Franco Califano died the evening before Easter at 74. He was one of the greatest Italian songwriters and lyricists, besides a singer as well as a writer and actor. His family was from Salerno province, though he was born by chance above Tripoli, at that time an Italian colony, on an airplane. He spend almost [...]
Marco Mengoni is the winner of the 63rd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with his entry “L’essenziale“. In his latest interviews, although he claimed that he did not believe in a victory, the verdict of televoting along with the people’s choice award’s votes placed him on the top step of Sanremo’s podium, with Elio [...]
From 1990 to 1995, Marco Masini has been at the highest peak of his success. His first three albums sold around 3 million copies and were recorded also in Spanish. With his bold interpretative style and his lyrics that highlighted the prejudices of a conservative and repressive society of that time, Masini quickly became a [...]
And there you have it, the most-awaited comeback in Italian music for the beginning of this new year. 60-year old rocker Vasco Rossi‘s new single “L’uomo piu’ semplice” (“The simplest man”) featuring Taylor Hawkins on drums. The song’s release has been announced on the singer’s Facebook fanpage and on his official site three days before, [...]
Peppino Di Capri (stage name of Giuseppe Faiella, born in Naples in 1939) is a popular Italian singer and musician. He started singing and learning piano at 4, and performed American songs to the American army troops stationed on the island of Capri during World War II. His big breakthrough came in 1958, when he [...]
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