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🐬 Θαλάσσια Καταφύγια: Μια σανίδα σωτηρίας για τα θαλάσσια θηλαστικά 🌊 Τα θαλάσσια καταφύγια δεν είναι απλώς ένα όραμα—είναι μια αποστολή διάσωσης για δελφίνια και φάλαινες αλλά και για άλλα θαλάσσια θηλαστικά και ζώα. Αλλά όταν η πολιτική αδράνεια και η γραφειοκρατία καθυστερούν τη δημιουργία του...

The week that ends today, here at GME, was dedicated to our favourite albums and the songs that were released in the last five years, from 2020 to 2024. Today, we conclude our mini tribute with last year’s top picks, which are founded mainly on fascinating partnerships: seasoned musician Antonis Apergis w...

The panorama of the new releases of 2023 reveals just how vibrant and multifaceted the current landscape of Greek music is, thanks to: A renowned composer (Stamatis Kraounakis) who fuels with admirable consistency the spring of popular song; a rock star (Pavlos Pavlidis) who revisits the best songs...

Despite the profound crisis of the discography in the last two decades, the Greek song is here, alive and kicking. This week, we are exploring some of the albums that were released in the last five years and that confirm this conclusion. Today, we will be listening to the precious return of a grande...

The political hip-hop of Kini Thniti (Common Mortals); the sensitive ballads of Alexandros Emmanouilidis; the urban mythology of Usurum; the world music explosion of Thanos Stavridis; and the re-negotiation of Cypriot tradition by Monsieur Doumani. These are the ingredients of today’s overview of t...

The week that starts today, here at GME, is dedicated to the albums and the songs that were released in the last five years, from 2020 to 2024. In other words, we will be celebrating the most recent and promising works that, of course, also correspond to our own artistic criteria. Today’s broadcast f...

How the piano moves mind and heart with Apostolos Palios What makes the piano the most expressive, soul-stirring instrument of all time? How does it shape our emotions, sharpen our minds, and touch something deep within us? This week on Infinitely Curious, the English-laguage program of ERT and Voice...

On this episode, we conclude our two-part tribute to the work of a superb folk lyricist who was born on March 29, 1926. Manos Eleftheriou believed that Kostas Virvos' passage through Greek song "was a blessing." Another of his colleagues, Lefteris Papadopoulos, emphasized that "Virvos took the folk...

Today and tomorrow, we will be shedding light on the work of Costas Virvos, an outstanding lyricist who was born on March 29, 1926, which means that this Saturday we will be commemorating the 99th anniversary of his birth. In today’s GME, we will be focusing on his friendship and artistic association w...

Today, here at GME, we revisit a genre of Greek song that flourished in the 1930s and influenced, with its sensitivity and melodic quality, a variety of other styles. Specifically, we will be celebrating the encounter of a contemporary singer-song-writer with a major light song creator. Our destination:...

On this episode of Greek Music Express we are celebrating March 25, the Greek Independence Day and the national liberation revolution of 1821. Our destination is the setting to music of the poetry of Dionysios Solomos, the country’s so-called “national poet”. Christos Leontis, Dimitris Lagios, Terps...

The concluding part of the show's tribute to cafes and coffee takes us to some of the greatest moments of Greek song. Arleta, with her encounter at her favourite Café; Themis Andreadis with a song about coffee shops; Winter Swimmers with their Café Aman; Margarita Zorbala with her Café Hope; Tania Ts...

Today is World Poetry Day and GME is hosting a panorama of poetry set to music. These are songs by leading Greek composers based on the poetic speech of Anagnostakis, Elytis, Karyotakis, Cavafy, Kavvadias and Ritsos, among others. In between the tracks, we will be sharing basic information about the...

The fourth part of our week-long tribute to cafes and coffee includes some of the brightest samples of Greek folk and light folk songs, replete with simple messages about the everyday life of the people, their hardships, their passions, their dreams. And of course, these songs include robust performances...

Today’s GME lies at the crossroads of coffee, cafes, and popular, laiko song. The folk muse utilises the cup of coffee as a motif of emotions, dead-ends and precious moments. And, similarly, the coffee shop, the café or kafeneio becomes a theme and a venue where the fates of the people meet. Brace yo...

Today’s GME hosts songs with references to coffee and coffee shops that originate from the huge legacy of rock, ballad and the electrified soundscapes of Greek music. Some of the greatest rock artists will be sharing with us their musical stories in connection with the motif of coffee. Lavrentis Mahairitsas a...

The week that starts today, here at GME, is dedicated to a landmark beverage that has an entire culture and philosophy behind it, as well as to the dedicated venues where one can taste and enjoy it. We are referring, of course, to coffee and to the café or coffee shops or the famous Greek “kafeneia”. Toda...

Is hope a radical act?Can stories change the world?On this episode of “Infinitely Curious”, the English-language show of ERT and Voice of Greece, Katerina Batzaki explores hopepunk—a literary and narrative movement that turns optimism into resistance. Joining the discussion are:  Alexandra Rowland&...