocent people. The battles of the guerrillas in the mountains of the region and the "reprisals"...
This week, we are taking a tour aroud the most beautiful artwork of Greek music albums and the painters behind it. After George Stathopoulos and Yannis Tsarouchis, it is time for Alekos Fassianos, his tremendously impactful international career, and his presence in Greek music albums with the artwork...
Tribute with amazing documents of the time to the conquest of the European Cup Winners' Cup by AEK on the same day in 1968. Nikolas Angelidis on TIME IN GREECE conveys frame by frame everything that happened that unforgettable night in Athens, in front of 80,000 spectators, a number that is a world...
We started with a 2-day tribute to George Stathopoulos and our next stop, today, is Yannis Tsarouchis. Tsarouchis, who was born in 1910 and died in 1989, was a modernist painter and set designer, and one of the very few Greek painters to achieve international fame. Known particularly for his homoerotic...
Painter Stathopoulos notes: “I really like Hadjidaki's music. I like Greek musicians. And I like Theodorakis, Xarchakos, Savvopoulos, Leontis, Loizos, Kouyoumtzis, and Mamagakis. These are all important artists. I listen to 90% Greek music, and I also have a 10% of foreign music that I listen t...
Today, our track list includes songs from albums with artwork drawn by painter George Stathopoulos. In particular, we shall be focusing on more folk paths, with creations by Nikos Mamagakis, Apostolos Kaldaras, Stavros Kougioumtzis, Stavros Xarhakos and Stamos Semsis. Stathopoulos is not only a top-class...
The show “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” with Giannis Papoutsakis on March 31st was dedicated to Stavros Xarchakos. The songs of the great Greek composer, his theatrical and cinematic successes, performed by: Bithikotsis, Moscholiou, Kokotas, Poly Panou, Gavalas, Karezi, Vougiouklaki, Dimitriadis, Xyl...
On Sunday, March 31st, the show “Our Town” makes a small tribute to Dimitris Christodoulou, with special references to this prolific, post-war writer who wrote some of the most beautiful lyrics, which became wonderful songs by important Greek composers and were performed by dozens of singers such as ...
On Saturday, March 30rd, the show “Our Town” pays a tribute to Napoleon Lapathiotis, as this year marks the 80th anniversary of his death.
Special references are made to his poetry, as well as to his texts published in literary magazines of the time.
Invited to the studio, director and writer Tak...
Although the film Chariots of Fire is a period piece set in the 1920s, the Academy Award-winning original soundtrack composed by Vangelis uses a contemporary 1980s electronic sound, with a strong use of synthesizer and piano among other instruments. This was a departure from earlier period films, which...
Nemostudios.co.uk mentions: “When film director Ridley Scott asked Vangelis to write the score to his upcoming film Blade Runner, contrary to public belief, the use of electronic music was not a deliberate attempt by Vangelis to copy commonly used ideas and sounds as seen in science fiction films. E...
Today's show featured, in replay, the radio tribute “THE CHILD IN OUR FOLK TRADITION”, which was broadcast live in the studio of Voice of Greece and is part of the music and dance performance of dance teacher Konstantina Vichou, presented at the Municipal Theater of Keratsini Antonis Samarakis.
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