Tributes

Ο ερευνητής συγγραφέας Κώστας Σπανός επιτελεί ένα σημαντικό έργο… 57 χρόνια τώρα, από το 1968 καταγράφει την ιστορία της Θεσσαλίας, μέσα από μελέτες, εκδόσεις βιβλίων και του περίφημου Θεσσαλικού Ημερολογίου. Έχει δημοσιεύσει πάνω από 500 μελέτες, έχει συμμετάσχει σε 160 συνέδρια και ημερίδες και έχει εκδώσει από το 1980 μέχρι σήμερα 87 τόμους του Θεσσαλικού ... Read more

The remarkable story of P.A.O. Kalogreza — a football club that rose from the refugee neighborhoods of Nea Ionia to reach Greece’s second division — is brought to life through the powerful research of journalist Kostas Chalemos. Chalemos, author of the book "P.A.O. Kalogreza – The Street Kids: T...

Let’s explore the story behind “The News of Kyrgia”, the local newspaper of the village Kyrgia, in the region of Drama. For 35 years, it has been published against the grain of modern trends — a quiet act of resilience in a rapidly changing world. From the rural heart of Drama, the paper reaches...

Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present the Greek wheelchair basketball champion: Atlas AMEA Kato Patision. The team clinched the national title—living up to its name—highlighting the significant work they've been doing since their founding in 2013. Nikolas Angelidis and his program "Time in Gre...

Our melodies, today, come from the discography of Nikos Kypourgos, one of the most prolific composers for film and theatre, and Nikos Portokaloglou, a pioneering rock singer-songwriter who also wrote soundtracks. Even though they are meant to accompany films, these melodies also stand autonomously,...

The musical images of Evanthia Reboutsika and Stamatis Spanoudakis have accompanied landmark cinematic images found in films such as Notias, Voice of the Aegean, Stone Years and The Shirt With Number ‘9’. Today, these atmospheric melodies are hosted by GME, together with several references to the lif...

Director Lakis Papastathis was influenced by his colleague and guru Alexis Damianos and the experience of “Evdokia” film, in the filming of which he participated as an assistant director. “I spent three years of my life on “Evdokia”, working with Alexis, because this film was anarchic not only in i...

Eleni Karaindrou – “Greece’s most eloquent living composer” in the words of Time magazine – and Marios Strofalis - an award-winning soundtrack composer for cinema, theatre and television – are at the heart of today’s GME. Their extensive discography is replete with well-known melodies that have mar...

This week, here at GME, we will be celebrating ten distinguished figures of Greek film music: Giorgos Hatzinasios and Panagiotis Kalantzopoulos today; Eleni Karaindrou and Marios Strofalis tomorrow; Stamatis Kraounakis and Manos Loizos on Wednesday; Evanthia Reboutsika and Stamatis Spanoudakis on Thursday;...

The week that ends today, here at GME, was dedicated to swing covers of Greek originals – uplifting songs that are conveyed to a younger audience through a “modernisation” of their sound and rhythm. Among others, Babis Goles is revisited by The Burger Project, “Patriarch” Markos Vamvakaris is rejuve...

From Swing Shoes to Gadjo Dilo and from Mariza Rizou to The Swingin’ Cats, a fascinating story of producing new sounds through old songs is unfolding before our eyes: The story of swing covers of Greek classics. Lack of inspiration? Recycling of existing hits? Or a sincere turn to our musical past w...