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...
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