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VV.AA. ::: Sicily in music and song

courtesy of bolingo  at Anthems for the Nation of Luobaniya • 罗巴尼亚国歌
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Here is another of the James McNeish field recordings full of good music and atmosphere. 
I think that some tracks on this record are very precious in deed. I like the big 
variation covering many different styles and traditions, only thing that is sad is 
that so many tracks are so short. That does not make the record less important it 
only makes you want to hear more. I think the Easter wailing track, the Pastorale 
and the Prayer song are wonderful glimpses allowing a real time travel. 
The Tarantellina with the jews harp and the Nennia is also very good listening.
Hope you enjoy this one! I will post another one of his recordings with music from 
Greece, but a little later. Too much other music waiting in line... We will see what 
comes first, and maybe someone else has some more of the McNeish recordings they could 
pass along to me so I could put them together with the others...
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Side A
A1 Tarantella (Catania province) 1'50
A2 La vò - Lullaby (Catania) 2'52
A3 Stornello (Catania province) 2'37
A4 Tarantellina (Enna province) 0'32
A5 C'era 'na volta (Trapani) 0'58
A6 Ballad of Giuliano 3'53
A7 Dungeon Song (Palermo) 2'18
A8 Lullaby (Trapani province) 2'05
A9 La nova moda di li fimmini 2'08
A10 Easter wailing (Caltanissetta) 3'02
A11 Romance (Catania province) 1'31
Side B
B12 Ballad of Turiddu Carnevale (Palermo province) 1'38
B13 Pastoral (Agrigento province) 2'18
B14 Tarantella (Ragusa province) 1'51
B15 Sonnu Sonnuzu (Caltanissetta province) 1'50
B16 Stornello (Enna province) 2'54
B17 Prayer song (Palermo province) 0'45
B18 Mazurka (Ragusa province) 1'31
B19 Nennia (Enna) 2'12
B20 Drum sonata (Agrigento province) 2'33
B21 Stornello a botte (Enna province) 2'25
B22 Scialoma (Trapani province) 1'18
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recordings from 1960 by James McNeish
1965 • Argo DA 89
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vinyl rip • 320 kbps CBR • full photos
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Sicily in music and song

VV.AA. ::: Smarnamisa! Resia valley music

from La folie du jour, submitted by Miguel
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Resia Valley is a very small municipality-region lying in North Italy near the borders with Slovenia and Austria.
Resian people, who nowadays are numbered in about a thousand, have slavic origins and speak a very idiomatic
slavic dialect ("rozajanski"), strongly influenced by archaic lingual elements. Located between the two peninsulas 
(the balkan and the italian), but in fact isolated due to its surrounded by mountains alpine position, Resia has, 
in spite of its size, a rich folkloric history with unique customs and traditions.
"Smarnamisa!" compilation, an Avant Records release, is a rare document of traditional resian music created by 
fiddle ("citara"), cello ("bunkula"), "percussive'' feet, vocals, narrations etc.
Perhaps attractive mainly to ones with traditional folk tastes or ethno-musicological interests, but valuable and
sympathetic as a voice of an unseen dot of the world can be.
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01. Skakji, Wtοcavi, Wφda, Glasji Tu-W Reziji
02. Kaku to Lλpu Po Gorδh!
03. Ta-Dφ Z Te Biske Jasane
04. Ta Matjonawa
05. Ta Pόstawa
06. Woda Ta Jurόdina
07. -missing- 
08. Ta Kuskrοtawa (
09. Ta Matjonawa
10. Gφra Ta Banλrina
11. Poti Mi Dφ Po Lοpje
12. Poti Mi Dφ Po Lοpje
13. Ta Divajina
14. Stara Rozajanska Wόza
15. Patalen Ka Zόbel Zvοzgulec
16. Glasji Ta-Na Kurοtλ
17. Ta Ukawa
18. Jtφ Ki Jφcλ To Ni Mφ!
19. Ta Bantawa
20. Ta Lipawska
21. Juhuhόc...!
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1997 • Avant Records 
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256 kbps CBR • track 7 is missing • no booklet
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Smarnamisa! Resia valley music

VV.AA. ::: Canti del lavoro vol. 1

Musiche e canti popolari siciliani

01 Canto della battitura dell'aia
02 Canto della mietitura
03 Sugnu vinutu di luntana via
04 Bedda lu nomu to chiamatu Nina
05 Ie sugnu arrivatu a portu du Missina
06 Com' am 'a ffari l'annata ad aguannu
07 Cca nni sta strada cc'è na picciutteddra
08 Spunta lu suli ma squagghia la ilata
09 A Bagheria, Villabate, Mislmeri
10 A Palermo
11 A cu l'ai salaletti
12 A cu l'ai salaotto
13 Cu va e ccu vene
14 Rarreri a me finestra cc'è un ghiardino
15 A munti Piddirinu cc'è na rrosa
16 E tengu lu cori quantu na nuciddra
17 Salve Regina
18 Cialoma
19 Gnanzù
20 Zza monaca
21 Cialoma
22 Gnanzù
23 E mpugna ca sampugna
24 Era affacciata ru barcuni
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1974 • Vedette Albatros VPA 8206 • Lyrichord LYRCD 7333
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160 kbps CBR • scans
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Canti del lavoro vol. 1

Neapolis ensemble ::: Napoli furiosa

01 Ritornello delle lavandaie del vomero
02 Nascette ’mmiez’’o mare
03 Italiella
04 Brigante se more
05 Marinaresca
06 Fra massune e giacubbine
07 Terra mia
08 Tarantella di san Michele
09 Canto allo scugnizzo
10 Tarantella finale
11 Donna ’Sabella
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2006 • Calliope CAL 9367
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full scans
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flac
Napoli furiosa
192 kbps CBR
Napoli furiosa

Banda Brisca ::: Io ballo brisco

Courtesy of Yojik
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15 years of concerts and folk dances all around Italy and the rest of Europe, and hundreds of gigs, we finally present
the first official CD to celebrate this important birthday! It is a live CD, of course. It could not be any other way 
for a band whose mission is to play live and let people dance, everywhere it may happens.
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Bernardo Beisso : guitar, bass, cajon, vocal
Roberto Bagnasco : fiddle, mandolin
Francescao Nastasi : transverse flute, piffero
Antonio Maffezzoni : sax bariton and contralto
Andrea Capezzuoli : diatonic accordion , musa, vocal
Marco Pietrasanta : sax contralto
Stefano Marelli : guitar, vocal
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01 Qui si formano bei concerti (trad.) 3.50
02 Mazurca d’Auvergne/Mazurca à Virginie (trad./R. Bagnasco) 6.04
03 A’ Djimmy/Scottish doc. Antonio (G. Godon/B. Beisso) 5.21
04 Rondò Madda: Egelda (M. Laboa) 5.49
05 Chapelloise: Zelda/Jump at the sun (P. Plard/J. Kirkpatrick) 5.43
06 Speranze perdute (A. Morelli) 3.56
07 Congò mandrogno (B. Beisso) 3.29
08 Kost ar c’hoad/Ai balli uniti (trad./R. Bagnasco) 3.12
09 Monferrina (trad.) 2.14
10 Alessandrina (trad.) 2.47
11 Piana (trad.) 2.21
12 Polca 4 pr (trad.) 3.13
13 Circolo circassiano/Morricone Jig (trad./B. Emeriaud) 6.00
14 Mazurca improvvisa (B. Beisso) 4.37
15 Se chanto (trad.) 5.08
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2010 • Folkclub Ethnosuoni ES5385
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156Mb • CBR320 • scans
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Io ballo brisco
pw: folk_peso4nitsa

Coro del Supramonte di Orgosolo ::: Pascoli serrati da muri

Courtesy of Janas
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a.1 - Richiami di pastori. Tancas serradas a muru
a.2 - Anninnia anninnia
a.3 - Bona notte e bonos annos
a.4 - Sa murra
a.5 - Comare cossi bianca
a.6 - Undighinas
a.7 - Su chentuchimbantunu rezzimentu
a.8 - Sonetto per Giuseppe Moro
b.1 - Barone sa tirannia
b.2 - S'emigrante
b.3 - Sa bella supramuntina
b.4 - Su grande agrario
b.5 - Su servo pastore
b.6 - Gosos de sa morte
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1974 • Cetra LPP 244
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320 kbps CBR • ripped from vinyl, scans


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Nuova compagnia di canto popolare ::: Li sarracini adorano lu sole

Courtesy of klauserator
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Their 5th studio album
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Fausta Vetere
Eugenio Bennato
Giovanni Mauriello
Nunzio Areni
Patrizio Trampetti
Peppe Barra
Roberto De Simone
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01 Tamurriata alli uno... alli uno (6:50)
02 Ricciulina (3:26)
03 In galera li panettieri (2:44)
04 Vurria ca fosse ciaola (3:17)
05 Tamurriata nera (4:52)
06 'O cunto 'e Masaniello (5:18)
07 La morte di Marietto (2:47)
08 Li sarracini adorano lu sole (3:16)
09 'E spingole francese (3:34)
10 'O guarracino (6:08)
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1974 • EMI
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> 192 kbps VBR • no scans
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Li sarracini adorano lu sole
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Li sarracini adorano lu sole

VV.AA. ::: Pietre preziose e oro fino

Old music & folksongs from South Italia

Courtesy of owlqaeda
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Terrific selection of South Italia countryside music. Recorded between 60s and 80s. 
Raw & crazy, hypnotic & scary, dirty & absolutely wonderful. 
Infectious rhythms and melodies, led by voices coming from another time. 
Moi J'Connais Records are proud to dig out this forgotten music for the pleasure 
of world and rock'n'roll music lovers. 
Put the record on your pick up and it will be spring time forever in your living room
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01 A. Turco & B. Spataro - Tarantella alla Bocchiglierisa - 01:41
02 V. Manti & Duo Lavilla - Stornelli alla Ghianota - 02:27
03 D.Catapano, A. & G. Ambrosio, L. & A. & G. Auricchio - A Puortici e a Resina Stanno ’e Belle - 03:42
04 P. Palumbo - Cu va e ccu Vene - 00:52
05 C. & B. Pansera - Tarantella du Jonica - 03:43
06 R. Abbate, G. Bidognetti, A. Salvi & musicisti - Ballo per Madonna dell’ Arco - 06:57
07 N. Badagliacco - Rarreri a me Finestra cc’è un Gghiardino - 01:33
08 M. Rinaldi & G. Di Maggio - Serenata a San Giovani Rotondo - 01:48
09 O. Caporizzo & F. Lo Vuolo - Tarantella di Paternopoli - 03:35
10 E. Gallina, G. Trombello & A. Manfrè - Canto a Due Voci con Marranzanu - 04:34
11 A. & S. Striano & A. Maio - Tammuriata di Casatori - 05:54
12 N. Corrado - Tarantella al Doppio Flauto - 01:04A1 - A. Turco & B. Spataro ~ Tarantella Alla Bocchiglierisa 
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2011 • Moi J'Connais Records MJCR007
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320 kbps CBR • cover art
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Pietre preziose e oro fino

Musicanti del piccolo borgo ::: musicaMusicanti

Courtesy of Miguel
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It's a little odd that I get to hear a lot of music from the North of Italy and quite a lot from the South - yet very little 
from the central areas. Perhaps it's that the North and the South each have their own strong cultural (and political) 
identity, and so celebrate their own music more.
Musicanti del Piccolo Borgo are a group from central Italy, and have made the music of Lazio and Molise their particular 
area of interest - and study. The group was formed in the mid-'70s and has done a good deal of collecting work, as well 
as performing, in the ensuing 30 years. As well as learning the songs and music they found, they have also 
learned to play the instruments native to the area so, as well as the usual 'folk' instruments, we hear the piffero,
zampogna, chitarra battente and bufù (the big friction drum of Molise).
There's a wide range of styles to be heard on this CD - from lullabies to stornelli and ballads; from several tarantelle 
to a 3:4 saltarella, a quadrille, and the Danza In Minore, which sounds medieval. Unfortunately I can't tell you too much
about the individual tracks because the otherwise excellent Notes reveal nothing whatever about the songs and tunes!
And since many of the songs appear to be in dialect anyway, I can't even apply my rudimentary Italian to their translation.
Without actually saying so, it appears that this CD is a compilation of tracks from five earlier records made from 
1994 to 2003 - so it's a 'best of' release and, as the website indicates - in Italian - it's in homage to their 30 years 
of music. Very nice it all is, too. Everything is well played and sung - no gimmicks or flash - and there's really not 
a single track which I don't enjoy. That said, the one I like most is Jesce Sole. 
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/musicant.htm
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Marika Spiezia: voice, castanets
Alessandro Bruni: bass, bufù
Franco Giusti: guitars, voice
Mauro Bassano: melodeon
Silvio Trotta: mandolin, mandocello, violin, battente guitar, frame drum, voice
Stefano Tartaglia: piffero, recorder, zampogna, frame drum, voice
with
Angela Paynter: cello
Gianni Zito: frame drums
Giorgio Castelli: accordion
Massimo Giuntini: tin whistle, uilleann pipes
Riccardo Mancini: double bass, bass
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01 Fiore di tutti i fiori 5'22"
02 Tarantelle lucane 6'24"
03 La povera Cecilia 4'27"
04 Saltarella amatriciana 5'52"
05 Pacienza nenna mia 4'51"
06 Tarantella di Montemarano 6'20"
07 Tarantelle del Gargano 3'20"
08 Ninna nanna molisana 2'58"
09 Maitinata e quadriglia 6'24"
10 Alla maenzana 5'32"
11 Sia maledetta l'acqua 2'58"
12 Danza in minore/Tarantelle campane 6'21"
13 Jesce sole 3'30"
14 La santa allegrezza 6'39"
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2003
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320 kbps CBR • booklet scans
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musicaMusicanti

Something to read

If you can read Italian, please take a look here

Ariondassa ::: Campagne grame

Third chapter of the discography of this great Piedmontese folk band. 
Along the years, their sound became a sort of visit card of their Region, unique and unmistakable. 
But this Compact presents some nice surprises, 
because of the new original repertoire and the refined arrangements
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01 Piva e ghironda ’d Tani di Ribelli (Giovanni Rapetti – Rinaldo Doro)
02 Ën custa villa… (trad.)
03 La guerriera (trad)/Mirakuleus (Stefaan Timmermans)
04 Scottish dël Frè, dël Ciaplè e dël Soclàt (Rinaldo Doro)
05 Il disertore (trad.)
06 Il mòro sarasin (trad.)
07 Ombre (Nino Costa – Rinaldo Doro)
08 La pastora e il lupo (trad.)
09 La ragazza assassinata (trad.)/‘t Kliekske march (trad. – Herman Dewit)
10 Bel uzelin l'era sü la rama (trad.)
11 Tentazione (trad.)/Giga di Milwaukee, per Bobby (Rinaldo Doro)
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Vincent "Chacho" Marchelli: lead vocals, accordion, fruja, ravi
Lorenzo "Lightning" Bojola: gralla, bagpipes, ocarina, clarinet, flutes, percussion, vocals
Rinaldo "Genius" Doro: melodeons, accordion, vocals
Emanuela Bellis: hurdy-gurdy, tachenettès, melodeon, vocals
Sonia Cestonaro: oboe, gralla, shawm, tarot, whistles, ocarina, diatonic harp, vocals
Peasso Andrea: bass, guitar, vocals 
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2009 • Folkclub Ethnosuoni ES 5384
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> 192 kbps VBR • complete scans
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Campagne grame

VV.AA. ::: Canti randagi 2

Ten years after Fabrizio De Andre’s untimely death a bunch of Italian folk group gathered to revamp the 
Canti randagi project.
Some of the original musicians are back again, alongside some new ones, and, as they did nearly 15 years 
before, they sing FDA’s songs in their vernacular
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01 Mario Incudine: Vuccuzza di ciuri (Bocca di rosa) 
02 Elena Ledda: Pregadoria in gennargiu (Preghiera in gennaio) 
03 Riccardo Tesi & Bandaitaliana: Franziska 
04 La sedon salvadie: La balade da l'eroi (La ballata dell'eroe) 
05 Graziano Accinni: Andrea 
06 Pietrarsa: Sinàn Capudàn Pascià
07 Cristiano De André: 'A cimma 
08 Bevano Est con John De Leo: El sunador Jones (Il suonatore Jones) 
09 Baraban: Fiume Sand Creek 
10 Magoni & Spinetti: La romance de Marinelle (La canzone Di Marinella)
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2010 • Cose di Musica/Universal FDIST32591300
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> 192 kbps VBR • complete scans
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Canti randagi 2

Riccardo Tesi e Bandaitaliana ::: Madreperla - concerto di presentazione

Riccardo Tesi and Banditaliana are releasing their new album Madreperla
you can see here the full presentation concert
thank you, Vanni

Tuscae gentes ::: 150 e oltre

courtesy of Survivor69 at Dimeadozen
live FM radio broadcast by "La Stanza della Musica", Radio3 RAI, from Sala M, RAI Studios, Roma, Italy on friday 07 January 2011
These are songs from Tuscanian folkore and/or themes from "Risorgimento" (the historical period when Italia was united/created/founded, around 1861) and this set is somehow part of Radio3 celebrations for the 150 years of Italy - every track should need an extensive explanation, their name is pronounced "Tusce gentes" as in Latin (it kinda means People From Tuscany). Note that the interviews and introductions (about the history of these songs, and about the artist themselves, totalling kinda 24 mins - so only 30' of music are left) are in ITALIAN, maybe useless downloading them if you don't understand it, hence songs and speeches are in separate archives
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Daniele Poli: voice
Ugo Galasso: ocarina, clarinet, piffero, choir
Giuseppe Cornacchia: accordion
Lucia Sciannimanico: voice
Francesco Castagnoli: double bass
Rocco Zecca: voice, percussion
Nicola Mitolo: violin
Lea Galasso: cello
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01   Partire, partiró 
01b  intervista 1 
02   Metternicche 
02b  intervista 2 
02c  intervista 3 
03   Venezia 
03b  intervista 4 
04   Camicia rossa 
04b  intervista 5 
05   Storia di Davide Lazzaretti 
05b  intervista 6 
06   Inno ad Oberdan 
06b  intervista 7 
07   La brigata Garibaldi 
07b  radio outro 
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FLAC • complete cover set
please not distribute in a lossy format
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songs
speeches

Paolo Fresu ::: Ethnografie

Dialoghi da un'isola/Negossios dae un'isula 

courtesy of Evrensel Müzik
a speciat project to celebrate the30th anniversary of ISRE - Istituto superiore regionale etnografico
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Paolo Fresu: tromba, flicorno e multieffetti - Italia 
Diederik Wissels: pianoforte, tastiere - Olanda 
Eivind Aarset: chitarra, synth e campionamenti - Norvegia 
Paolino dalla Porta: contrabbasso - Italia 
Joël Allouche: batteria e percussioni - Francia, Algeria 
Orchestra 'New Romantic' di Cagliari - Italia 
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David Linx: voce - Belgio 
Dhafer Youssef: voce e oud - Tunisia 
Elena Ledda: voce - Sardegna 
Coro “Su Cuncordu Oe su Rosariu” di Santulussurgiu con Giovanni Ardu, Mario Corona, Antonio Migheli, Roberto Iriu: voci - Sardegna
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01 ....del viaggio 
02 Ave Maria 
03 Ethnografie (with Michele Pio Ledda) 
04 Miserere (live) 
05 Miserere (studio) 
06 Skies always witness (with David Linx) 
07 S'istudiantina (with Paolo Mossa) 
08 Variazione sul ballo 
09 Credo (bis) 
10 Ninna nanna pitzinnu 
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2002 • Etho 610010 
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Ethnografie