Singer-songwriter Dimitris Verionis has the island of Naxos as a key source of inspiration. Naxos, in fact, forms the background of the love story described in the album "Photographs from Naxos". However, it is not just a background, he explains. I have an experiential relationship with the island,...
His website reads: Monsieur Minimal is a musician and producer from Greece. His musical style could come from any era and it is indeed hard to guess when his albums were released. Monsieur Minimal’s dreamy slices of the 60s and 70s nostalgia come across like Serge Gainsbourg jamming with Demis Roussos. O...
Renowned music critic Liana Malandrenioti writes the following in a review of Maridakis’ third album: “Leonidas Maridakis practices the painful personal test of competing in the modern Greek musical arena of demanding composition. Given the mastered consistency of his musical style, this is perhaps the...
The main problem that an observer faces when assessing today’s music landscape in Greece is the massive creative package of the past. It is very easy to fall into the trap of regarding contemporary music production as secondary when compared with the glory of the past. However, we should keep in mind t...
Born in London, UK to Greek parents, Leon of Athens learned to play the piano and classical guitar from an early age and soon went on to form his first band – Mimosa’s Dream. He has been reviewed by such major international press outlets as the Guardian, the New York Times, the BBC, Q Magazine, and...
This week here at GME is dedicated to the girls of Greek song, all these young music artists who have been leaving an important footprint on our contemporary music landscape. Today, we will be tasting the coexistence of dynamism and sensitivity in two gifted singers-songwriters: Pavlina Voulgaraki &...
Nefeli Fasouli was born and raised in Athens. At the age of 6, she began studying violin and music theory, while in 2013 she enrolled at the Athens Law School, from where she graduated in 2018. In parallel, she attended classes in jazz singing, vocal improvisation and theory, and completed a graduate...
Myrto Vasileiou was born in Athens, in February 1995. “I don't remember myself not being concerned with music in one way or another. To begin with, music was inside our home every day. By the time I was five I knew how to record my own tapes on a big stereo we had in the living room”. Her first per...
This week here at GME is all about girl power in Greek music - female music artists who have been fuelling contemporary Greek song with their talent and inspiration. Some of them do so using Greek language; others turn to English to express themselves. The language is really secondary; what matters...
Today, we are continuing our week-long tribute to panigiri with festive songs from the islands and from Asia Minor performed by art vocalists. The term art song denotes a genre characterised by poetic verse, complex melodies and sophisticated arrangements. Most of the vocalists that we shall be listening...
Voice of Greece celebrates Assumption Day with a specially designed program dedicated to Greeks around the world. Each Panagia has its place, its story, and its songs, and Voice of Greece opens its program on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 06:00am (Athens time) with songs by Greek creators of art and folk music, inspired by the Virgin Mary, and songs for all the Marias celebrating their name day. At 08:00am, Voice of Greece will connect with the Church of Panagia Evangelistria in Tinos to broadcast live the celebrations for the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, starting with the Hierarchical Liturgy ... Read more
Greece has some exceptionally beautiful gorges, scattered in various geographic regions, both on islands and its mainland, offering excitement to canyoning lovers. The gorges’ tall and remote cliffs are home to wildflowers and birds’ nests. They will win you over as you cross them; climb the rocky pat...
Bridges: uniting people and places, changing geographies, wonders of architecture and engineering, with particular historical or aesthetic significance. Rightfully, bridges found their place in Greek songs, denoting not only tradition and memories of the past, but also routes of the present and visions...
Songs of resurrection
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