This week on Greek Music Express we will be drawing inspiration from International Women's Day, listening to some special female voices that have already left a remarkable footprint on Greek singing. First stop? Our beloved performer Chrysoula Kechagioglou, who stands out not only for her unique timbre...
Life unfolds in the present. The problem is, whether it’s ruminating over the past or worrying about the future, the human mind does everything it can to avoid being present.Like a monkey swinging from tree branch to tree branch, the human mind’s tendency to constantly jump from thought to thought has...
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2000. Two dear friends of Thanos Mikroutsikos, Alexandros Myrat and Haris Alexiou, propose to the composer to orchestrate some of his songs for a symphony orchestra, so that they can be presented in a concert at the Athens Concert Hall. Despite his initial reservations, the creator gives in to the pressure....
Today, we shall be listening to a very powerful live recording of a concert of Dionysis Savvopoulos titled Savvorama. Savvopoulos, one of the few "revolutionaries" of the Greek music scene, gave a series of concerts in December 2000 at the Athens Concert Hall. Savvorama is a panorama of Savvopoulos...
Sometimes articulating a feeling or explaining a dynamic is difficult to do verbally. Here is where art therapy comes into play. It uses creativity and artistic expression to improve a person’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being. It is a unique non-verbal therapeutic modality to heal the past a...
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...
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...
Η «Μούσα του Musical» ...ερωτεύεται: Gérard Presgurvic "Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour"
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...
Reverend Kristin is saved! (so was Bob Dylan in 1980) // 2 Davids // 1 Courtney Marie
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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...
Η εκπομπή “καλημέρα” του 9,58fm πραγματοποίησε μια σειρά εκπομπών με νέους καλλιτέχνες με αφορμή τα γενέθλια του 9,58 που συμπλήρωσε τον Φεβρουάριο του 2024 τα τριάντα του χρόνια.Νέοι άνθρωποι, νέοι καλλιτέχνες, από τη Θεσσαλονίκη, κάποιοι ζουν πλέον σε άλλα μέρη του κόσμου, σχεδόν συνομήλικοι ή μικρότεροι ηλικιακά του 9,58 που ασχολούνται με τον πολιτισμό, πέρασαν ...
What is that that makes our imagination go wild? Why are we so attracted to fairytales, superheroes and powers of the unknown? Why are we so drawn to characters derived from history with a fantasy twist?
Live Action Role Players or LARP players are some of those people who love to escape reality...
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...
“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...
Η εκλεκτή συγγραφέας και ποιήτρια Καλλιόπη Βελόνια ήταν καλεσμένη του Γιάννη Παπουτσάκη στα ''Ηλιοτρόπια'' της 29ης Ιανουαρίου. Μίλησε για τα βιβλία της, για ό,τι την εμπνέει και την προβληματίζει και διάβασε χαρακτηριστικά αποσπάσματα από το σύνολο των έργων της. Ακούστηκαν μπαλάντες των: Deep Pur...
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