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...
TIME IN GREECE and Nikos Angelidis present a heartfelt tribute to the great Lambros Konstantaras who departed this world 39 years ago today. Yet... he never truly left! He has left behind a true legacy with his performances on stage and screen, his rare temperament, his charisma and his personality...
We present to you the story behind a rare delicacy, a dish with many fans! Hunkiar beyendi... The Sultan was pleased!!!! How are braised meat and eggplant puree connected to history? How do the roots trace back to Tinos in 1589? A story like a fairy tale that culminated in one of the most famous and...
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Elias Petropoulos talks to Vassilis Vasilikos. We listen to his favorite rebetiko songs. We learn about his life, his work, his ideas... "I am an amateur folklorist" he said when asked to define himself... On this day, June 26th, 1928, he was born in Athens... He lived through the post-colonial years...
Rock is rhythm, electrified atmosphere and thrust. Rock is pure force, much like the force of the human endeavour to explore space and the moon. Rock is Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Haris and Panos Katsimihas. Rock is Christos Thivaios and his former band, Usual Suspects: “Red b...
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