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Natasa Vissarionos
SCHEDULE VOICE OF GREECE
Greek Music Express: Voices from Thessaloniki – Lizeta Kalimeri | 23 Jan 2024
Throughout her discography, Lizeta Kalimeri has demonstrated her immense musical and interpretative range, experimenting with different styles while always maintaining her artistic consistency. She has collaborated with leading art-song creators, like Giorgos Kazantzis, top-class composers such as Nikos...
Greek Music Express: Voices from Thessaloniki- Vasilis Karras | 22 Jan 2024
The death of Vasilis Karras on December 24, 2023, sparked a huge public debate over the notion of ‘kapsoura’, i.e. strong erotic desire, infatuation and the grievance that accompanies a break-up. Irrespective of the opinion one might have concerning the aesthetics of the genre that Karras represented, the...
”Journeys Basking in Greek Light” with Stavros Xarchakos’ film songs | 21.01.2024
Ένα ταξίδι με τα κινηματογραφικά τραγούδια του Σταύρου Ξαρχάκου πραγματοποίησε στις 21 Ιανουαρίου η εκπομπή του Γιάννη Παπουτσάκη ''Ταξιδεύοντας με φως ελληνικό''. Ακούστηκαν μουσικές και τραγούδια του από τις ταινίες: Το ταξίδι, Κόκκινα φανάρια, Λόλα, Μοντέρνα σταχτοπούτα, Διπλοπενιές, Κορίτσια στον ήλιο, Γυμνοί στο ...
My Wandering Heart: Songs about cities pt. 2 | 20 Jan. 2024
_ City Songs #2_ Φεύγω gια το Σαντιάγο / κι όποιον θέλει ας πάρει ο Χάρος Produced and presented by Anna ProkovaSound editing: Nikos Savorginakis tracklist_ WITCH - Home ΤowWITCH - Α Strange DreaMulatu Astatke - MotherlandAndrew Bird - PlasticitiesElizab...
Greek Music Express: Vassilis Tsitsanis – Glykeria & Giorgos Margaritis | 19 Jan 2024
How can we summarize Tsitsanis’s contribution to Greek music? He was brilliant as a composer, lyricist and bouzouki player. He removed the stigma that had originally been attached to the bouzouki, which became a legitimate lead instrument. And he incorporated western features, eliminating some oriental el...
”Time in Greece” tribute to ‘Nick the Greek’ | 19.01.2024
The show TIME IN GREECE makes a long historical walk... in the turbulent life of history's most famous gambler. Nick The Greek! The life, gambling, charities and great rivalries of the Greek gambling ace... who read Aristotle and Plato to calm down, think and make his next plans on the felt. His friendship...
Joanna Vraka on ”Journeys Basking in Greek Light” | 18.01.2024
Distinguished theater and photography artist, Joanna Vraka was Giannis Papoutsakis’ guest on the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" on January 18th. With rock mood and songs by: Animals, Joan Baez, Scorpions, Al Stewart, Janis Joplin, Pavlov's dog and others
”Journeys Basking in Greek Light” tribute to Nikos Xanthopoulos | 17.01.2024
One year has passed without Nikos Xanthopoulos and the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" by Giannis Papoutsakis presented on January 17th pays tribute to the "child of the people", with excerpts from his autobiography and his songs with music by Kaldaras, Xarchakos and Manisalis!
Giorgos Darivas tribute on ”Time in Greece” | 17.01.2024
Αφιέρωμα στον μεγάλο Γιώργο Δαρίβα που έφυγε από τη ζωή στις 15.1.2024. Αγωνίστηκε και στη Μικτή Μακρονήσου ως φαντάρος που υπηρετούσε τη θητεία του στο κολαστήριο. Όλη η πορεία της ομάδας Επιλέκτων Μακρονήσου από την ιστορική νίκη της στις 27 Ιανουαρίου 1949 επί του πρωταθλητή Ολυμπιακού με 2-1 στ...
Greek Music Express: Vassilis Tsitsanis -Grigoris Bithikotsis – Stelios Kazantzidis | 16 Jan 2024
During his long career, Vassilis Tsitsanis collaborated on stage and in the studio with many great interpreters of popular song. However, a special place in Tsitsanis' discography is held by his collaboration with Grigoris Bithikotsis and Stelios Kazantzidis, because they were not just some random singers....
Greek Music Express: Vassilis Tsitsanis – Anna Ηrysafi – Marika Ninou | 15 Jan 2024
Vassilis Tsitsanis was born on January 18, 1915, and died on January 18, 1984. Thus, this week here at GME is dedicated to this influential figure of Greek music who left a huge footprint on laiko and rebetiko song. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered as an extraordinary composer...
”Our Town” tribute to Kostas Axelos | 14.01.2024
On Sunday, January 14th,"Our Town" was dedicated to philosopher Kostas Axelos. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kostas Axelos, and the program honors the memory of this great thinker, who introduced reflections and opened up new paths in contemporary thought. In the studio, the...
”Journeys Basking in Greek Light” tribute to Vasilis Tsitsanis | 14.01.2024
A two-hour tribute to Vasilis Tsitsanis, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his death, was presented on January 14th at the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" by Giannis Papoutsakis. The life and songs of the great composer who put the bouzouki in every home and gave identity to folk so...
Greek Music Express: Mountains: Our inner mountains | 12 Jan 2024
We conclude our week-long tribute by sharing information about the three mountains of Athens, Penteli, Parnitha and Hymettus, and by listening to songs from three albums that contain the mountains in their title: "My Inner Mountain" by Soulis Liakos, "I Want to Go to the Mountains" by Theodore Theodorides,...
Greek Music Express: Mountains: Cretan songs about mountains | 11.01.2024
Giannis Poulopoulos sings immigration songs The songs of today’s GME are mostly taken from the album “The songs of foreign lands”, which was released in 1976. This unjustifiably forgotten collection was composed by Giorgos Katsaros, written by Dimitris Iatropoulos and performed by Giannis Poulopoulos. Ο Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος στα «Τραγούδια της Ξενιτιάς» Μια σημαντική δουλειά από το μακρινό 1976, με τη βελούδινη φωνή του Πουλόπουλου, τους εμπνευσμένους στίχους του Ιατρόπουλου και τις στιβαρές μελωδίες του Κατσαρού, που δεν ακούστηκε σχεδόν καθόλου. Πάντως, με το συνεχιζόμενο δράμα της προσφυγιάς και της μετανάστευσης να ξεδιπλώνεται σήμερα, διατηρεί όλη τα διαχρονικότητά της.
Greek Music Express: Mountains: Contemporary songs about mountains | 10 Jan 2024
The adjective ‘contemporary’ groups together the most diverse set of artists and styles, united only by their flair for innovation, experimentation and improvisation. The melancholy of Kore.Ydro meets the radicalism of Social Waste and the reggae coolness of Locomondo coincides with the blending of ...