Epiphany, Theophany or ‘Fota’ is celebrated every year on January 6. This is an important feast day of the Christians and several people have their name day today. Therefore, you can easily guess our destination: Songs about Fani, Fanis, Fofo, Fotis and Uranya! Expect some highly original creations by ...
Τη Δευτέρα 6 Ιανουαρίου (16:00 – 17:00 ώρα Ελλάδας), επιβιβαζόμαστε στο Greek Music Express για άλλο ένα ταξίδι – εορταστικό, αυτή τη φορά, και εμπνευσμένο από τα Φώτα και τις ονομαστικές γιορτές της ημέρας, με οδηγό τον Ηρακλή Οικονόμου. Από το εξαιρετικό σάουντρακ του Παναγιώτη Καλαντζόπουλου για την ταινία «Ο...
Tonight’s destination: Tarantellas by Greek artists, with a special emphasis on Encardia and Savina Giannatou! Encardia inspire, create and present music and songs through the rich musical tradition of Lower Italy and the wider Mediterranean region. Since 2004, they have performed over two thousand l...
Ghetonia (neighborhood) is a cultural group based in Calimera, Grecìa Salentina in southern Italy. It is a cultural organisation that aims to preserve the music, poetry, language and folklore of the Griko-speaking people by documenting the various aspects of Salento’s traditional life, history and la...
Today, we are celebrating the new year dancing together with the crowds that attend Italy’s biggest live music festival every year. The Notte della Taranta festival is focused on pizzica, a popular variety of tarantella dance, and takes place in various municipalities in the province of Lecce and t...
As our planet is gradually welcoming the new year, we keep celebrating its arrival with tarantellas and pizzicas, the traditional and truly uplifting dances that come from neighbouring Italy. Today, we will be focusing on some of the most fascinating bands of new Italian folk, with an emphasis on Naples...
The week that starts today here at GME remains in a festive, post-Christmas mood, ready to welcome the new year. Our chosen week-long theme comes from neighbouring Italy – tarantellas and pizzicas, dances enjoyed throughout the country and, especially, in the Griko-speaking areas of Salento. Today’s des...
Hercules Economou and his listeners - fellow travellers will be welcoming 2025 with a week-long tribute to tarantella, this beautiful dance style that has originated from Southern Italy and especially from the Griko-speaking villages of the Salento area.On Monday, 30.12 we will be getting our first...
Today, we are concluding our Christmas-themed week here on GME with a wonderful fairytale that two brothers and renowned singers-songwriters wrote for the kids of all ages. Our destination: The Unsmiling City and the Goblins (or Elves), by Haris and Panos Katsimihas: ‘Once upon a time, there was a c...
This week here at GME is dedicated to the celebration of Christmas and its message. It is a message of world peace, solidarity, care and justice. Today, we will be initiated into the festive mood generated by Greek jazzman Dimitris Kalantzis in a dedicated Christmas jazz album, Santa’s Secret Dance, w...
On Wednesday, Christmas Day, we are celebrating the sound of the oud, this beautiful instrument that becomes a demand for tolerance, mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence in the hands of virtuoso Ara Dinkjian and his creations included in the album Peace on Earth. Our list for the day will include...
On Tuesday, Christmas Eve, we will be singing traditional carols from all corners of Greece, from Kefalonia to Kos and from Epirus to Ikaria, with the Giannis Tsiamoulis Children's Choir and with other choral groups.
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Την Τρίτη, παραμονή Χριστουγέννων, λέμε παραδοσια...
GME is welcoming the festive season with the explosive presence of Stavros Xarhakos as orchestra conductor in two important musical moments associated with this period of the year: Ariel Ramirez's Misa Criolla with Giorgos Dalaras, and the Christmas Concert with the Youth Orchestra of the Thessaloniki...
Today, we will be exploring the legacy of an original and sophisticated lyricist who wrote some of the finest modern Greek ballads. Isaak Sousis, who sadly passed away on November 4, entered the recording landscape in 1996 and ended up signing the lyrics of more than 120 songs. His main collaboration...
Today, we will be remembering two robust and expressive folk voices who added their own signatures to the fascinating story of popular, laiko song. Voula Gika, the ‘Queen of backing vocals’, recorded thousands of songs where she accompanied the greatest Greek singers of the 1950s and 1960s. And Cos...
Today, we will be appreciating the massive career of an American musical performer, producer, arranger, and composer. Quincy Jones, who passed away on November 3 at the age of 91, contributed greatly to all forms of popular music. Also, he helped produce landmark albums of two important Greek artists:...
As we are gradually heading towards the end of 2024, here at GME we are remembering some key artists who sadly passed away this year. Today, we will be celebrating the superb songs and music written for films and TV series directed by Manousos Manousakis, who died on November 20 at the age of 74. His...
The week that starts today here at GME is dedicated to the departures of 2024, i.e. to six important artists who sadly passed away this year and whom we should definitely honour and remember. Today, we will be discovering the work of a relatively unknown composer who, in fact, left behind him numerous...
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