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 […]
Unpopular proposals from a folk music singer
The “Canzuni” sung by Massimo Ferrante by N. Yakova We hear more and more often about the issue of identity in Italy. Racism and intolerance emerge towards those who are further south than us or who come from the Middle East, or towards those who, despite being our compatriots, do not align themselves with the […]
Ogun Afrobeat magic that makes even stones dance
Interview with band leader Akindimeji Onasanya By N. Yakova Africa, the center of the world, is not just a song by Fela Kuti but it is a fact. Africa is the starting point of everything. And the story we will tell you begins right there, in Lagos, Nigeria, the land of Ogun, the iron God. […]
Talent Spotlight featuring Iranian percussionist Erfan Hatami
His name is Erfan Hatami and he is a percussionist and a singer. Born in Iran he started to play “Tonbak”, which is one of the most important Persian percussions, when he was just 7 years old. Erfan has always performed as a percussionist with internationally renowned artists. He toured the world and since some […]
Ernesto Vitolo new release: Organismi.
Ernesto Vitolo is one of the pillars of the Neapolitan musical phenomenon that developed in the seventies and that the journalist Renato Marengo called Neapolitan Power. Neapolitan Power is actually the magical result of cultural contaminations that began after the Second World War especially in Southern Italy where U.S. Army left later than in the […]