#italian folk music

[luuurien]

Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker - Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d’amore

(Avant-Folk, Italian Folk Music, Psychedelic Folk)

Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker rework songs from their rural Emilia youth, giving new life to long-lived Italian stories of working class women, protest, political violence, and poor-paying hard work. These avant-garde takes on beloved Mondariso songs take you to the roots of Tarozzi and Walker's music, the deepest they've ever dug into Italian folk music and its deep emotive power.

☆☆☆☆

What's most beautiful about Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore is that it places Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker deeper in their musical history than ever before, those little hints of traditional Italian folk and experimental classical getting pushed out into the sun and soaking in every minute of it. Previously working with one another performing strings on recordings from the likes of Eliane Radigue and Philip Corner, the two of them have proved in the past that they have some incredible chemistry together, Canti di guerra... taking those short collaborative bursts and extending them out across 53 minutes and 12 songs. It's by far one of the most boundary-pushing and emotionally resonant albums this year, these decades-old stories brought back to life through the magic of their strings and a handful of vocalists who join in to help ensure that the words aren't lost to time either. Possessing pieces both on the extreme and serene sides of the avant-garde, Canti di guerra...'s Italian roots don't mean that Tarozzi and Walker's usual string experimentation is lost in the mix. Opening track Country cloud has sharp violin lines from Tarozzi that spit and stutter like a sprinkler half-broken, her incredible bowing technique shooting out what seems like a thousand notes a second and making for an introduction to Canti di guerra... that's somehow able to be both enchanting and a bit frightening. Other times, they'll warp Walker's cello to sound like a siren blaring in a pitch-black grass field on the chilling Parziale ("Partial") or go for abstract soundscapes with Meccanica primitive ("Primitive mechanics"), where what sounds like soft scrapes against wood and clamoring percussive instruments spent four minutes getting you invested in something mystic and playful, the album's most experimental piece and simultaneously its most sprightly. The album's best moments, though, are those aforementioned Italian folk songs, often sung by choirs of female rice field workers called Mondisaros, which Tarozzi and Walker perform with such love and passion and tenderness that I can't imagine anyone in the avant-garde scene surpassing this year. La lega ("It binds it"), the album's one and only single, is the quickest and most potent way to get a taste of this sound, Tarozzi's velvety violin and Walker's heavenly viola droning below an innumerable number of voices singing with one another, never totally in sync and imbuing the song with such spirit and history that you're immediately sucked into Canti di guerra...'s world, organic and strange and electrifying. It's not just that Tarozzi and Walker have created music that is so personal and unique with its Italian roots, but how they stitch that into their own forward-thinking artistic process to nurture and cultivate a sound that's so impeccable that even its most unusual moments have you completely won over. These dreamy, formless ambient folk tunes occasionally teeter on circuitousness, running around the same droning chords or melodic motifs for minutes at a time, but Tarozzi and Walker keep Canti di guerra... from becoming sluggish by steeping the album's slower moments in rich textures and sensitive vocal performances that allow the more relaxed pace to feel soothing rather than disengaging. After the wild and dissonant take on Il bersagliere ha cento penne ("The bersagliere has a hundred feathers") in the album's midsection, the following rendition of it with Nigerian gospel singer Ola Obasi Nnanna feels even more cerebral and stunning, Nnanna's spiritual music background perfect for this war song of death and protection that's brought even further by Tarozzi and Walker's marvelous, pensive strings. They mix the more out there string manipulation with a plain, heartfelt violin performance from Tarozzi on early highlight Pietà l‘è morta, blurring the lines between Canti di guerra...'s two musical sides and embracing their ability to bring these songs of work and war into the modern day with a unique instrumental flair. It feels like the two of them have unlocked an old tower full of stories that they can finally tell, giving a voice to music few might know otherwise through the sorrowful drones of Sentite buona gente and La lega's solar flare of chants and strings that embeds a deep connection with these songs to anyone who hears them, the kind of eternal folk songs that could be performed in another lifetime and be just as touching as they are right now. It's definitely an unusual album, and one that takes many listens to fully attune to if you're unfamiliar with Tarozzi and Walker's work or Italian folk music in general, but even on the first listen Canti di guerra... has such a strong gravitational pull that you can't help but come back to it and catch every ray of light you can find. The album's thoughtfully nostalgic nature gives way for an experience close to their hearts without causing them to lose touch with what makes their music so special, combining experimental techniques with the power of these long lived, war-torn folk songs that give listeners a chance to learn just a little bit more about that unique time in Italian musical history, with Tarozzi and Walker as their guide. It's no surprise that the album's title is something as simple and relaxed as "Songs of war, work and love": stories that are so universal and deeply felt rendered so wonderfully here that you can feel just how much heart went into crafting each and every one of them.

#silvia tarozzi #deborah walker #unseen worlds #art folk #avant-folk #chamber folk #chamber music #classical #experimental #folk #italian folk music #minimalism #modern classical #post-minimalism #psychedelic folk #2022 #8/10

[theparanoid]

Daemonia Nymphe, Louisa John-Krol, GOR & LYS - Love Sessions

(2002, full album)

[Greek Folk Music, Ancient Greek Music, Neoclassical Darkwave, Neo-Medieval Folk, Italian Folk Music, Irish Folk Music]

#music #greek folk music #ancient greek music #neoclassical darkwave #neo medieval folk #italian folk music #irish folk music #full album #Youtube

[the-entangler]

Spirit Folet - La giostra di Martina

#youtube #spirit folet #astrolabio #italian folk music

[schmedterlingfreud]

5 Albums to shape your Soul 💗

Gryningsvisor, Ofdrykkja

World War Live: Battle of the Baltic Sea, Sabaton

Italian Folk Metal, Nanowar of Steel

Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens

Born to Die, Lana del Rey

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#my post #music tag #Ofdrykkja #Gryningsvisor #sabaton #metal #nanowar of steel #italian folk metal #italian metal #sufjan stevens #carrie and lowell #lana del rey #born to die #indie music #Spotify

[frc-ambaradan]

Duckophelia: *sings in venetian*

Gladertes: Cousin, answer me! What happened to you?

Duckophelia: *keeps singing in venetian*

Duckophelia: *persists in singing in venetian*

Gladertes: What language is she singing in?

Brigertrude: No idea!

Il Principe Duckleto (2016)

Daisy's singing "La biondina in gondoleta". Venetian folk song written in 1786 and put to music by (in order) Johann Simon Mayr, Ludwig van Beethoven and Reynaldo Han:

#just to stay on songs topic XD #la biondina in gondoleta #daisy duck #gladstone gander #brigitta mcbridge #john d. rockerduck #hamlet #giorgio salati #paolo de lorenzi #johann simon mayr #ludwig van beethoven #reynaldo hahn #disney parodies #disney ducks #italian disney comics #topolino magazine #italian folk songs #traditional music #venice #umberto da preda #Youtube

[bloomfish]

honestly my explorations through spotify are so wild sometime. now i've somehow landed on corsican reggae

#its kind of a slay #i was looking for italian folk music #nice to know minority language speakers in italy and france also have a strange affinity for reggae #like i think the proportion of reggae/ska inspired music in catalan is like.. astronomically higher than it is in english or something #its weird and idk why #is anyone here italian?? i need guidance lol #i want sort of alternative/modern takes on traditional folk music #my fav so far is a group called ars nova napoli

[metalsongoftheday]

Thursday, February 15: Atlas Pain, "To the Moon"

Decades after Skyclad invented folk metal, the subgenre remains uniquely idiosyncratic and hard to get a full grasp on.  As a result, even though Atlas Pain’s “To the Moon” sounded much more like power metal, the keyboards and twinkly bits, along with the raspy vocals and mug-swigging chorus, made it at least adjacent to folk metal.  It was an enjoyably weird number, with a similarly weird video, and layered the right amount of drama over the course of its runtime.  How much of this was really necessary was another matter, and the random blastbeats felt gratuitous, but it maintained an upbeat momentum throughout and was certainly enjoyable for what it was.

#heavy metal #metal song #heavy metal rules #heavy metal music #metal song of the day #metal #song of the day #song #listen to metal #atlas pain #power metal #folk metal #italian music #italian metal #heavy music #heavy rock #metal rock #metal music #listen to music #long live rock #Youtube

[haveyouheardthisfolksong]

#folk music #folk song #have you heard this folk song #song tag: lu rusciu de lu mare #culture tag: italy #language tag: italian #Youtube #submission

[greencheekconure27]

Lu rusciu te lu mare - Cantistoria

#folk music #italian folk #folk songs #traditional music #cantistoria #music #youtube

[lartenascosta]

Not your average pop music.

This is what authenticity sounds like.

#Fratelli Mancuso #Sicily #Folk Music #Italian Folk #Youtube

[urluch-in-dla-nebia]

La Luna e 'l Sul - Barabàn

#christmas carols #music en lumbaart #trad music #folk music #barabàn #lombardy #north italy #lombardia #switzerland #canton ticino #tessin #italian alps #natale

[flavioscutti]

Flavio Scutti - CANZONE ITALIANA - Speciale Folk Psichedelico 1970-1980

https://www.mixcloud.com/radioraheem_milano/flavio-scutti-canzone-italiana-speciale-folk-psichedelico-1970-1980-12-05-2023/

Nel Folk Psichedelico i testi diventano favole che parlano di un mondo naturale e amore. I suoni acustici della chitarra sono arricchiti da arrangiamenti sperimentali e improvvisazioni che costruiscono un immaginario molto particolare. Canzoni forse poco conosciute che qui si esprimono in tutta la loro bellezza.

Tengo molto a questa selezione, a cui ho lavorato per tanto tempo, perché il folk in Italia è diventato un fenomeno molto grande che si è espresso maggiormente in quello dei cantautori, dove la parte musicale è stata forse sempre messa in secondo piano. Si pensa in favore dei testi, ma più altro perché il mercato e soprattutto la critica musicale ha preferito cose che riusciva meglio a comprendere. Alla RCA Italiana che ha gestito quelli che sono diventati gli artisti più seguiti abbiamo delle bellissime produzioni, ma quasi sempre semplificate in una forma pop, io ho voluto cercare nei dischi quel qualcosa che si legasse alla sperimentazione, ma allo stesso tempo con quella che è la tradizione musicale popolare, con il simbolismo nelle culture, spesso arrivando ad artisti e dischi poco conosciuti che ritengo importanti

Brani

Giorgio Laneve - La Leggenda Del Mare D'Argento (1971)

Leone Tieri - Il Sogno Di Leone (1970)

Gianfranca Montedoro - La Cavallerizza (1974)

Equipe 84 - Io Ero Là (1971)

Alan Sorrenti - Vorrei Incontrarti (1972)

Maria Monti - La Pecora Crede Di Essere Un Cavallo (1974)

Mauro Pelosi - Con Te (1973)

Maurizio Arcieri - Per Amore (1973)

Bruno Lauzi - In Campagna (1974)

Gino D'Eliso - I Santi Sui Muri (1976)

Maurizio Fabrizio - Storia Di Qualcuno (1975)

Grazia Di Michele - A Giorni Verrai (1978)

La Stanza Della Musica - Pensiero Buono Del Mattino (1978)

Celeste - Favole Antiche (1976)

In diretta su Radio Raheem il 12/5/2023 alle 10:00

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https://www.radioraheem.it/artists/flavio-scutti/

#canzone italiana #folk psichedelico #folk #psychedelia #pop #italian music #flavio scutti

[makiemekie]

Traccia n. 8 del brano composto, suonato e cantato da Massimo Messina (Maxmex), facente parte della raccolta "RITORNA" (Maxmex 2023).

#acoustic #cantautori #creative-commons #folk #free-music #guitar #inner #italian-folk #italian-lyrics #italian-music #italian-pop #italian-sogwriters #italian-songs #love-song #pianoforte #podcast #poetry #pop #songwriters

[pietroleopoldo]

<3

#nothing says italian folk music like a translation of a soviet song hshshdh #personal

[m0rbidgreas3]

listen to Italian folk metal,trust me.

When it comes to Italian folk metal,there is a lot of bands that we should consider a lot more,and that's facts

BUT

this album is one of the best in the scene and honestly everyone should give it a listen,even thought idk if it should be considered as classic (a truly classic is Elvenking,which if you don't know,you should know imo),but I consider it a classic for my personal experience with folk.

If you like metal,folk metal especially,give italian's one a chance.

#metal #folk metal #italian metal #furor gallico #elvenking #metal music #Bandcamp #Spotify

[widevibratobitch]

just got called a communist in the comments under some opera blogger's post because I said I prefer traditional to modern productions. i mean sure. why not.

#like??????????????????? #i am honestly speechless lmao #for context: #it was a post reporting about the possibility of a certain Polish opera being performed at the Met in one of the future seasons #in Treliński's production (operablr remember The Cage Incident in that one Don Carlo? yeah. that's the same guy). #now the opera we're talking about is Halka. It's obviously never been performed at the Met before. #And it's probably the most famous and significant Polish opera. It's full of folk themes and traditional Polish dances etc. #It's an opera that gives so many opportunities for a beautiful colorful staging. With beautiful traditional costumes (not to be a patriot #because im very much not. but ngl traditional Polish clothing especially from Podhale aka where Halka takes place is GORGEOUS) #it basically takes place in the mountains so you could make some great scenography and just gaahhhhh it could be So Pretty. #but obviously. Treliński's production is his classic monochromatic pseudointelectual bullshit which. i understand that some people like it #not me. but it's ok. i simply said what i said above and that i think a colorful traditional production with Polish folk elements #would be something new and fresh especially since it's (potentially) being performed at the Met in the US #where this folk stuff is not really an everyday everpresent element of their culture. #but. apparently. that is a 'communist anachronism' because Halka (which premiered in 1848) is a modern opera??? somehow??? #idk #anyway i love Halka and im glad there's a possibility of the Met staging it even if the production is horrible. #i just think it would be more fun for a typical American to see something new and pretty and colorful that will give some background #for the music that has some strange elements when compared to your typical italian french or german opera #opera tag #halka