Editor's Note
Opening February, here it is a brand new Blogfoolk issue full of terrific music. We open the dances with our monthly Bf-Choice, which is “Biserta e alter storie”, originated from the collaboration between the Duo Bottasso and the sound artist Simone "Sims" Longo. It contains compositions created for the soundtrack of “Biserta. Storia a spirale”, a documentary by Francesca Zannoni and Michele Coppa. The album offers a reflection on the exploitation of the fear of the other that is overwhelming contemporary societies. With Simone and Nicolò Bottasso we discuss their musical research, the projects in which they are involved and their latest “Biserta e altre storie”. We continue our Italian journey reaching Apulia to present "Lissìa", the second release by Mandatari, a promising young band from Taranto area. Then, we travel across the Austronesian transoceanic routes with the project “Small Island Big Song”, produced by Tim Cole and BaoBao Chen. In three years of recording sessions involving over one hundred musicians over sixteen different places, the Australian and the Taiwanese producers have united the musical traditions of islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The project aims at raising public awareness as many of these islands communities are threatened by rising sea levels. We move to Brazil for "Quebra Cabeça", the recent Bixiga 70’s recording, which takes us to the heart of São Paulo. Then we offer "Melodic Circles", an album of Persian art music released by the couple setār and tombak players, cousins Mehdi Rostami & Adib Rostami, Iranian born, British-resident duo. Another record worthy of note is "What Heat", a meeting between Bokanté and Metropole Orkest. Alessio Surian remembers the Kenyan musician Ayub Ogada, master of the nyatiti, the eight-string lyre of Luo culture, who has passed away recently. We continue with the enthralling “1943, The List of McKune”, in which Francesco Martinelli recalls the life of a legendary blues and jazz disc collector. Issue 394 is completed with the review of "Knotpop" by IXNA and Valerio Corzani’s pic, starring one woman band Sara Ardizzoni.
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Direttore Responsabile di www.blogfoolk.com
BF CHOICE
VIAGGIO IN ITALIA
WORLD MUSIC
- Artisti Vari – Small Island Big Song (Small Island, 2018) #CONSIGLIATOBLOGFOOLK
- Bixiga 70 – Quebra Cabeça (Glitterbeat, 2018)
- Mehdi Rostami & Adib Rostami – Melodic Circles (Arc Music, 2018)
- Bokanté + Metropole Orkest - What heat (Real World, 2018)
SUONI JAZZ
CONTEMPORANEA
CORZANI AIRLINES
L'immagine di copertina è un'opera di Donatello Pisanello (per gentile concessione)
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