If you listen to my show on Tone Radio then you’ll know that I like doing a different theme on my programme each week.
Themes such as UK Place Names, Songs About the Weather and Old & New have all been done recently.
But what about Greek Place Names?
Could I compile a playlist of songs which contain the name of a place in Greece in either the title or the lyrics?
I’ve been searching iTunes, YouTube and Spotify… and it turns out that I can. Some of the songs are in Greek, some of them are in English, and there are one or two in German as well.
For the time being, this list is just a bit of fun: I’m not planning on making a radio show out of it yet.
Here’s the List…
- Joe Banamassa – Athens to Athens
- Δημήτρης Μητροπάνος – Θεσσαλονίκι
- Μίκης Θεοδωράκης – Dance of Chania
- René Pretschner Band – Harbor Lights of Chania
- Athens Symphony Orchestra – Wandring Over Epirus
- Οπισθδρομικοί – Απ’ την Πρέβεζα στα Γιάννενα
- Αλέκος Κώστας – Μεσά στην Άρτα Γνώρισα
- Μανώλης Μιτσιάς – Σαββατοβράδο στην Καισαριανή
- Τόλης Βοσκόπουλος – Ξανθή Αγαπημένη Παναγιά
- Nina & Mike – Der Wein von Samos
- Kosta Cordalis – Der Wein von Samos (A different song to Nina & Mike’s one).
- Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
- Στέλις Μπικάκης – Κυκλάδες
- Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης – Φραγκοσυριανή (A very famous Greek tune, the lyrics to which were written on/about Syros and the names of a couple of villages on the island – one of which I’ll be going to later this year – feature in the lyrics).
- Θεομήνια – Απ’ τις Βόριες Σποράδες
- Γρηγόρης Μπιθικότσης – Στα Τρίκαλα
- Γλυκεριά – Βόλο, Λάρισσα, Καρδίτσα (Βόλτα Μέσα στην Ελλάδα)
- Μιλτιάδης Πασχαλίδης – Ηράκλειο-Καλαμάτα
- Τάκης Δημητρίου – Στην Καλαμάτα Φόρτωσαν
- Νάσια Κονιτοπούλου – Η Αγάπη Μου στη Ικαρία
- Γιάννης Πάριος – Ικαριώτικο
- Atlas and the Astronaut – Zakynthos
- Μαρία Δημητριάδη – Ψηλά στην Ακροκορινθό
- Ήλιας Λιγνος – Πελοπόννησος
- Γιώργος Νταλάρας – Ναύπλιο
Do you have any more songs I can add to the list? E-mail me on fred@fred-hart.gr and let me know.
