Musica

Tartaglia Aneuro Releases New Video!

Tartaglia Aneuro Releases New Video!

On Wednesday, Tartaglia Aneuro released a new video for the song Core.  The band explained the meaning behind the video with a post on Facebook."Out now our new video ft. Cuore di Napoli.“Core expresses the feeling that unites us, a choir that shouts in unison the urgency we feel. It's that miracle that tells us every day the power we have.Alone we are nothing, together we are the immense.""Core" has an ambivalent meaning, exactly like the territory it tells: "core" as a collective choir and "core" as the heart that drives us to believe again.The video clip was born from…
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Canzoni de’ ‘o core

Canzoni de’ ‘o core

Greetings! I am excited to welcome you to another aspect of Napoli: its outstanding music scene. Some Napulitan artists classify the music they create as “contaminazione”. Why? Because, much like their city, founded by Greeks and subsequently ruled by almost every empire, ruler or king under the sun, they are naturally drawn to creating music that is outward looking and diverse. A sound that borrows from different genres and showcases multiplicity; it is the Napulitan way. A few years ago, in a bid to further layer my understanding of what makes this city tick, I decided to start watching Napoli’s…
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Foja Releases New Video featuring Clementino

Foja Releases New Video featuring Clementino

On November 22nd, Neopolitan band Foja released a new video for Santa Lucia featuring rap artist Clementino. The song first appeared as the fourth track on Foja's latest album, Miracoli e Rivoluzioni (Miracles and Revolutions). In addition to Clementino, the video features actress Isa Danieli. The band describes the meaning of the song on their official website. "Santa Lucia" is a poignant ballad , with modern sounds and a classical structure which, through romantic storytelling, tells the life of a woman, Lucia (played by Isa Danieli), "who takes life and piety without fear" resisting, fighting, loving and forgiving . Supported by the incursion of Clementino, "Santa Lucia" manifests atmospheres full of pathos: a festive and…
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Ninni –  Je vulesse

Ninni – Je vulesse

In his biography on Rockit.it, Ninni described himself as a multi-instrumentalist with vast experience on the bone-breaking stages of the peninsula. He adds that he’s a collaborator of various indie campana realities who has decided to tell his own stories through his songwriting. He says that he’s been helped by musicians with deep love and passion for music who have embellished delicate compositions that open their being to the listener. Ninni says Je Vulesse asks to let oneself go to the simplest feelings and desires, which however simple, represent the very essence of feeling human. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56kEPuyPAkE
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Co’Sang – Vita bona

Co’Sang – Vita bona

Co'Sang (Ntò and Luchè) who were active from 1997 to 2012.  They released their first studio album in 2005 called 'Chi more pe ‘mme' and it was entirely in Napulitan. That album was picked up by Universal Music Group and shortly thereafter Co'Sang were featured on the cover of Rumore magazine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YExwfuFzmtE
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Clementino – Cos Cos Cos

Clementino – Cos Cos Cos

Clemente Maccaro is proficient in freestyle in both Italian and Napulitan. After a successful solo career, Clementino joined forces with Fabri Fibra to form Rapstars, a partnership between mainstream and underground hip hop. Clementino has collaborated with numerous Napulitan artists. He recently collaborated with Foja to produce a song called Santa Lucia on Foja's latest album Miracoli & Rivoluzioni. Clementino even had a show on MTV called MTV Spit where he would face off with other rappers in freestyle challenges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkroIK_KRqc
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Ciccio Merolla – ‘Mpasta

Ciccio Merolla – ‘Mpasta

The inspiration for this song was a famous Pakistani song by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan called 'Mustt Mustt'. Merolla has drawn inspiration from other cultures, particularly from the southern hemisphere. His 2008 album 'Kokoro', in which he experimented with tribal rhythms, won a Lunezia Prize in the category of ethnic music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltkpFxKLE2s
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La Maschera – Sotto chi tene core

La Maschera – Sotto chi tene core

This is La Maschera's latest single, and it's fantastic as always. For more info on the band, check World Beat's article on La Maschera. Like's Napoli's colaboration between Napoli-born Lorenzo Insigne and Senegal-born Kalidou Koulibaly, Napulitan band La Maschera collaborated with Senegalese musician Laye Ba with the song Te vengo a cercà. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqSWBeniDU0
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TheRivati – Senza pensieri

TheRivati – Senza pensieri

This song, performed by Paolo Maccaro and Marco Cassese, is probably TheRivati's most popular song.A few months after the original video was published, a rap version in collaboration with Clementino, was published and really took off.During the pandemic, TheRivati released two volumes of a Napulitan folk blues album, and it is just that: that same folk blue sound with the harmonica and all, just with Napulitan lyrics.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usaYsz0oxTQ
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