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Jovanotti “OYeah” cover photo by Pierpaolo Ferrari JOVANOTTI When Jovanotti, Italy’s iconic pop star, decided to break into the US market, he took an unusual route. Rather than play the obligatory round of venues typical for a major Italian language artist, Jovanotti, an unabashed fan of New York City, took up […]
The talented Malika Ayane, the daughter of a Moroccan father and an Italian mother, was born in Milan on January 31st, 1984 and now brings her own unique vision to her art. How It began Malika began her singing career in 1995 as part of the famous La Scala Theatre’s choir. […]
Zucchero “blues is blues: it’s full of soul” claims Zucchero, one of Italy’s greatest musicians, in a recent interview. Zucchero’s philosophy is that there is no distinction between Italian blues and American blues, or the blues of any other country – however, that is only one form of music Zucchero is devoted […]
What’s in a name? Well, in the case of the band Elio e le Storie Tese, which translates to Elio and the Tense Stories, the name indicates that the band is one of the most peculiar to appear on the Italian music scene in the last 30 years. Singer Stefano […]
Carmen Consoli, one of Italy’s new generation singer songwriters, here portrayed for the cover of her 2009 album, “Elettra.” The Sicilian-born Carmen Consoli is one of the most successful female singer-songwriters Italy has ever produced, and certainly one of the most appreciated in the US. The 41 year-old musician is known […]
The Italian music industry has always appeared of lesser importance when compared to the British or the American. The evident language barrier always meant Italian music has always been part of a niche market abroad. However, recent years have been changing the cards on table. Brand new Italian indie acts have […]
She is only 15 when in 1969 Nada sings “Ma che freddo fa” (It’s so cold) at the Sanremo Festival, the biggest music contest in Italy. At the Festival she gets only the 5th position, but the song is a winner and for the following 5 weeks it is at the top of the […]
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