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We continue our tribute to poet Michalis Ganas and his contribution to Greek music by focusing on his collaboration with two grand female vocalists: smooth jazz lady Elli Paspala and folk diva Natasa Theodoridou. Most of the songs that marked the encounter of Ganas with these two renowned singers were...

The week that starts today here at GME is dedicated to the songs written by a distinguished poet who sadly passed on November 12. Today, we will be exploring his collaborations with three outstanding composers that produced some fascinating modern folk songs. Award-winning poet and lyricist Michalis...

Listen to this episode of “Infinitely Curious”, the English-language program of of ERT and Voice of Greece with Katerina Batzaki, and explore the human brain by learning how to shift the way we think through the power of neuroplasticity. Listen to scientist Don Vaughn on the amazin...

The week that starts today here at GME is dedicated to some key figures of electronic music in Greece. Composer and pianist Lena Platonos is definitely one of them. Thanks to her pioneering albums in the mid-1980s (Sun Masks, Gallop, Lepidoptera), Lena is rightfully considered a highly influential artist...

Listen to this episode of Infinitely Curious, the English-language program of Voice of Greece with Katerina Batzaki, and learn how one can travel without spending a dime. Find out from travel writer from Croatia Tomislav Perko, 29, how he hit the road and turned it into his home by usi...

The week that ends today here at GME was dedicated to the bands of the Greek underground – the groups of friends that shaped a new, heavy and dynamic rock sound away from the mainstream of the recording establishment. Today, we will be listening to the …angry melodies of an unconventional artist and...

According to the dictionaries, the band’s name means constant care and diligence. The members of Endelehia? Dimitris Mitsotakis (lyrics, drums, vocals), Dimitris Leontopoulos (acoustic guitar, vocals), Antonis Dimitriou (electric guitars, vocals) who sadly passed away earlier this month, Andreas Vaitoudis (...

We have been emphasising the contribution of certain bands to the shaping of the sound of the Greek underground and today, we will be appreciating Lefki Symphonia (White Symphony), a band that many analysts regard as one of the best rock bands of the 1980s. It comprised musicians Thodoris Dimitriou,...

This week here at GME is dedicated to the bands of the Greek underground – those collectives that dared to pave the way for a more dynamic sound and for a more radical poetic landscape in Greek song. Today, we will be shedding light on a pioneering group that produced one of the most innovative and i...

This week here at GME is the week of the bands of Greek underground. Indicatively, today’s list contains songs by Arnakia, Lizzards of the Royal Streets, Stigma 90, Panx Romana and Underground Trajectory, among others. Thanks to the Internet, you too can search for the bands and the songs that marked t...

Τhis Sunday 17 November 2024 the English-language show "Infinitely Curious" with Katerina Batzaki presents Stefan Al explaining why trees are so important to a city’s survival. Learn how a handful of young activists planted a small forest on a Portuguese hillside that had burned down in a terrible wi...

The week that ends here at GME was dedicated to key figures of the Greek underground – the artists, the works and the ideas that shaped music production away from the mainstream of the recording landscape. Today, we will be enjoying the music that Giorgos Hatzinasios and Kyriakos Sfetsas created for t...

Music analyst Giorgos Charonitis notes the following about the album “The Blues of the Prince” by rock legend Pavlos Sidiropoulos: “It's not just a recording documentary. It is about much more: a voice heard underground, a sound desperately trying to keep its secret, an allegory of images that can o...

Singer-songwriter Nikolas Asimos wrote: “We are looking for people, not for ideologies. We are looking for people who have courage, love, kindness. People who are not liars, shallow and comfortable, and know how to give, not how to cheat and take advantage of those around them. People who are at least w...

The first source of today’s track list is an album titled ‘Up and Down Patision Street’, containing 20 of Katerina Gogou’s poems set to music. The songs are composed and performed by, among others, Panos Katsimihas, Martha Fritzila, Vaso Alagianni, Lolek, Eva Loukatou, Rita Antonopoulou, Pantelis Theocha...

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...

Listen to the latest episode of “Infinitely Curious” with Katerina Batzaki, and learn how we can embrace- and perhaps tame- the annoying yet gentle dragon we call menopause.Listen to neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi about how decreasing hormonal levels affect brain aging.Learn from Dr. Lau...

Listen to this episode of "Infinitely Curious" with Katerina Batzaki, and learn why early intervention is important in treating ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).Listen to associate professor of marketing at Deree-The American College of Greece and researcher at I-Paidi, Dr. Ilias Kapareliotis, about why...