A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from the archive of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, new album releases, as well as fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles.
Produced and presented by Maria Koutsimpiri
The first source of today’s track list is an album titled ‘Up and Down Patision Street’, containing 20 of Katerina Gogou’s poems set to music. The songs are composed and performed by, among others, Panos Katsimihas, Martha Fritzila, Vaso Alagianni, Lolek, Eva Loukatou, Rita Antonopoulou, Pantelis Theocha...
On the program, Panagiota Nakou, the Director of the Greek Library of London, joined from London.
The primary goal of this non-profit organization, established in London in 2017, is to lend Greek books across the UK to promote the Greek language and connect readers with the works of authors from...
Guests on the Tuesday, November 12 show:
Andreas Marathias, parliamentary correspondent for ERT
Spyros Sourmelidis, journalist and political correspondent
Nasos Iliopoulos, MP for Athens A, representing New Left
Angelos Fragakis, Mayor of Chalki
Grigoris Konstantellos, Mayor of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni...
A tribute to Michalis Ganas, who passed away on this day, with a broadcast that originally aired in April 2023. The two-hour special was curated by Themis Rodamitis on the show Our Town, featuring the participation of Michalis Ganas himself. In the program, prominent figures from the literary world,...
The humorous, non-news show "Listen & See, Look & Hear" with Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis… brings you today’s quirky stories that you won’t see or hear anywhere else… Find out about:
The world’s most expensive coin. What is it, and how much is it worth?
The snow-made ice cream...
Captain Nikos Thermos from the village of Englouvi in Lefkada takes the helm of the show "Fair Winds and Following Seas".
He shares his life story at sea and aboard ships. "I first embarked in 1981, right when Andreas (Papandreou) came to power, without knowing even five words of English. I went...
On Monday, November 11, 2024, the show Our Town featured the talented author Christina Soulele.
She discussed her book "Apo tis Stahes tis Kantanou" (From the Ashes of Kantano), a novel inspired by the tragic history of the region of Kantano, which was devastated and destroyed by the German...
Christos Marafatsos, Chair of the Greek-American Committee for Trump 2024 and advisor to President Trump since 2015, spoke on Voice of Greece’s radio show “Our Global Voice” with Petros Diplas and Dimitris Kontogiannis. He discussed his family history, with roots in Sparta, Chios, and Tripoli, the p...
The distinguished poet Nina Alexis was the guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on the November 11th episode of the show "Heliotrope". The episode was enriched with music and songs from artists such as Mike Oldfield, Michael Nyman, Ennio Morricone, Sarah Brightman, Roger Eno, and others.
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