There are many beautiful rivers in Greece that cross exquisite gorges or plains. From Aliakmonas to Nestos and from Pinios to Aracthos, these are sites of natural beauty and poetic symbolism. However, while in Greece, make sure to visit not only the rivers of the country but also the beautiful songs...
Greece has many natural and artificial lakes and lagoons. Although lakes in Greece are not famous or touristic, they offer a marvellous natural setting. Surrounded by forests and mountains, they are ideal for hiking and bird watching. Today, we shall be listening to songs about these lakes, created...
Caves are places of natural beauty but also of mystery and exploration. Naturally, it has become the motif of many Greek songs, which we will be enjoying today. Expect to listen to tremendous female voices such as Melina Kana, Lizeta Kalimeri, Eleftheria Arvanitaki and Maria Soultatou. Also, prominent...
Our last batch of songs with references to the Aegean islands and their beauty includes grand voices such as Aleka Kanellidou, Kaiti Homata and Popi Asteriadi, rock and roll legends such as Pashalis and a younger generation of artists such as Katerina Kyrmizi and Vasiliki Karakosta. Leonidas Maridakis...
Virtually throughout the Aegean area, numerous islands large and small emerge from the clear blue waters. And numerous modern songs emerge as well, replete with references to the islands of the Aegean sea: Nena Venetsanou, Areti Ketime, Nikos Androulakis, Nikos Zournis, Tania Tsanaklidou and many more...
The Aegean is a unique insular and cultural system that emerged in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, a place where the European, the Asian and the African human-geographical history and evolution intersect. Naturally, this place has also intersected with Greek song, with the crème-de-la-crème of Greek c...
Our goal, this week, is to document the dominant position of the islands of the Aegean in modern Greek songs. Today’s menu includes rock artists such as Giannis Giokarinis and Leonidas Balafas, art singers-songwriters such as Miltos Pashalidis and Vassilis Kazoulis, renowned composers such as Evanthia R...
This is not a week with island songs, nisiotika, i.e. traditional songs from the Aegean, even though you are warmly invited to explore nisiotika, both in past broadcasts of GME and in other platforms. This is a week with modern Greek songs that contain references to the islands. And indeed, the islands...
Today, we continue our tribute to statues with songs that contain references to them and share a more rock sound or character. Here, the word ‘rock’ is used to denote not one single genre as such, but something unconventional and unexpected, something alternative that goes beyond the frontiers of ...
This week here at GME is dedicated to three core features of Greece and its built environment: churches, castles and statues. Today, we will be listening to songs with references to statues – these unique specimens of both ancient and modern Greek art. Today’s track list contains songs with references to ...
Greece is one of the few countries in the world with so many castles and fortresses. It is estimated that there are more than 1200 on the mainland and the islands. The castles of Greece were often in the centre of modern European history. Today, we are listening to a selection of songs that include...
This week here at GME is dedicated to three core features of Greece and its built environment: churches, castles and statues. Today, we will be listening to songs with references to castles, which constitute a very visible reflection of the country’s rich history. Castles are venues of myth and mystery, c...
Religion is an important aspect of Greek culture. Greece is a country with a predominantly Christian Orthodox population and countless holy sites such as churches and historic monasteries scattered in the Greek mainland and the islands. Now, today we shall be listening to songs with references to churches...
The week that ends here at GME was dedicated tο previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists and today we will be interviewing what I regard as the most impressive female voice of the younger generation, while appreciating songs performed live by her: Despoina Rafail. An interview with ...
Our journey across previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists continues. Today, we will be celebrating the live recordings of a highly cosmopolitan, gentle and sensitive singer-songwriter who has given new meaning to the concept of light song: Giorgis Christodoulou. Giorgis first appeared...
Today, we will be listening to the previously unreleased live recording of a concert titled “Jasmine Tea”, that took place on the 4th of April 2021 at Half Note Jazz Club. Guitarist Vassilis Rakopoulos,
Arleta's close friend and associate for many decades, and vocalist Nana Binopoulou, together wit...
Thanos Mikroutsikos does not need any special introductions – you should know by now how much I adore his art and how much he is missed today. Our selection of unreleased live recordings of this colossal composer includes, first of all, several songs performed at the 45th Festival of the Communist Y...
The week that starts here at GME is dedicated tο previously unreleased live recordings of Greek music artists – it is a week full of surprises with recordings that stand outside the official discography. Today, we will be appreciating the live recordings of three of our country’s greatest composers: Gior...
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