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Editor's note
Who knows what the solemn politicians who have resumed the tedious refrain of Italian music quotas to be broadcast in the national radio program schedules will be thinking of our Foolk Music Magazine’s new issue. The origin of these grotesque characters’ thinking lies entirely in the ignorance of the history of Italian music (and of history tout court). They are unable to reckon with the methods, dictated by both the market and the playlists, with which the radio programmes are automatically created (there are some exceptions, of course). Here, anyway, we do not want to debate how state television channels are incapable of presenting music without basking in the hagiography or in the futile recalling of bygone years. Rather, it is necessary to question what space the non-mainstream music has in their anti-historical thought, as majors dominate most Italian music. What is more, what about traditional music which would be crucial to learn more about the history from below? And world music as a tool to meet otherness without the deforming stereotypical mediations? In short, it’s the music you mostly read about in Blogfoolk. So, better to enjoy the # 396 with its terrific amount of music. The destination for our cover story is the Azores to check out Rafael Carvalho’ s double album “9 Ilhas 2 Corações”. He is devoted to viola da terra, a plucked string instrument which is today’s symbol of the far-off autonomous Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. We speaks to the musician from São Miguel island, who tells his story, presenting the musical treasures of his land, which he proposes in his fourth album. We continue on the world music paths with “Maithree, the Music of Friendship”, collecting the work originated from the encounter between the virtuoso of Saraswati vīņā Nirmala Rajasekar with cellist Michelle Kinney, the clarinettist and saxophonist Pat O’Keefe and the percussionists Tim O’Keefe and Thanjavur Murugaboopathy. It is the Indian musician herself who talks to us about her instrument and her interesting project. We continue reviewing “Miri”, the amazing new release of Bassekou Kouyaté, Malis ngoni’s master. His work has soon reached the top of the Transglobal World Music Chart, as it had “Karin”, the meeting of the Armenian-born, Belgian resident Vardan Hovanissian (duduk) and the Belgian-born of Turkish descent Emre Gültekin (saz), published by Muziekpublique, the Bruxelles-based NGO. Another duo, this time Italian-Greek, signs “Such A Moon, The Thief Pauses To Sing”, an album inspired to the mode of the Ottoman maqâm released by Peppe Frana (oud and lavta) and Christos Barbas (ney). A further necessary listening is “Midnight and Closedown”, marking the return of Lau, the experimenting British folk trio. Last stop in the States for “Tunnel and Vision” by The Confabulation. Then, we deal with “Nivuru” by the Sicilian songwriter Alessio Bondì, while this week’s reading is “Vent’anni di Sessantotto. Gli avvenimenti e le canzoni che raccontano un’epoca”, a book with two CDs written by Sergio Secondiano Sacchi, Sergio Staino and Steven Forti, published by SquiLibri. As usual we finish with our regular back cover by Corzani Airlines, featuring the Kurdish singer Aynur.
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Direttore Responsabile di www.blogfoolk.com
COVER STORY
WORLD MUSIC
- Maithree – Maithree, the Music of Friendship (Innova Recordings, 2018)
- Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Miri (Out Here Records, 2018)
- Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin – Karin (Muziekpublique, 2018) #CONSIGLIATOBLOGFOOLK
- Peppe Frana/Christos Barbas – Such A Moon, The Thief Pauses To Sing (Felmay, 2018)
- Lau – Midnight and Closedown (Reveal, 2018)
- The Confabulation – Tunnel and Vision (Woodhead Music, 2018)
VIAGGIO IN ITALIA
LETTURE
CORZANI AIRLINES
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