Greek Music Express

Nikos Xylouris, the Archangel of Crete, passed away on February 8, 1980. Today, and throughout this week, we are revisiting this beautiful island and its fascinating music with the most uplifting rhythms and voices. Our destination: Back to Crete, part 1. Επιστροφή στην Κρήτη, Ι Ο Νίκος Ξυλούρης, ο «...

Today, we are celebrating a very special day – World Greek Language Day, which has been set by UNESCO on February 9. And the choice for today’s track list seems obvious: world-class poetry set to music by world-class composers. Our destination? Setting to music the poetry of Greece’s two Nobel Prize...

Kilaidonis' discography includes wonderful live recordings ("M’ agioklima kai giasemia"), studio recordings that were subsequently presented live ("Ah! My sweet homeland...") and of course the soundtrack of an entire era and of a fest that still endures ("Party in Vouliagmeni"). Today we will be listening t...

Today, we continue our week-long tribute to Loukianos Kilaidonis, this exceptional composer, songwriter and performer, who passed away on February 7, 2017 and left a notable footprint on all genres of Greek music, including blues, folk, light and art song. “Thank you Loukianos” is a double CD released in ...

Filled with sensitivity and romanticism, the light song of the 1940s and the 1950s informed much of Kilaidonis’ creativity. And naturally, he returned to it as a producer and arranger, contributing to the revival of genres such as “archontorebetiko” – a blend of light and folk themes. Λουκιανός light Γεμάτο ...

Today, we are appreciating Loukianos Kilaidonis’ contribution to the evolution of folk song. Born in the neighborhood of Nea Kypseli, he started piano lessons at the age of five. Even though Loukianos spent his teenage years within the prevalent rock’n’roll mood, several milestones of his early disco...

Today, and throughout the rest of the week that begins today, we will be celebrating the discography of an ingenious creator who passed away on February 7, 2017. Loukianos Kilaidonis was a highly innovative and multifaceted composer and singer-songwriter, with blues being one of his core fields of excellence. Ο ...

The end of our week-long tribute to the first half of the 2000s takes us to the exotic universe of Stamatis Spanoudakis, the unique harmonies of Trifono, the folk melancholy of Orfeas Peridis, the reggae carefreeness of Locomondo. Τα ελληνικά 2000s: Η σοδειά του ’04 Το τέλος του αφιερώματός μ...

From Kore.Ydro to Sigmatropic and from Dimitris Papadimitriou to Evanthia Reboutsika, the yield of 2003 carries an interesting blend of innovation and melodiousness. Art song, rock ballad, music for films, bright moments of a variety of genres that carry the thrust from the end of the 20th century. Τα ε...

Singer-songwriters such as Sokratis and Thanasis? Rock mega-bands such as Ypogeia Revmata? Ethnic priestesses such as Kristi Stasinopoulou? Masters of melody such as Stavros Lantsias? 2002 had it all. Τα ελληνικά 2000s: Η σοδειά του ’02 Τραγουδοποιοί όπως ο Σωκράτης και ο Θανάσης; Ροκ συγκροτή...

The cosmopolitanism of Savina Yannatou meets the robustness of Dimitris Mitropanos, the I provisation of Mode Plagal coexists with the folk immediacy of Mario, the dark narrations of Loudovikos ton Anogion goes hand-in-hand with the protest spirit of Miltos Pashalidis. 2001 - One more year in the life...

Today, and throughout the rest of the week, we are exploring the first half of a fascinating decade, the 2000s, and the music that was produced back then in Greece. Our destination: Music released in the year 2000. Τα ελληνικά 2000s: Η σοδειά του ’00 Σήμερα, και καθ' όλη τη διάρκεια της εβδομ...

From hymns to dithyrambs, Ancient Greek music contains forms of music that correspond to different occasions and aspects of social life. Our knowledge of this music is founded on fragments of scores, literary references and other sources, and is enriched by the work of pioneering artists-researchers...

Petros Tabouris is a prominent musician and researcher who has extensively reconstructed and recorded music connected with the Greek antiquity. His work includes performances of hymns, odes and fragments, among others. Throughout this week, we are appreciating his vision of how Ancient Greek music might...

After discovering Byzantine ecclesiastical music and the theory of Greek popular music, and meeting musicians, Petros Tabouris became involved in composition and research. In the 90s, he released many records in Greece and in Europe and has made a study of ancient and medieval/post-Byzantine music and...

Ancient Greeks believed that music influenced the behaviour, the ethos, the character of people. And they understood music as a reflection of something much bigger and much more significant: universal order and harmony. The rich discography of Petros Tabouris includes efforts to approach and imagine...

Music played a central role in the daily life of Ancient Greeks, in all of its dimensions: civic affairs, theatre, religion, education, recreation. Indeed, it is hard to think of a human action that was carried out without the presence of music. This week, we are exploring the fascinating connection...

There is a strong connection between the rebetiko genre and the bouzouki. Thankfully, however, the sound of the bouzouki continued to be at the heart of Greek song in its post-rembetiko evolution, towards folk (laiko) and art-folk paths. Our week-long tribute that ends today highlighted the autonomy...