The Ambassador of Neapolitan Song tells about Neapolitan heritage – By O. Apostolos Neapolitan music could cross and touch people far beyond the borders of Italy. Year after year, he has gone on making records, merging the timeless beauty of the Neapolitan song with contemporary influences but never betraying the respect owed to the genre’s […]
Echoes of History – 5. Piedigrotta
The traditional Neapolitan celebration that has its origins in erotic bacchanalia This magical word for Neapolitans contains two meanings: the geographical one, in the sense that it is a beautiful area of Napoli located between the Chiaia district, the Fuorigrotta district, Piazza Sannazaro and the splendid Mergellina train station and that of the historic festival […]
‘Echoes of History’. Starting on January 6th, 2025
Starting from January 6th, every first Monday of the month, for ‘Echoes of History’, Raffaele Romano will tell us about facts and characters that range from history, music, theater, tradition, costume. We are happy to have received this gift for the new year, and are very grateful to historian and journalist Raffaele Romano for his […]
At Teatro dei Lazzari Felici Non è vero ma … ci credo!(It’s not true but … I believe it!)
Non è vero ma … ci credo!(It’s not true but … I believe it!) – show with tasting on Saturday March 25th at Teatro dei Lazzari Felici The shows with tasting at the Teatro dei Lazzari Felici resume. Each time a different show but always dedicated to the Neapolitan spirit and fun accompanied by a […]
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Subscribe and get your free gift before is too late! LAST DAY JANUARY 15th 2023 Subscribe and get free gift right away! Follow the link, fill out the form with your name, last name and email address, submit and get 1.Napulitanamente new year calendar with original artwork signed by Massimo Braun at Arte Teca, Neapolitan […]
The long-awaited rebirth
An ancient and contemporary tale. By A.D.A. In Winter, the earth is cold. It is sorrowful and bare. Demetra is saddened by the loss of Persephone, her daughter. Ade kidnapped the girl and kept her with him. Only for a few months a year her mother is allowed to see her. Punctually, for the return […]
The Way of Drum (Part II) –
Interview with Giovanni Imparato (part II) In the last edition we dealt with the relationship between the drum and the earth, through the Cuba / Parthenope project with some hints on Afrocubanìa by Giovanni Imparato. percussionist, babalàwo initiated with the rule of Ifá, babalòsha “santèro” initiated at the regla de Òsha, olubatà initiated at the […]
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The way of the drum – Parthenope-Cuba and Afrocubanìa – Interview with Giovanni Imparato
Part I In the last issue you have met ‘A Madonna d’ and Rrose, celebrated with a series of events and parades that involved the locals who participated by playing tammurriate and dancing in her honor. Now let’s go back to the 1st century BC. The poet Catullus, in the heartbreaking poem 63 of his […]
The ‘Mad Chef’ from China to Russia. Ekerè
He started traveling at the age of 19 facing unthinkable bets and he has never stopped. The first time he left for Indonesia his family asked him “ Why do you go so far? “ He remembers that everything was different at the time. RDF:”At the time it was difficult to go far. But I […]