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Antonis Vardis was a major composer and singer-songwriter who sadly passed away on September 2, 2014, at the age of just 66. In his massive 40-year career, he collaborated with several major singers, including George Dalaras, Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Haroula Alexiou, Christina Maragozi, Manolis Lidakis...

Throughout the week that starts today, here at GME, we will be exploring the theme of streets and roads and other urban paths in Greek music. Today, we start with a tribute to the streets of Athens. Why? Well, because I somehow miss urban songs, i.e. songs that contain references to urban themes and...

Πόση δύναμη έχουν οι προσδοκίες;  Σύμφωνα με το "Φαινόμενο του Πυγμαλίωνα", όταν οι άλλοι έχουν πίστη σε εμάς, αποκτάμε την σιγουριά και την ικανότητα να ξεπερνάμε ακόμη και τις δικές μας δυνατότητες. Αλλά η πιο ισχυρή αλλαγή ξεκινά όταν εμείς οι ίδιοι πιστεύουμε στον εαυτό μας.  Σε αυτ...

Undoubtedly, Stelios Kazantzidis and Sotiria Bellou became famous thanks to their contribution to folk, popular song. However, it is interesting to note that art-song composers also entrusted them with their creations; from Mikis Theodorakis to Elias Andriopoulos and from Manos Hadjidakis to Dionysis...

Stelios used to say: “My homeland has been tyrannizing me, torturing me since I was a three-month-old baby. It is one of the reasons why I sing with pain, because I sing for myself first and then for the world”. Sotiria had her own fair share of persecution and hardship, starting with the abuse tha...

We’ve been sold the myth that doing ten things at once makes us smarter, faster, better. In reality? It scatters our focus, drains our chemistry, and leaves our circles of life half-finished. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin calls it a “neurobiological cost.”  Dr. Lindsay Blooms reminds us that spe...

From the meatballs of Sakis Boulas to the little red mullet of Vangelis Germanos and from the avgolemono of Margarita Zorbala to the …fried dreams of Arleta, the Greek cuisine has been a source of funny or satirical songs. Also, several children’s songs have been inspired by food and cooks, including two...

Bread is a baked food product made from water, flour, and often yeast. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diets. And it has also been an important part of Greek song, as bread appears regularly as a symbol of welfare and justice, signalling...

Why did they set rice on fire in Vietnam, as Savvopoulos sings? Mikroutsikos asks: Do merchants even know what rice is, or do they only care about its price? Tzimis Panousis is trying to figure out whether tzatziki and souvlaki is Greece’s actual contribution to Europe. And Ypogeia Revmata band warn: T...

Fish and fishermen – these are the themes of the songs that we are listening to today here at GME. Giorgos Mouflouzelis goes fishing, Vaggelis Korakakis tells the story of some prodigal fishermen, and Opisthodromiki Kompania sings an anthem for a fishing boat named Saint Nicholas. As for Babis Goles a...

Throughout the week that starts today, here at GME, we shall be celebrating the Greek cuisine and, of course, the songs that contain references to it, to food and to its social significance. Today, Sakis Rouvas is cooking spaghetti, Arleta is dancing a “tsifteteli” with vinegar, Thanasis Gaifyllias rem...

The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, on August 15, is a major religious holiday. It is also a name day for several names including Maria, Mary, Panagiota and Despina. Here, at GME, we shall be celebrating together with all these people, listening to songs that refer to their names. Maria who was laughing,...

The Earthbound is a Greek band formed in Athens in 1998 by six members and former members of The Last Drive, Honeydive, Rockin' Bones and Engine-V. The band is led by prominent rock figures Alexis Kalofolias and Thanos Amorginos. After playing locally for about a year, the Earthbound recorded its debut...

The third part of our week-long tribute to Greek garage and psychedelic rock in the past and present turns to the 1980s, a decade of explosive creativity and originality. Our track list includes six bands that marked the alternative rock discography of that decade: Morel, En Plo, Without a Necklace,...

This week, here at GME, we have been returning to the rock soul of Greek music – fascinating bands and artists that demonstrate just how rich garage and psychedelic rock discography has been in this country. Today’s destination? Psychedelic Greece, then and now: Purple Overdose and No Man’s Land. A syn...

The Screaming Fly is an outstanding representative of Greece’s contemporary psychedelic rock scene. Their music, embedded into the best traditions of domestic and international rock, creates an environment of transcendence - timeless, powerful, ecstatic. Their 2019 album “Trip to Venus” was welcomed by cr...

A conversation with Jim Zervanos - writer, painter, educator and Greek-American storyteller whose words travel from hospital rooms to high school classrooms, from the most personal moments of illness to the shared search for meaning. Jim’s memoir, That Time I Got Cancer: A Love Story, isn’t just abo...

Πώς είναι να είσαι Έλληνας αλλά να μιλάς σπαστά ελληνικά; Πώς είναι να συλλαβίζεις το όνομά σου σε δύο διαφορετικά αλφάβητα; Πώς είναι να αισθάνεσαι ότι έχεις δύο πατρίδες; Στην εκπομπή μιλάει η Δρ. Ελένη Χαπίδου, Ελληνοκαναδή ψυχολόγος, για τον ψυχικό αντίκτυπο της “διπλής ταυτότητας” των α...