Greek Music Express: More poetry set to music – Kostas Karyotakis 2 | 20 Feb 2024

Karyotakis influenced many of the poets who came after him and created a literary fashion, Karyotacism, which flooded modern Greek poetry. Going against the sentimentality of his era, Karyotakis conveys a sense of the futile. He writes sarcastic poems about the inglorious and the insignificant as a protest. Our track list today includes poems of Karyotakis set to music by Greece’s leading rock bands, including Dramamini, Magic De Spell and Ypogeia Revmata. Also, we have been listening to compositions by creators active in the art genre, such as Giannis Glezos, Dimitris Papadimitriou and Thodoris Karellas. One thing is certain: Karyotakis has fuelled the most diverse directions of songwriting, generating songs of a vast spectrum of styles, emotions and atmospheres.