LoginItaly - the Rough Guide to the Music of Italy
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It's hard to believe that Italy has only existed as a unified country for about 150 years, perhaps, but when you listen to this, you get a real sense of its 20 different regions and their traditions. The fiery tarantellas of the south get a modernist take from saxophonist Daniele Sepe, while Sardinia's Tenores di Bitti (possibly the best-known name here) offer harmonies that seem unworldly and almost primitive in their power. The softer folk music of Piedmont in the north has close associations with English folk in style (even some of their ancient dance music, performed by Silvio Peron and Gabriele Ferrero, is similar to Engli
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Manufacturer: World Music Network
Release date: 28 February 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0605633104226 UPC: 605633104226
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Release date: 28 February 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0605633104226 UPC: 605633104226
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