Αστέρι 88.5

Αστέρι 88.5 is a Greek pop station that knows exactly what it is, and there's something refreshing about that. The playlist runs on melody: Greek chart staples from names like Konstantinos Argiros and Josephine, sitting next to the international hits that actually get played in Athens cafés. Nothing here is trying to be clever. It's pop, unapologetically. The Greek-language tracks are the real draw. If you've only heard the country's pop through the summer hits that escape abroad, this fills in the gaps: the ballads, the duets, the stuff that soundtracked actual Greek nights out. Anna Vissi st…