Infine questa orribile settimana è stata segnata dalla perdita di grandi nomi della musica.
Addio ad Augie Meyers, scomparso a 85 anni. Celebre per l'iconico suono del suo organo Vox Continental, Meyers lo ricordiamo nei Sir Douglas Quintet pionieri nel fondere rock psichedelico, blues e jazz con le sonorità del confine messicano, influenzando l'intero spettro della roots music con successi come “She’s About a Mover” e “Mendocino” e poi nei Texas Tornados. formazione vincitrice di un Grammy insieme a Flaco Jiménez e Freddy Fender. È stato collaboratore stimato da icone come Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits e John Hammond.
Ci ha lasciati Maurizio Dehò, magico violinista aperto al mondo, militante, viaggiatore nei suoni e aduso alle sperimentazioni. Dal Gruppo Folk Internazionale alla band di Hana Roth, dalla Theatre/Stage Orchestra di Moni Ovadia ai Rhapsòdija Trio, di cui fu fondatore, fino ai Tango Nuevo e alle tante collaborazioni con tanti artisti di chiara fama.
Un altro violino, devoto alla danza, è stato quello dell’inglese Dave Shepherd, storico membro dei Blowzabella. Cresciuto nello Yorkshire e formatosi nel solco del Morris dancing, ha saputo fondere le radici britanniche con i ritmi delle danze continentali, creando uno stile che ha fatto scuola. Didatta della danza, ha portato la sua maestria nel circuito bal folk europeo.
Addio anche a Dolores Keane, una delle grandi voci d'Irlanda, scomparsa all'età di 72 anni. Interprete originaria della Contea di Galway, proveniente da una rinomata famiglia di musicisti, membro fondatore del gruppo tradizionale De Dannan, prima di intraprendere una carriera di enorme successo, prima in compagnia dell’allora marito John Faulkner e poi d solista, regalandoci storiche registrazioni. Tra le tante sue incisioni, ricordiamo: “There Was a Maid”, “Broken Hearted I’ll Wander”, “Sail Óg Rua”, “Solid Ground” e “A Woman’s Heart”, quest’ultima con altre rinomate artiste irlandesi. Di lei, Nanci Griffith ha parlato come di “una voce sacra”.
Editor's Note
The cover story for this issue is all about a new #FoolkSession. We are putting the spotlight on Maluf System, a project where researcher and oud player Salvatore Morra meets Marzouk Mejri, an artist who is already a familiar face to the Italian public. With help from Stefano Saletti, we sat down with them for an interview just before their amazing concert at the National Museum of Musical Instruments in Rome during the 2025 Festival Popolare Italiano. We continue with reviews of Canadian Matthew Byrne’s Stealing Time, the Genevan-based group Yalla Miku’s 2, and Malians Neba Solo & Benego Diakité’s “A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking (The Complete Sessions)”. This album actually hit number one on the Transglobal World Music Chart back in March and it’s and our recommended album. Our journey through Italy takes us to Calabria to explore “Nzoccome. Suoni e Canti della Locride by the trio Mico Corapi, Gabriele Trimboli, and Massimo Diano. For live music, we cover the concert held by Ernst Reijseger & Mario Forte at the Teatro Candiani in Mestre (Venice) and the Overtuned Fest in Bloomington, Indiana (USA). We proceed with “SecondoMé” by Juri Deidda, a jazz-world tribute to Fabrizio De Andrè, and a look at singer-songwritering with Erica Boschiero’s “Un posto sulla terra”. We wrap up this issue with Valerio Corzani whose shot caught Gavino Murgia on stage during the 2025 edition of the Dromos Festival.
Finally, this horrific week has been marked by the loss of several giants of music. Farewell to Augie Meyers, who passed away at 85. Celebrated for the iconic sound of his Vox Continental organ, Meyers is remembered as a member of the – pioneers in blending psychedelic rock, blues, and jazz with the sounds of the Mexican border. They influenced the entire spectrum of roots music with hits like “She’s About a Mover” and “Mendocino”. He later joined the Grammy-winning Texas Tornados alongside Flaco Jiménez and Freddy Fender and was a highly esteemed collaborator for icons such as Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, and John Hammond. We also lost Maurizio Dehò, a magical violinist with a global outlook – a militant traveller of sound who was always at home in experimentation. His career spanned from the Gruppo Folk Internazionale to Hana Roth’s band, and from Moni Ovadia’s Theater/Stage Orchestra to the Rhapsòdija Trio (which he founded), as well as Tango Nuevo and numerous collaborations with artists of great renown. Another fiddle, devoted to dance, was that of the Englishman Dave Shepherd, a longtime member of Blowzabella. Raised in Yorkshire and trained in the tradition of Morris dancing, he successfully fused British roots with continental dance rhythms, creating a style that set a new standard. As a dance educator, he brought his mastery to the European bal folk circuit. Lastly, we say goodbye to Dolores Keane, one of the great voices of Ireland, who passed away at the age of 72. A native of County Galway from a renowned musical family, she was a founding member of the traditional group De Dannan before embarking on an enormously successful career – first with her then-husband John Faulkner and later as a soloist. She leaves behind historic recordings such as “There Was a Maid”, “Broken Hearted I’ll Wander”, “Sail Óg Rua”, “Solid Ground” and “A Woman’s Heart”, the latter recorded with other famed Irish artists. Of her, Nanci Griffith once spoke as “a sacred voice”.
Ciro De Rosa
Direttore Responsabile di www.blogfoolk.com
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