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Today, here at GME, we are continuing our mini-tribute to surrealism, an immensely significant art movement with a far-reaching impact and legacy. Specifically, we will be exploring how a French and a Greek poet were inserted into Greek music with the help of leading composers and songwriters. Our destination:...

Today, here at GME, we are starting a 3-day mini-tribute to representatives of an immensely important movement that shaped the art of the 20th century: Surrealism. Our destination this afternoon? The setting to music of the poetry of Nikos Engonopoulos. Engonopoulos is widely regarded as a pioneer of...

Today, here at GME, we are honouring the memory of an outstanding Italian singer-songwriter who was born on March 4, 1943 and who inspired a number of Greek colleagues of his. This multi-faceted artistic personality excelled in singing and songwriting, played clarinet and keyboards, and solidified his...

Greek Music Express is celebrating Clean Monday with songs that refer to a theme that is directly associated with this special festivity: Kites. The selection is endless, from Mikis Theodorakis' orchestral "Kites" to Diafana Krina’s "Torn Kite". Leading voices such as Anastasia Moutsatsou, Melina A...

This episode of “Infinitely Curious”, the English-language program of ERT and Voice of Greece with Katerina Batzaki, explores how political influence affects the freedom of speech in the media, and how communication can either unite or divide the masses. Can media truly shape pub...

“I found myself after the breakup at the station, in my carriage / a life in a suitcase my dead dreams / suddenly there in the crowd a voice so familiar / a voice that becomes a scream as it says my name / and the train started and you again far from me. And I wanted so much to tell you that I love y...

Today, here at GME, we are mourning the loss of a fantastic singer who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of just 65. Manolis Lidakis was born in beautiful Crete, the birthplace of endless music artists. His connection with music started at the age of 12, when he became a member of the Philarmonic...

Today’s tribute to songs about trains takes a more electrified turn with rock songs containing references to rail travel. Key protagonists of Greek rock are present, from Christos Thivaios to Dimitris Poulikakos and from Manolis Famellos to Vassilis Papakonstantinou. Also, rock mega-bands will be a...

Here at GME, we tried to think of the most appropriate way of honouring the souls lost at the Tempi disaster. We could spend hours talking about the inefficiency of the Greek state and the responsibilities of consecutive governments that undermined public services, privatised the Greek state railways...

We, here at GME, love trains. They are by far our favourite means of transportation, having offered us countless moments of departing, arriving, contemplating and a real sense of travel, especially in Northern Europe, in Belgium, Sweden, Wales and elsewhere. It is no coincidence that the name of our...

Το Aikido δεν είναι μόνο τεχνική. Έχει να κάνει με την ισορροπία, την επίγνωση και τη σοφή χρήση της ενέργειας. Μας διδάσκει ότι η δύναμη δεν είναι πάντα η απάντηση - μερικές φορές, ο καλύτερος τρόπος για να προχωρήσουμε είναι να πάμε σε εναρμόνιση με την πρόκληση και όχι ενάντια σε αυτήν. Ο Morihei Ues...

Αγαπάμε την Ελλάδα για τα εκπληκτικά τοπία, τις μαγευτικές ακτές της και την πλούσια βιοποικιλότητά της. Αλλά έρχεται αντιμέτωπη και με μία σκληρή αλήθεια: η άγρια πανίδα της απειλείται. Βλέπουμε ακραία καιρικά φαινόμενα όπως ποτέ άλλοτε, καύσωνες που μετατρέπουν τα δάση σε σπιρτόκουτα, πλημμύρες που ξεπλένουν...

Ancient Greek music isn’t lost- it’s been rediscovered, hiding in ancient texts and mathematical codes.The Greeks didn’t just listen to music-they believed it could heal, educate, and even shape society. And thanks to modern research, we can now hear the echoes of a world more than 2,000 years old.O...

Tyto alba, “the barn owl”, soar silently through the night, their ghostly white feathers glowing in the moonlight. Majestic nocturnal hunters or ghostly omens of doom? The barn owl is one of nature’s most efficient pest controllers-is not just saving crops but also bridging political divides. What starte...

Athens is a city of reinvention. From the age of Pericles to the Byzantine Empire, its iconic temples and marketplaces have undergone transformations that reflect the ever-changing cultural and spiritual identity of its people. This episode of "Infinitely Curious", the English language program or...

What is it about psychoanalysis—and Lacan in particular—that still captivates us today?Jacques Lacan no doubt remains one of the most polarizing figures in psychoanalysis. His work, often described as a radical reinterpretation of Freud, dives deeply into language, the unconscious, and human des...

Listen to this episode of the English-Language show "Infinitely Curious" with Katerina Batzaki and explore the science and the psychology of time. Hear Doctor of Philosophy and Neuroscience Marco A. Sotomayor briefly describing how human bodies naturally tell time. Listen to researcher Amber Stuver...

Today, we are concluding our Christmas-themed week here on GME with a wonderful fairytale that two brothers and renowned singers-songwriters wrote for the kids of all ages. Our destination: The Unsmiling City and the Goblins (or Elves), by Haris and Panos Katsimihas: ‘Once upon a time, there was a c...