A century of Greek discography! With sounds echoed in the cell of the Greek, with voices that everyone recognizes, with songs that accompanied us to the most important moments of our lives, the happiest and the bitter. Who moved us. And they keep moving us …

This was yesterday the prime time on SKAI (See all the episode here): Makis Matsas flipped the book of his life and Aris Portosalte was there to record a century of history of Greek music. Starting in the 1920s and the first cowardly steps of Greek discography and reaching today.

Emblematic personalities, huge composers with global acceptance, wonderful voices. And behind the myth people, with their good and their wrongs. For the first time, we heard unknown stories about artists who lived passionately and faithfully served their passion, music: Markos Vamvakaris, Vassilis Tsitsanis, Manos Hadjidakis, Mikis Theodorakis, Thanos Mikroutsos, Stratos Dimos, Stratos But also for artists that the audience considers unmatched today: George Dalaras, Harris Alexiou, Yiannis Parios.

Yesterday at the Prime Time of SKAI, journalistic research brought to light truths and a lot of emotion. Makis Matsas talked about “Difficult” Stelios Kazantzidis for whom he thinks he was “he was the greatest singer in Greece”, how he “baptized” Yiannis Varthakouris Yiannis Parios, about the shy and timid girl.

The tender, excited and moving comments by viewers on social media are the biggest proof that the songs were and are a cohesive link for all of us. Rebetika, artistic, folk, were rescued in vinyls to accompany us in the next century.