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The 'Acquaragia Drom' offers, on each of its apparition and each of its recording, a journey deep into the heart of the Italian gypsy culture and to a larger extent Mediterranean. This brass band not only plays tracks that are inspired by the...
Enrico Frongia and Alberto Balia are two Sardinian musicians that are quite representative of the new generation. This duet draws from the different sources of Corsica's music: song, danse, and polyphony. Their inspiration is the repertoire from...
Alessandro is first and foremost part of a group, one which has supported many different artists, from Steve Vai to Tony MacAlpine and Virgil Donati. After the group he launched his solo career and played at a number of Italian festivals (Foro...
"Alexian" Santino Spinelli is an Italian Rom ("Gypsy") accordionist, singer and composer well known all over Europe and in Japan thanks to his commitment in preserving and promoting the Rom culture. The Alexian group has toured many countries (...
Almamegretta is an experimental dub-reggae group from Naples. Their name, meaning "migrant soul", represents the social struggle for equality in Italy and their desire for a more multicultural nation. The band was formed by four musicians...
Latin music is the unifying passion that has drawn the three musicians from Alta Madera together. All Cuban-Italians, these three bicultural musicians perform original compositions that mix a myriad of musical genres, whilst drawing on a range...
Amelia Cuni is an Italian singer of Indian classical music. She was trained under Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar and has performed traditional dhrupad concerts internationally.
AUCAN are from Brescia, Italy, and consist of Francesco d'Abbraccio (keyboard/guitar), Dario Dassenno (drums) and Giovanni Ferliga (guitar/keyboard). They started playing together in 2005, and since then have only stopped for the odd nap here and...
It's been 15 years since Claude Fagel met Andrea Francalanci and they decided to begin researching dances of the Italian Renaissance. Andrea, dancer and rigorours researcher, died several years later, but Claude continued their work so...
Banda Ionica is a gathering of musicians who are all passioned by the brass band traditions of Sicily, especially those of Holy Week and of funeral processions. The band is led by Fabio Barovero (from the group Mau Mau), and Roy Paci who,...
