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Hercules Economou

Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Zampetas’ Instrumentals | 26 Jan. 2026
On this episode, we return to the orchestral of a much-loved composer who passed away on this day, 28 December 2019. We do so by listening to distinctive musical works created without lyrics, allowing the music itself to speak. Along the way, we share reflections by fellow composers and scholars who contribute to the volume Thanos Mikroutsikos: Chasing Utopia, published by Metronomos. Our meeting point for this evening’s journey: Thanos Mikroutsikos—without words. Produced and presented by Hercules Economou
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: From the Record Store to the Bookshop | 11 Jan. 2026
Today, we turn our attention to the books written by Greek music creators — works that capture the reflections, questions, and inner journeys that have nourished our song tradition. Welcome to the magical world of composer-authors and their libraries. Our meeting point for tonight’s broadcast: Fro...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: The Greek Eighties | 05 Jan. 2026
Today, we dive into a decade that marked both my childhood and Greek song itself — with its originality, emotional depth, and melodic richness. The 1980s had it all: singer-songwriters, bands, rock influences, tradition, experimentation, composers at the height of their powers, and unforgettable v...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: The Chronographies of Roxani Chatzidimitriou | 04 Jan. 2026
Today, we lose ourselves in the instrumental journeys of a young and exceptionally talented composer — in the images, memories, and cities her music evokes. Chronographies, Entre Ruidos: distinctive melodies and deeply cinematic soundscapes. Our meeting point for tonight’s broadcast: The chronographies of ...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: The instrumental side of Thanos Mikroutsikos | 29 Dec. 2025
On this episode, we return to the orchestral side of a much-loved composer who passed away on this day, 28 December 2019. We do so by listening to distinctive musical works created without lyrics, allowing the music itself to speak. Along the way, we share reflections by fellow composers and scholars...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: A Conversation with Avgoustinos Remoundos | 28 Dec. 2025
An actor with dozens of stage performances to his name, a director of significant productions, and an artist with notable collaborations — from Chrysa Spilioti to Giannis Kalantzopoulos — with a presence in film and television, as well as a teacher of improvisation and voice training, Avgoustinos Rem...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Sotiris Kakisis | 22 Dec. 2025
On this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting one of the most important Greek poets living today, a writer whose work has undeniably shaped contemporary Greek poetry. His mastery of the written word has led him along many paths: he has produced outstanding translations of ancient lyric poets, lent...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Maria Papagianni reads Maria Papagianni | 21 Dec. 2025
In the early hours of Sunday, on Voice of Greece, we have the pleasure of hosting one of the leading children’s book authors in Greece. Following a distinguished career in journalism, she devoted herself with great success to writing and translating books for children and young adults. On this e...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Dionysis Savvopoulos, the Producer | 15 Dec. 2025
On this episode, we return once again to Savvopoulos — not by listening to his own songs, but to recordings by other artists for whom he served as producer. His creative vision brought pivotal works to the fore: Vangelis Germanos and Aphrodite Manou, Margarita Zorbala and Opisthodromiki Kompania, a...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: 30 Years Without Bost | 14 Dec. 2025
On this episode, we shine a light on a major figure in caricature, lyric writing, and satire—and even painting: a Renaissance-like personality who left a lasting mark, indirectly as well, on Greek music and song. A figure who passed away on this day, 13 December 1995. Welcome to the "Musical Suburbs". Produced a...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Happy Birthday, Lakis Papadopoulos! | 08 Dec. 2025
On this episode, we celebrate an important composer and singer-songwriter who was born on this day, 07 December 1948: Lakis Papadopoulos. His point of departure was the broader world of rock music, yet over the years he has experimented—and continues to experiment—with many different genres and mus...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: 35 Years Without Pavlos Sidiropoulos | 07 Dec. 2025
“On stage, I give it everything. The secret of rock ’n’ roll lies precisely in this: never giving up while you’re playing. When you truly do all you can, it’s certain the audience will respond in kind. Because rock is built on human contact—whatever form that may take—and that’s where it draws its im...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: 76 Years with Vlassis Bonatsos | 01 Dec. 2025
On 30 November 1949, a multifaceted artist was born—brimming with dynamism, immediacy, and inexhaustible energy; a whirlwind of song and acting whom we revisit on tonight’s journey. Nonconformist not only in life but also in his performances, which left a distinct mark on Greek rock music.The meeting poi...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: The Boites and Their Songs | 30 Nov. 2025
Today, we revisit spaces that became synonymous with the golden age of Greek song and with a form of intimate, high-quality live entertainment. Tipoukeitos, Roulota, Esperides, Apanemia… places steeped in the spirit of the New Wave (Neo Kyma), and in voices such as Kaiti Chomata, Popi Asteriadi, Giorgos Z...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Alkis Alkaios: Poetry and History | 24 Nov. 2025
Today, we remember a highly significant lyricist who was born on this day, 23 November 1949. And, inevitably, we encounter some of the most beloved melodies of Greek song—melodies that came to carry the dense, layered meanings of his words: Thanos Mikroutsikos, Babis Stokas, Marios Tokas, Miltos Paschalidis, S...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Savvopoulos Through Others | 23 Nov. 2025
Today, we turn to a major recent loss for Greek song—to a leading songwriter—and to a less illuminated facet of his discography. With Thanasis Papakonstantinou, as well as Vangelis Germanos, with Giorgos Zampetas, with Nikos Xydakis, and with Nikos Kypergos. The meeting point for tonight’s journ...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs: Marking the Polytechnic Uprising with Political Hip-Hop | 17 Nov. 2025
Tonight, we welcome a day that symbolises the enduring struggle for democracy—for bread, education, and freedom. A day inseparably linked to the uprising at the National Technical University of Athens and its lasting imprint on collective memory and political expression. The meeting point for tonight’s jou...
Greek Music Express – Musical Suburbs | In Memory of Michalis Grigoriou | 16 Nov. 2025
Today, we remember an important composer and thinker who passed away recently and whose absence is deeply felt. A composer with substantial studies and a remarkable body of work, Michalis Grigoriou created dozens of compositions, including works for orchestra; for choir and soloists; chamber music;...
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