Dimitris Poulikakos is a Greek singer, composer, actor, radio producer, writer, and translator of surrealist poetry and literature. He was born in Athens in January 1943 in a relatively wealthy bourgeois family. Dimitris Poulikakos participated in the publication of the landmark Pali magazine together...
A very special artistic phenomenon was at the heart of this week’s GME broadcasts. We are referring to a wave of covers of Italian, Spanish, French, British, Dutch and other international hits that flooded the Greek recording landscape towards the end of the 1970s, until the mid-1980s. Some of the g...
In the Greek discography, the arrangements of foreign songs with Greek lyrics have been a brilliant success story, especially in the second half of the ’70s, when there was a need for expression beyond the established folk, political, Hatzidakis and Theodorakis songs that were very popular at the t...
The whole project of covers of European light songs in Greek was started by Minos label, with Yannis Parios being the main "vehicle" in this direction being. Parios, who was to become the leading figure of sentimental song, had not yet made the "leap" that would permanently establish him at the top,...
In the Greek discography, the covers of foreign songs have been a brilliant success story. Thanks to those covers, the light folk song emerged and became a trend, an entirely distinct genre. Now, Yiannis Poulopoulos is certainly considered one of the greatest Greek singers, and rightly so. In addition...
This week here at GME is dedicated to the covers of European songs that Greek artists recorded at the end of the 1970s and the start of the 80s, a very interesting episode in this wonderful story called Greek music. Today, we will be appreciating the style and aesthetics of a real lady of Greek song,...
Elena Papandreou studied the guitar with Evangelos Boudounis and with Oscar Ghiglia. She also studied with Gordon Crosskey at the Royal Northern College of Music, England, on a British Council scholarship, obtaining the Diploma in Advanced Studies in Musical Performance. She has won the First Prize...
Today, we will be listening to modern Greek guitar music drawn from three exquisite albums: In the first one, guitarist Aristotelis Vrettakis plays music of Diamandis Andromidas. The second one is titled Dama dama and involves Stathis Skandalidis playing music of Michalis Koumbios. And the third one...
With a celebrated career spanning over 40 years and highly-acclaimed concerts and tours all over the world, Costas Cotsiolis is nowadays recognized as one of the greatest guitarists of our time. His career took off at the young age of 15, when he performed Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez wi...
Gerasimos Miliaresis was born in Braila, Romania in 1918 to Kefalonian parents. In 1947 he received diplomas in guitar and harmony from the Hellenic Conservatory, both with honors. In 1950, with a scholarship from the Italian government, he attended advanced courses with professor Andres Segovia in...
Ohi Day is commemorated on October 28 every year in Greece and by Greeks around the world. On this day, in 1940, Ioannis Metaxas denied Mussolini’s request to allow Italian troops to cross into Greece.
Greece’s entry into World War II with the start of the Greco-Italian War is honoured as an act...
The truth is, there was nothing left free on Earth. The lakes and rivers were long sold, the beaches were all rented out, and the early morning sun rays were up for sale in very expensive, small jars, only in "good" stores. And suddenly, they decided to take out the moon too... with the hammer! This...
‘The Dragon’s Feather’: A book - CD, with 13 musical fairy tales as a gift for children, young and old, prepared by Mikri Arktos label. A gift full of hope, grace and joy, which we are sure will be loved and sung by everyone. Two artists from Thessaloniki, composer Dimitris Markatopoulos and lyricist Chris...
"Tell me your name" is the title of a 2018 music book by Foivos Delivorias that includes a story about his childhood and his relationship with the city and its people, as well as fifteen children's songs - twelve of his own and three of Giorgos Hadjipieris that Foivos had sung in the past. The excellent...
- I choose my favorite book of yours!
- And?
- And you write a poem for me! Would you like to?
- Yes, we would!
And that's how it all started.
Tatiana Zografou, November 11, 2022.
Selected authors of children's literature were inspired by this invitation and wrote poems. The lyrics...
The series of children's songs The Lazy Dragon by Giorgos Hatzipieris counts two decades of presence, five records, over two hundred million views on YouTube and huge acceptance by the public, children and adults alike. Many of the songs in the series have become classics, are included in official teaching...
Today, we will be celebrating a fantastic voice that has marked the evolution of Greek song and has her birthday on October 18, i.e. today. Our track list today includes foreign songs performed live by Alkistis Protopsalti that are found in three albums: First, the 1992 Live Recording from Zoom Club....
Today, we will be revisiting the live recordings of a globally renowned Greek singer while exploring the repertoire of another, lesser known but highly talented vocalist. Both have their birthday today, October 17. “Whenever I see Greek people abroad, there is emotion, a thirst for Greek music. And n...
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