Maria Moramarco – Stella Ariènte (Visage Music, 2021) In Stella Ariènte, Maria Moramarco channels ancient songs. With the voice of someone who’s walked those dusty…
View More Pathos and the Pilgrimage: Maria Moramarco Lights the Way in Stella AriènteTag: Italian music
Pointing True North: Folkatomik Charts a Global Course with “Polaris”
Folkatomik – Polaris (Italysona, 2022) Folkatomik’s debut album, Polaris, is rooted in the traditional music of Southern Italy. At the same time, they weave in…
View More Pointing True North: Folkatomik Charts a Global Course with “Polaris”Mystic Rebels With a Cause: A Sacred Sound Journey
Enten Hitti – Mistiche Ribelli (Lizard Records, 2025) Mistiche Ribelli (mystic rebels) is the latest musical project from Pierangelo Pandiscia and Gino Ape, performed by…
View More Mystic Rebels With a Cause: A Sacred Sound JourneyBlues on a Saint’s Wavelength: Fabrizio Piepoli Channels St. Nicholas in a Mediterranean Hymn
Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fabrizio Piepoli has released a new single, “Sanda Necole Blues”, produced by Zero Nove Nove with digital distribution via Believe. The…
View More Blues on a Saint’s Wavelength: Fabrizio Piepoli Channels St. Nicholas in a Mediterranean HymnTarabtella Visionary: Fabrizio Piepoli Mixes Tradition and Technology
Fabrizio Piepoli is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and educator from Apulia, Italy. He currently teaches traditional vocal techniques at the Conservatory of Lecce, where he…
View More Tarabtella Visionary: Fabrizio Piepoli Mixes Tradition and TechnologyBack to the Quattro: BEV Reclaims Tradition with a Twist
Bonifica Emiliana Veneta – Quattro (Visage Music, 2025) Bonifica Emiliana Veneta’s Quattro marks the group’s first new recording in nearly two decades, a return shaped…
View More Back to the Quattro: BEV Reclaims Tradition with a TwistRoberta Gulisano’s A Ccu Apparteni Reclaims the Music of the Uprooted
Roberta Gulisano – A ccu apparteni (Mhodí Music Company, 2024) At first listen, A Ccu Apparteni by Roberta Gulisano feels like a dispatch from a…
View More Roberta Gulisano’s A Ccu Apparteni Reclaims the Music of the UprootedWaters of Change: Savina Yannatou and Lamia Bedioui Dive Deep on Watersong
Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico, Lamia Bedioui – Watersong (ECM 2773, 2025) On Watersong, her superb fifth release for ECM, remarkable Greek vocalist Savina Yannatou…
View More Waters of Change: Savina Yannatou and Lamia Bedioui Dive Deep on WatersongCalling Back the Voices: Ra di Spina’s “Vocazioni”
Ra di Spina – Vocazioni (Agualoca Records, 2025) Vocazioni, the debut album by Ra di Spina (King of Thorn), is a project deeply rooted in…
View More Calling Back the Voices: Ra di Spina’s “Vocazioni”Spinning Voices: Ra di Spina Weaves Polyphony into Southern Italian Tradition
(headline image: Ra di Spina, Alexsandra Ida Mauro and Laura Cuomo) Ra di Spina is a musical project founded by the talented singer and ethnomusicologist…
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