Dionysis Tsaknis’ message of resistance: “I remain alone in my present in order to rescue whatever can be rescued / you will not have me as an accomplice in murder, even if I end up facing the consequences of the law”. Katsimiha brothers’ urban mythology: “We are living our little tales in the city ...
Today, we are continuing our tribute to the live recordings of Greek rock, appreciating the contribution of mega-bands such as Trypes, Xylina Spathia, Endeleheia and Lefki Symphonia, as well as core figures such as Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Dimitris Poulikakos and Giorgos Dimitriadis. This is a genre rich...
This week, here at GME, we are shedding light on the concept of rock and its evolution globally while listening to some of the greatest live recordings of Greek rock. No matter whether it comes from concerts in large venues attended by thousands of fans or from appearances in small basements with just...
What is our ‘doctrine' and unifying principle here at GME? Well, probably the assertion that Greek music and song are multi-dimensional, fascinating, with many hidden treasures that are yet to be discovered. This music of course includes bouzouki and syrtaki and other popular sounds, but it is also m...
The week that starts today here at GME celebrates the dynamism and energy of Greek rock in its most direct format, which is of course the live recording. Our destination - The rock lives of our lives – includes masterpieces by cool singer-songwriters such as Vassilis Kazoulis and Lakis Papadopoulos, m...
Ioannis Constantinidis, also known by the pen name Kostas Giannidis, was a Greek composer, pianist and conductor. Constantinidis studied in Berlin and settled in Athens where he worked as a conductor and composer of several forms of music, including symphonic, chamber music, operettas, music for films,...
Michalis Sougioul created the post-war genre of "archontorembetiko". This is a type of song that combined folk-style lyrics and music with Western-style orchestral influences. As researcher and radio producer Giorgos Tsampras states, ‘archontorembetiko is a creation of leading composers of the light s...
This week here at GME focuses on a genre of Greek song that has unjustifiably been left out of our broadcasts up to now: light or ‘elafro’ song. It is a current that flourished from the 1930s onwards and influenced, with its sensitivity and melodic quality, a variety of other styles. Today, we will be ...
The backbone of our track list today is a fantastic album composed by Panos Tzavellas titled Songs of Lament and Resurrection. Needless to say, these songs – plus a selection of other masterpieces from her long career - are performed by the golden voice of Katy Gray, who passed away two days ago at t...
Kaiti Grey, who passed away yesterday at the age of 100, was one of the greatest Greek singers – a real myth of the folk song of the 1950s and 1960s. Born on the island of Samos, she was adopted by a family in Piraeus and moved there. Initially, she worked as an actress and a performer, before recording h...
Rebetiki Kompania, Opisthodromiki Kompania, Athinaiki Kompania – these are the three colossal bands that reshaped the sound of rebetiko in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Nowadays, these groups of friends are long gone but, thankfully, new schemes of talented musicians have replaced them with the s...
Today, we will be honouring the classical rebetiko ladies that paved the way for the establishment and expansion of the world of rebetiko under some very harsh conditions. Our tribute concerns three majestic voices: Stella Haskil, Marika Ninou and Sotiria Bellou. They represented the essence of rebetiko...
We return to rebetiko regularly here at GME because we believe that it is a genre of immense beauty and historical significance. Today, we will be highlighting the next generation of rebetiko ladies that have been at the forefront of rebetiko’s dissemination among a younger audience. Our destination: R...
The week that starts today here at GME is dedicated to rebetiko and specifically to its history and to some current efforts to rejuvenate it. Today, we will be discovering the treasures of an old, multi-LP compilation titled Rebetiko History, curated by researcher Costas Hatzidoulis. This collection was released in 1975-1976 and had a positive ... Read more
Our tribute to leading theatre critic Costas Georgousopoulos (K. H. Myris), who died a month ago, ends today with a selection of sophisticated music pieces composed for ancient drama and comedy translated by him. Four composers are at the heart of today’s GME: Dionysis Tsaknis, Giorgos Christianakis, G...
We have repeatedly turned to two historic albums that Myris and Markopoulos co-created: Ithageneia (Citizenship) and Hroniko (Chronicle). A big part of today’s track list of ours originates from a third, 1983 album of theirs titled Sirens. It is a work that was commissioned in 1981 by the Athens Festival. A...
Costas Georgousopoulos was renowned theatre critic who passed away last year on December 6. Using the nickname K.H. Myris, he also wrote the lyrics of several exceptional songs. Today, we will be exploring his collaboration with Eleni Karaindrou, as well as other leading composers and songwriters such...
Today, we celebrate Saint John and the name day associated with January the 7th! How? Well, by listening to songs created or performed by Greek music artists named Giannis. Our selection includes a broad spectrum of artists, from rebetiko legend Giannis Papaioannou to sentimental vocalist Giannis Parios...
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