Aramirè plays all types of traditional Salentine music. The CD SudEst contains fifteen songs, some sung in Griko, the Greek dialect still spoken in many…
Artist Profiles: Aramirè
Tag: Italy
Artist Profiles: Aria Corte
Aria Corte plays contemporary arrangements of the traditional music from the Lower Salento region of Italy. The band’s show travels through the mythical world of…
Artist Profiles: Beppe Gambetta
Beppe Gambetta, born in 1955 in Genoa, Italy, is the leading flat-picking guitarist of Europe. Through his superb recordings, frequent tours of Europe and the…
Artist Profiles: Bonifica Emiliana Veneta
Bonifica Emiliana Veneta (BEV) – Bonificare, from the ancient Latin bonus facere, refers to drainage of marshes/clearing mine-fields/restoring and improving. A rich and evocative repertoire…
Artist Profiles: Newpoli
Newpoli is a group of skilled musicians who specialize in southern Italian folk music, primarily from the regions of Campania and Puglia. Their music crosses…
Exquisite Trebisonda
Aksak Project – Trebisonda (Aemme Records, 2017) Aksak Project is an Italian ensemble that has absorbed multiple musical influences. The group features several multi-instrumentalists who…
Santur Soul
Renzo Ruggiero – Alma (Phenix 001, 2017) Alma is the new album by Italian santur virtuoso Renzo Ruggiero. Alma is a beautifully-crafted work featuring spirited…
Artist Profiles: X Darawish
X Darawish is a music group that plays world music and was founded in Bari, Italy in 1997. The group consists of Stratos Diamantis, Enzo…
Artist Profiles: Alborosie
Alborosie was born Alberto D’Ascola in Sicily, Italy on 4 July 1977. At 15, he created a reggae band called Reggae National Ticket. Signed to…
Bella Ciao to Showcase at WOMEX 2016 in Spain
Italian act Bella Ciao is set to perform on October 21, 2016 at WOMEX in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The project revisits an influential 1964…