Category: Italy

Music from Italy – Antonello Venditti // Pop rock

Antonello Venditti, born in 1949, is an Italian singer-songwriter who became famous in the 1970s. Listen to his nice song “Bomba O Non Bomba”:

Music from Italy – Forty Winks

To take forty winks is to take a nap for a short period of time (usually not in bed), or to take a short sleep during the day.(wikipedia)

Forty Winks is an italian Punk Band formed 1998 in Bologna , Italy .

Here is their song “Beneath her feet ”

 

Music from Italy – Time Square

Time Square is a brand new project born from an idea of the Time Records crew. This project wants to spread in the world the power of good music through new mixes and productions.
The first release of Time Square is featured by the Australian artist Xavier Rudd, a songwriter, a versatile musician skilled on sixteen instruments, an activist and a surfer.

Here is their song “Follow the sun”

Music from Italy – Ganes

Ganes is a female Trio , two sisters Elisabeth and Marlene Schuen and her cousin Maria Molling. They grew up in the  Dolomites mountains (LA Val ) and still sing their songs in ladinic language , a common dialect in the Dolomites (SouthTirol) .

They sing in Italian , french , englich and also in this special ladinic dialect.

Here is their newest song from their new album “Capriuce ” 2014 , have a look on their homepage 

and a documentary on their work

 

Music from Italy – What,Really?

What,Really? is an Italian power pop and alternative pop including four members who once met in Bologna. Listen to their nice song “Ophelia (among the flowers):