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Nikiforos Vrettakos was a Greek poet whose literary career spanned nearly sixty years, along which he published several collections of poetry, prose works, and a long series of articles and literary essays. David Connolly, who has translated several of Vrettakos’ works, writes that his poems are “firmly roo...

Napoleon Lapathiotis is one of the cursed figures of Greek literature, considered an important poet of the neo-symbolist and neo-romantic schools. In his early poems he is influenced by aestheticism and sensualism, while in his last poems he ends up in desperate and melancholic tones, dominated by the...

Karyotakis influenced many of the poets who came after him and created a literary fashion, Karyotacism, which flooded modern Greek poetry. Going against the sentimentality of his era, Karyotakis conveys a sense of the futile. He writes sarcastic poems about the inglorious and the insignificant as a...

Kostas Karyotakis was born in 1896 and died in 1928, committing suicide at the age of just 32. He is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s, with his poetry adding a tragic dimension to the neo-Symbolist and neo-Romantic poetry of his time. Today, we are listrening poetry...

Today, our track list includes songs about seagulls – these lovely seabirds that have inspired several Greek music artists. Primarily, seagulls symbolise freedom, flight, departure, adventure, unconventional behaviour. Gulls are resourceful, inquisitive and intelligent, demonstrating complex methods o...

From antiquity and the Greek mythology, horses were associated with military might and prestige. However, in Greek music horses also become symbols of speed and dynamism, while also being humans’ faithful friends.  From the Red Horse of Dynameis tou Aigaiou band to the Twelve Horses of Costas T...

Greece is a dog-friendly country and Greek song has been dog-friendly too! From Foivos Delivorias’ Dog in Kolonaki neighborhood to Stathis Drogosis’ Kanellos, there is a massive list of songs where dogs are the protagonists. And by the way, did you know that Ancient Greeks gave to the world not onl...

Today, we celebrate World Radio Day with a collection of songs that include references to our favourite medium. UNESCO writes: “For many generations, radio has remained the most far reaching, easily accessible communication medium that informs and entertains all sectors of society. While in some regions i...

This week, we shift our focus to animals and songs about animals, starting with …cats. In Greece, cats are everywhere, including music! Sensitive songwriters such as Arleta and Afroditi Manou, rock creators such as Lakis Papadopoulos and Vaggelis Germanos, and seasoned vocalists such as Vassilis Papakonstantinou a...

International Greek Language Day International Greek Language Day is celebrated annually on the 9th of February. This day highlights the fundamental role and contribution of the Greek language in the development of art and science globally. In the context of the International Greek Language Day,...

When exploring the music for films of director Nikos Panagiotopoulos, we unavoidably come across his long-standing collaboration with Stamatis Kraounakis. Afti I nyhta menei, I’m tired of Killing Your Lovers and Dying in Athens are three of the many films of Panagiotopoulos for which Kraounakis wrote t...

Nikos Perrakis has directed some of the most hilarious comedies of Greek cinema, including Arpa Colla and Loafing & Camouflage. His …partner in crime was Nikos Mamagakis, a pioneering composer who excelled in various genres, from avant-garde to art-folk and film music. As for Giorgos Panousopoulos, w...

Pantelis Voulgaris is a renowned Greek film director and screenwriter. His films have received numerous awards and he is considered one of the most influential and important figures of Greek cinema. Our journey includes songs and music from his films Stone Years, Happy Day, Brides, Little England and...

We kept black for the end: “black eyes”, “black pawns”, but also “black life”, and “black iron bars”. From George Dalaras to the Athinaiki Kompania and from Panos Tzavellas to Ifigenia Korologou, the black color is fuelling songs of contemplation that talk about love and human destiny. "The thought is...

We kept black for the end: “black eyes”, “black pawns”, but also “black life”, and “black iron bars”. From George Dalaras to the Athinaiki Kompania and from Panos Tzavellas to Ifigenia Korologou, the black color is fuelling songs of contemplation that talk about love and human destiny. "The thought is...

“Blue windows”, “blue shoes”, and “all the colors of blue”. Plus, the “azure shirt”, and your “azure beads”. In other songs, superb songs inspired by the blue of the sea and the sky, a colour representing harmony and tranquility. The menu includes Ypogeia Revmata, Nikos Zournis, Lakis Papadopoulos ...

“Red dress”, “Red button”, “Red rose”, “Red train”. But also “Pink bicycle”, “Pink beaver”, and above all... "my dreams are red, your dreams are white, clothes that have been washed together and have turned pink". The pink of femininity and tenderness meets the red of revolution and passion, and both c...

From the “Greens” of Pantelis Thalassinos to the “Yellow City” of Haris Alexiou and from the “Green Mill” of Rena Dalma to the “Yellow Spring” of Loukianos Kilaidonis. Two colors, the green of nature and the yellow of spontaneity and melancholy, and some beautiful, colorful songs. "I want to be born...