One of Renato Carosone’s most extraordinary gifts was his ability to bring together things that seemed worlds apart and make them sound as if they had always belonged in the same room. At his piano, American rock’n’roll could meet the Neapolitan dialect; classical training could embrace the theatrical instinct of popular song; the precision of […]
“If Fear Is 90, Dignity Is 180!”
Daniele Sanzone refuses to bend to crime or cliché By A.D.A. Where emptiness replaces culture, where consumers are created instead of citizens, where desperation grows because jobs are scarce and institutions fail to support the many initiatives born from local passion — globalization hits harder. It strikes in the voids, in the forgotten corners, in […]
Napoli’s Eternal Note: In Memory of James Senese
A heart shatters, not into falling pieces, but into soaring notes, carried by the wind like a final breath. That breath lifts the soul of a true Neapolitan musician, James Senese, to eternity. Born amid the ashes of war, he was a child shaped by hardship in the northern suburbs of Napoli. The entire city […]
A great performer brings the poetry and modernity of classic Neapolitan song to the Teatro Serra
“Suspire d’ammore,” Neapolitan enchantment with Elisabetta D’Acunzo At the Teatro Serra in Napoli, the concert “Suspire d’ammore,” a serenade for guitar and voice with Elisabetta D’Acunzo and Aniello Palomba. November 8th and 9th in Fuorigrotta, at Via Diocleziano 316. Info: teatroserra@gmail.com, +39 347 8051793. “Suspire d’ammore,” a serenade for guitar and voice with Elisabetta D’Acunzo, […]
Black and White: The return of the cult album of Neapolitan Power
Warner Music Italy has re-released an important album by Il Giardino dei Semplici, which made history in the avant-garde Neapolitan music of the early 1980s: B/N (Black and White). The album has been re-released on white vinyl, and has been made available digitally at the same time, remastered in 24 bit. However, this is not […]
Music and solidarity at the Grand Final of “Tutti sul Palco – Casa Sanremo Live Box 2025”
On January 18th, 2025, a memorable evening was held at the Porta del Parco Auditorium in Bagnoli: the Grand Final of the Singing Contest “Tutti sul Palco – Casa Sanremo Live Box 2025”, a unique event that celebrated musical talent and solidarity. The initiative, organized by the Noi per Napoli Cultural Association, was made possible […]
Diego Sanchez al Teatro Lazzari Felici – Sabato 26 Ottobre 2024
Saturday October 26th, at 9pm on the stage of the characteristic theatre in the historic centre of Napoli, Diego Sanchez will be performing his new musical comedy show “A modo mio” (My Way) at Teatro Lazzari Felici. Now recognised as an ambassador of classical Neapolitan song in the world, the multifaceted artist Diego Sanchez will […]
Spaidermen. A Neapolitan superhero. UAH!
Visiting the United States of America you realize that the perception of space is different from that one in the “bel paese”. However, this wide territory is occupied by people accustomed to leading such a miserable life. The robotic system had its break-in in many workplaces where a time for lunch is foreseen in “pit […]
From Abroad
“…E ce ne costa lacreme ‘sta America!” (America costs us tears!) Thus it sang in the 1920s the song by Libero Bovio and Francesco Buongiovanni, entitled Lacreme Napulitane. It was interpreted by Gennaro Pasquariello and years later by Mario Merola too.
Neacò- Neapolitan Contamination
If we all communicated with an open heart and without preconceptions, we would realize how much we have in common with “the other” and we could reach the path towards a good evolution. We may have a lot in common with our neighbor, whom we may not know, but who, like most of us, surfs […]