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

courtesy of bolingo  at Anthems for the Nation of Luobaniya • 罗巴尼亚国歌
•
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...
•
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
•
recordings from 1960 by James McNeish
1965 • Argo DA 89
•
vinyl rip • 320 kbps CBR • full photos
•
Sicily in music and song

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
•
1974 • Vedette Albatros VPA 8206 • Lyrichord LYRCD 7333
•
160 kbps CBR • scans
•
Canti del lavoro vol. 1

Carlo Muratori ::: La padrona del giardino

This album won the important PREMIO NAZIONALE CITTA' DI LOANO 2009 for traditional music
•
Carlo Muratori
Francesco Cal
Giancarlo Parisi 
Enzo Augello 
Quartetto d’Archi Stesichoros 
Maria Teresa Arturia 
Giorgio Rizzo 
Massimo Genovese 
Oreste Muratori 
Carmela Genovese
Carmelo Salemi 
Antonio Paguni 
Rosario Acquaviva 
Gaetano Pennino
•
01 Il tamburo
02 Assah riri
03 Nassiriya
04 Stranu amuri
05 Fabbrico
06 L'amore che beve
07 'Mpare
08 Cantari cantari
09 Notte dell'ascensione
10 Il sipario
•
2008 • 
•
> 192 kbps VBR • complete scans
•
La padrona del giardino

Malanova ::: Non iàbbu e non maravìgghia

posted by balkanopithecus on World music. Link is hims
Thanks
•
01 A vulpi e u mulu
02 Antura 
03 A cu vidu vidu
04 A funtana
05 U sceccu 'nto linzolo
06 A festa
07 Mi chiami bedda
08 Rosa senza spine
09 Tavula vecchia tavula nova
10 Cu ttia
11 Ahi ahi  
12 Quannu ti chiamu veni
13 Giummilalleru
 
•
Saba: vocals, tamburello
Peppe Burrascano: djembè, drums, darbuka, caccamèlla, percussion, vocals
Giovanni Ragno: recorders, friscalètti 
Nunziatina Mannino: flute, recorder
Stefano Bonanno: bass
Gabriella Fugazzotto: violin
Nino Cannistrà: accordion
Davide Campagna: frame drums, percussion
Pietro Mendolia: acoustic and  battente guitars, bouzouki, laùd, vocals
with
Ciccio Carrozza: piano
Giank Bartuccio: flauthòn
Marco Terranova: guitar, double bass
Rio Carrozza: percussion
Cosimo Carmelo Costantino: soprano sax
Domenico Mendolia: speaking voice
Enzo Ragno: speaking voice
Giuseppe Santamaria: accordion
Candelora Calderone: vocals
Antonio Merulla: ciaramèlla
•
2008 • Radicimusic
•
Non iàbbu e non maravìgghia

VV.AA. ::: Siciliae. Antologia della musica siciliana

CD 1 Rosa Balistreri - Canti della Sicilia already posted as disc 1 of Canti della Sicilia (Rosa Balistreri's antology)
01. Cu ti lu dissi 
02. Curru cavaddu miu 
03. Vittina bedda 
04. Signurizzu chiuviti chiuviti 
05. La tirannia 
06. Tu si bedda 
07. La cursa di li cavaddi 
08. La tarantula 
09. Quantu basilico 
10. La trabia 
11. Morsi cu morsi 
12. La siminzina
•
CD 2 Canti e suoni di Sicilia 1
01. Roy Paci & Banda Ionica - Jone 
02. Roberto Cacciapaglia - Siciliae 
03. Taberna Mylaensis - Lampabbo lampa 
04. Mater Matuta - Nun c'e' 
05. Taranta Trio - Taranta 
06. Pippo Cicero - Mafiusu 
07. Pippo Russo - Affaccitti cori miu 
08. Taberna Mylaensis - Cantu l'amuri 
09. I Dioscuri - E laudamu 
10. Figli Dell'etna - Mitituri 
11. Pippo Russo - Carriteri 'ncaminu 
12. Mater Matuta - Sicilia 
13. Roy Paci & Banda Ionica - Marcia funebre 
14. Pippo Cicero - Litania di natale 
15. Ciccio Curro - Zampognare
•
CD 3 Canti e suoni di Sicilia 2
01. Matilde Politi - Puisia 
02. Alfio Antico - Barule 
03. Carmelo Salemi - Eloro 
04. Asteriskos Janca - Luna 
05. Terrae - U'bammineddu 
06. Carlo Muratori - Kujeta la menti 
07. Nakaira - Siroco 
08. 'I Beddi - Tuli tuli 
09. Atmo - Nives 
10. Kunsertu - Zambra 
11. Isola - 'O mercatinu 
12. Antonio mainenti - Vicariota 
13. Guglielo Tasca - 'U chiano 'a stiddazza 
14. I Percussonici - Tutti pari 
15. Discanto Siculo - Zufolomania 
16. Eirene - Opera III 
17. Nirmegh - Bedda criatura 
18. Sarabanda - Ballo della cordella 
19. I Petri Ca - Addumunu cuccurucuntu 
20. Cecilia Pitino - Spunta 'na rosa
•
CD 4 Canti e suoni di Sicilia 3
01. Asteriskos - Lu santu e lu viddanu 
02. Lautari - La ballata di ciccia patata 
03. Alfio Antico - Levante 
04. Nirmegh - Sira 
05. Discanto Siculo - Nescu suli 
06. Terrae - A' visilla 
07. Matilde Politi - Marzapaneddu 
08. I Petri Ca Addumunu - Donna incostante 
09. Michele Conti - Matar kubilee 
10. Cecilia Pitino - Abbobbo 
11. Ballaro - Ballaro 
12. Luigi Di Pino - Si non sai chi voi 
13. Carmelo Salemi - 'N cuccu 
14. Nakaira - Dormiti 
15. 'Na Maravigghia - La siciliana 
16. Atmo - Alkantara 
17. Sebastiano Ambra - Bedda 
18. Carlo Muratori - Sammastianu 
19. Aesdana - Lazza d'amuri
•
CD 5 Rita Botto - Stranizza d'amuri (already posted)
01. Amuri amuri 
02. Stranizza d'amuri 
03. Lu matrimoniu 
04. Lu pisci spada 
05. Scioglilingua 
06. Sirena I 
07. Cu ti lu dissi 
08. Avo' 
09. Ciuri ciuri 
10. Dimmillu doppu 
11. La mavaria 
12. Storia antica 
13. L'amuri 
14. Sirena II
•
FLAC • full scans

Siciliae part 01
Siciliae part 02
Siciliae part 03
Siciliae part 04
Siciliae part 05
Siciliae part 06
Siciliae part 07
Siciliae part 08
Siciliae part 09
Siciliae part 10
Siciliae part 11
Siciliae part 12
Siciliae part 13
Siciliae part 14
Siciliae part 15
Siciliae part 16
Siciliae part 17
Siciliae part 18

Fratelli Mancuso ::: La stanza della musica

courtesy of survivor69
This is a challenging recording, both in its rough and ragged tone and in its mix of content. The bothers Lorenzo and Enzo Mancuso are from Sicily, but their music was sharpened by years as immigrants in England. Those years gave them exposure to many cultures from the Mediterranean, as well as a political viewpoint that subtly colors some of what you will hear on this recording. Using the devotional and folk music of Sicily as a starting point, the Mancusos merge their harsh vocal style with many varied instuments in a soundscape as arid and yet as beautiful as the island. This is almost entirely mournful music, leaning heavily on religious themes in this strange and sometimes bittersweet tribute to the power of the Virgin Mary. This is a deep, richly layered recording that requires effort and rewards you for it.
The brothers Mancuso have made a mark in Italy for their unique - sometimes lush, sometimes raw but always artful - interpretations of Sicilian folk music. All fans who enjoyed the previous album "Bella Maria" and their acting in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" an Anthony Minghella Hollywood movie, will be certainly pleased and surprised by the sophisticated beauty of this new album. The Mancuso Brothers crossed over apparently incompatible worlds in the last twenty years, trough the Sutera's ( their village) lost paths of their native Sicily to the remote suburbs of London. They learned the language of the rimembrance, like the castaway learns swimming, avoiding any distractions . They began singing professionally without actually realizing it and they are still doing it even when, left the London mists, they came back to Italy, following an ideal, essential song, crucial like a first need. After the success of "Bella Maria " the Mancuso Brothers have become cultural Icons of their native and beloved Sicily, performing in all major Theaters and Festivals, appearing in Radio and Television with their "virtuous unconsciousness", in Italy and abroad
•
Enzo Mancuso: vocals, guitars, hurdy gurdy, violins, saz baglama [turkish oud]
Lorenzo Mancuso: vocals, guitars, Harmonium, darabouka, thumb piano, little stones
•
01 Nenia
02 Signora Letizia
03 Bella Maria
04 Viene l'amore mio
05 Quante volte
06 Esci Maria
07 Useró il verbo morire solo tre volte
08 Piange Maria
09 Dormi dormi ricca gioia
10 Novena di Sutera
11 Margarita
12 Rosario dell'Immacolata
13 Si dumani ia murissi
•
Radio3 RAI 
December 18, 2009 
broadcasted again on 16 July 16, 2010
•
WARNING (by survivor69): this is unfortunately an incomplete recording, a couple of other tracks are probably missing
La Stanza della Musica usually runs for 55 minutes, I believe this was instead a special broadcast running something less than 90 mins, but I programmed timer to end "only" 15 mins after scheduled time. I'd be glad if someone uploaded a full recording.
•
FLAC
•
uploaded by survivor69 on Dimeadozen.org, July 18, 2010  
•
La stanza della musica part 1
La stanza della musica part 2
La stanza della musica part 3

Andrea Stocchetti & the Angelo Petisi ensemble ::: Les flûtes de Sicile

courtesy of Miguel at SFRP - CJW
Andrea Stocchetti plays the ocarina beautifully, an egg-shaped flute made of clay. It seems that the name "ocarina" originated in Italy, although you find this kind of instruments in many parts of the world. Stocchetti plays different versions of the instrument, including one with a tuning plunger to vary the pitch. This is recommended for those who like the romanticism of Italian songs. 
~ Bruno Deschênes, All Music Guide
•
A small terra-cotta or plastic wind instrument with finger holes, a mouthpiece, and an elongated ovoid shape.
[Italian, from dialectal ucarenna, diminutive of Italian oca, goose (from the fact that its mouthpiece is shaped like a goose's beak), from Vulgar Latin *auca, from *avica, from Latin avis, bird.][/quote]  
[quote]A vessel flute in the shape of a large, elongated egg, hollow and usually made of terracotta. In its side is a flattened tube with a hole at its base, the player blows down the tube, and so across the hole, setting the mass of air in the instrument in vibration. The standard Western ocarina was probably invented by Giuseppe Donati of Budrino, Italy, c 1860, with eight finger-holes in front and two thumb-holes at the back; pitch is affected solely by the number of holes opened. It is popular as a child's instrument in the USA and in Europe and varieties are used in folk music
•
01 Tarentella du viddanu
02 Si maritau Rosa
03 Muriu lu me canuzzu
04 In via fornaia
05 Lu carretteru
06 Fai la ninna
07 Lu friscalittaru
08 Amui si fa
09 Pippo polka
10 Catania canta
11 Mazzurchedda
12 Viti na crozza
13 Pane e cippudda
•
1995 • Buda 
•
Les flûtes de Sicile 

This Agricantus production underlines the innovative use of a new sonority between rock & ethnic jazz.
Amazing contribution of Lutte Berg, eclactic guitarrist, who gives to the tracks an "energic" & "hot" sound.
"Pinseri" and "Orbi Terrarum" are occasions for trips among elecktro, drum’n’bass and ethnic, while "Jamila" , launched on occasion of the Emergency campaign, underlines the contribution on the part of Agricantus to all those people fighting for peace
•
Toni Acquaviva: drums, percussion, sampling, guitar synth, vocals
Mario Crispi: ethnic flutes, sampling, keyboards
Giuseppe Panzeca: mandolines, tardint, setar, guimbrì, oud
Mario Rivera: bass, sampling, keyboards
Rosie Wiederkehr: keyboards, vocals
• 
01 Jamila (R. Wiederkehr - T. Acquaviva - F. Bruno) 4'57"
02 Jusu e Susu (T. Acquaviva - R. Wiederkehr)  4'37"
    The chill-out experience - Remix by Mario Rivera
03 Pinseri (T. Acquaviva - R. Wiederkehr) 5'27"      
    Bluecheese Mix
    Additional production + Remix by Keir and Mathew
04 Amatevi (Agricantus - Pivio - A. De Scalzi)  4'53"
    Original Soundtrack "I Giardini dell'Eden" 
    by Alessandro d'Alatri
   From "Buddha Bar Vol. IV"
05 Presence (M. Crispi - M. Rivera - R. Wiederkehr) 3'58"
    From "Ethnosphere"
06 Orbi Terrarum (T. Acquaviva - M. Crispi - R. Wiederkher) 7'03"
    Dj Rocca Deepmix
   Additionalproductions and remixby Dj Rocca(Maffia Soundsystem)
07 Ciavula (M. Crispi - T. Acquaviva) 3'53"
    Short version
08 Viaggi (Agricantus - D. Pinelli) 4'42"
     Tonj version
09 Spiranza (T. Acquaviva - R. Wiederkehr) 4'25"
    Original Soundtrack "Placido Rizzotto" by Pasquale Scimeca
•
2002 • CNI CNDL14220 • CNI/ElleU Sconfini
•
Calura

Taberna Mylænsis ::: E vinniru du mari... Federicu

Sicilian folk group Taberna Mylaensis is led by Luciano Maio, who has been a propagator of Sicilian culture all his life as a poet, artist, painter, singer, fisherman, sculptor, lyricist and philosopher. This CD is devoted to historic happenings, loosely connected to Frederick (Federicu) II of Swabia (1194-1250)
•
Luciano Maio: vocals, guitar, mandolin, drum, Jew’s harp
Antonio Vasta: accordion, organ, piano, bagpipes, vocals
Antonio Putzu: reed flutes, clarinet, soprano sax, vocals
Mario Incudine: tammorra, tambourines, djambe, darbuka, vocals
Vincenzo Castellana: percussion, drums, vocals
• 
01 Mare Nostrum  
02 Federicu  
03 Esotica danza 
04 E vinniru du mari 
05 A Sicilia addivintò putenti 
06 Quannu nascisti tu 
07 U tistamentu 
08 Musica canta 
09 Na canzuna d'amuri
•
2004 • Pan Records PAN206 
•
E vinniru du mari... Federicu

Ma'arìa ::: Sugnari

Two women with their extraordinary voices, the rhythm of the percussions, and an acoustic guitar a bit gipsy. All gathered around Valeria Cimò's poetry, a sort of alchemical mix of ordinary life, lullabies, fables, and dreams. Ma'arìa is a Sicilian word meaning witchery, spell, as to say what these young musicians used to give strenght to this debut album, sprouting under the guidance of Massimo Laguardia, one of the characters of Sicilian trad music
•
Valeria Cimò: voice, tammura, tamburello
Lajos Zsivkov: guitar, kaval, percussion
Matilde Politi: voice, guitar, accordeon, tamburello, Jew’s harp 
•
01 Sugnari (V. Cimò) 
02 Palermu (V. Cimò) 
03 Abballarò (V. Cimò) 
04 ‘Mparannu a vulari (V. Cimò) 
05 U’ Pisciuzzu (V. Cimò) 
06 Aspittari (V. Cimò-M. Politi) 
07 Quattru fimmini (V. Cimò) 
08 A’ taverna (V. Cimò) 
09 Beddu di matri (V. Cimò) 
10 Sigrita (V. Cimò) 
11 E ti pari nenti (V. Cimò-M. Politi) 
12 Principessa (V. Cimò-M. Politi) 
13 Mari (V. Cimò) 
14 Canò Canò (V. Cimò) 
15 Tammura muta (bonus video-track) (V. Cimò)
•
2007 • Folkclub Ethnosuoni ES 5364
•
Sugnari

Benito Merlino ::: Chants de Sicile & des îles Eoliennes vol. 2

Another album by this Sicilian folksinger living in France
•
01 L'untru     3:50  
02 Oe nico   3:17  
03 U sangu du vurcanu  4:05  
04 L'orologio a sabbia  3:24  
05 Mare nostrum   3:00  
06 Li turchi a la marina  8:01  
07 A varca nira   3:25  
08 Angelina   3:46  
09 Lu cavaleri azzurru  4:07  
10 L' isola di Ulysse   2:08  
11 Chi ha sparato   2:42  
12 Spunta lu suli   3:12  
13 Meligunis   4:11  
14 Perpetuum mobile  3:15  
15 Arabisante   0:54  
16 C'era una volta   3:41  
17 Eolie    2:18  
18 La ragazza della casa del vento  2:46  
19 I cedri lunari   3:12  
20 Canzone per Atahualpa  4:53 
•
1998 • Buda CD
•
Chants de Sicile & des îles Eoliennes vol. 2 

Giancarlo Parisi & Katia Pesti ::: Terra celeste

Parisi's volcanic temper is not only a mark of his Sicilian origins but also results in the huge number of musical works he carried out. In this case he is accompanied by the Sicilian pianist Katia Pesti, along an almost minimalist repertoire characterised by jazz hints imbued with the archaic sound of the "zampogna a paro" (kind of bagpipe). Greatly innovative, it's a CD not to be missed! 
•
Giancarlo Parisi: bagpipe, soprano sax, friscalettu
Katia Pesti: Piano, rejong, sound plates
•
01 Circe (C. Pesti) 3' 30" 
02 Poseidon (G. Parisi) 3' 36" 
03 Demetra (C. Pesti) 3' 42" 
04 Calliope (C. Pesti) 4' 25" 
05 Dioniso (G. Parisi) 2' 57" 
06 Kore (C. Pesti) 7' 02" 
07 Focu di lu vulcanu (G. Parisi) 3' 30" 
08 Dei pupari (G. Parisi) 4' 17" 
09 Zancle (G. Parisi) 1' 31" 
10 Aretusa (C. Pesti) 3' 25" 
11 Poseidon # 2 (G. Parisi) 3' 38" 
•
2003 • FolkClub EthnoSuoni ES 5330
•
Terra celeste

Asteriskos ::: Amanca luna

Giancarlo Parisi, one of the best-known Italian players of 'zampogna' (a sort of bag pipe) is again on the move with a new band. Together with him Massimo Laguardia and Tanino Lazzaro, experienced musicians already members of some important bands such as Taberna Mylaensis and Agricantus. The Sicilian heritage is clear and strong, but its sound is melted with more modern arrangements in a fine blend.
•
Giancarlo Parisi: zampogna a paro cromatica, friscalettu, piccolo, soprano sax, brogna, guitar, vocals 
Massimo Laguardia: tammorra, tamburello, cajon, darbuka, rattles, voice, banniate
Tanino Lazzaro: accordion, vocals
with
Pino Garufi: bass 
•
01 Nella casa dei venti 
02 Nneru nneru 
03 La voce di scirocco 
04 Chiddici 
05 Mamertina 
06 Focu di lu vulcanu 
07 Rota rutedda 
08 Veniccà 
09 Zagara 
10 Siculiana
•
2002 • Folkclub Ethnosuoni ES5325
•
Amanca luna
currently uploading

On September 20, 1990 Rosa Balistreri, one of the most forceful and significant voices of our folklore tradition, died in Palermo .
Since 1964, when Rosa Balistreri was invited to the "Festival della Canzone Popolare" in Salerno and – together with Giovanna Daffini – was awarded a prize, she was also one of the key figures of the folk revival which developed in Italy in the 60's and 70's.
She soon became one of the most celebrated personalities in the rediscovery of folk music which caused a sensation at the time. She was officially acclaimed, so to speak, when she was invited by the "Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano" to take part in Dario Fo's «Ci ragiono e ci canto»: a piece of great significance, a kind of "sung manifest" of this new movement.
The harsh authenticity of her voice, full of dark timber, powerful and intensely dramatic, made her a symbol of these polemical and aggressive years when great interest for our own rich and varied, traditional culture was rediscovered.
Her interpretations were rigorous, pure, as if chiseled in stone, and created a connection between the suspense of her songs, voice and the history and plight of a people: the Sicilian people.
Her face, as if marked by age-old insuppressible grief, seemed to be the most evocative portrayal of the anguish and poverty which her songs are about, songs that come from the same traditional, rural background as she does.
It is not only a social and cultural, but, moreover, a civic duty to remind people of Rosa Balistreri and all the other writers, literati, theater people, puppeteers, storytellers («cuntisti») who represent the highlights of our tradition and cultural roots, but also all the scholars (Pitrè, Salamone Marino, Cocchiara, Vigo, Uccello, Favara, Feliciotto and others) who devoted their entire life to safekeeping the heritage for the future generations.
In a highly regarded effort to revive their culture heritage, the Foundation of the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra has granted permission and asked singer and author Etta Scollo, who was born in Catania (and has been living in Hamburg for many years), to do an interesting project titled «Canta Ro'!» (the words used by the writer Ignazio Buttitta to tell Rosa Balistreri to sing). The Foundation has also included it in the summer season at various «places of historical and artistic importance».
The debut performance of «Canta Ro'!» (subtitle: «Rosa, the Last Sicilian Singer») was staged in the courtyard of the Regional Library in Palermo, and it was also performed in the courtyard of the archbishop in Cefalù, as well as in the gardens of the 300-year-old Villa Spedalotto in Bagheria. The piece was conducted by the renowned maestro Angelo Faja.
It was an incredible success, almost surprising for a project that had hundreds of problems to deal with: they had to transfer Balistreri's expressive world into a symphonic orchestration with the danger of falling into the trap of merely presenting a seemingly inevitable imitation. Scollo's intelligence prevented the latter by presenting exquisite unreleased arrangements which she had worked out in collaboration with other musicians in Hamburg and she avoided imitating Balistreri's voice and singing. The musical project ("This is the project of my life," she said to the audience emotionally) aroused great interest with Maestro Faja and the professors of the orchestra who greatly admired the dainty musician with the wonderful voice and the pathos that is becoming increasingly rare in this day and age.
Without doing injustice to the spirit with which Balistreri would sing her ballads, Etta Scollo has found a very personal way of interpreting the songs (also on account of the presence of guest musician and multi-instrumentalist Fabio Tricomi) that suits her own voice and its peculiarities.
The pieces range from «Quantu basilicò», «U cunigghiu», «Lu focu di la paglia», «A Curuna» to the jail songs «Lu libbru di li nfami», «Nda la Vicaria» or Ignazio Buttitta's manifest against control and exploitation, «Li pirati a Palermu», and end with the heartbreaking «Quannu moru», Balistreri's real and true spiritual testament. «I wanted to remind people of her for that», said Etta Scollo. 
Pippo Ardini
•
Etta Scollo & the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana directed by Angelo Faja 
•
01 Quantu basilico'  
02 U pumu  
03 L'anatra  
04 Cu ti lu dissi  
05 U cunigghiu  
06 Ntra viddi e vaddi  
07 I pirati a Palermu  
08 Rosa canta e cunta  
09 Lu libbru di li nfami  
10 Nta la vicaria  
11 Lu focu di la paglia  
12 A curuna  
13 Quannu moru  
• 
2005 • Soul food PRE006
•
English lyrics
•
Canta Ro'

Benito Merlino ::: Chants de Sicile & des îles Eoliennes vol. 1

Emigrated to Paris from the small island of Filicudi in the Eolian Islandsin the sixties, Benito Merlino has been singing Siclian songs for over 40 years.
He is a novelist, a professional translater from Italian into French and a master of puppet theatre as well
•
01 La ballata di don Giovanni      
02 La mattanza      
03 Cavalieri di Bretagna   
04 Il lamento di Eolo 
05 Angelica      
06 Fila fila bedda mia    
07 Le sette sorelle    
08 Serata a Donnzafugata   
09 Un giorno sarai un'isola  
10 Botta pi botta   
11 Amici, amici    
12 I sospiri di Diana    
13 Vannazzu a lu burattu      
14 La bedda dillu scuogghiu      
15 Vota e giria      
16 Per Luigi Salvatore      
17 I colori del mare     
18 Portosalvo      
19 Ti dice niente il mare      
•
Buda CD825042
•
Chants de Sicile & des îles Eoliennes vol. 1 part 1
Chants de Sicile & des îles Eoliennes vol. 1 part 2

Asteriskos ::: Asino siculo

The next chapter in the adventure started in 2002, by three great Sicilian musicians. Giancarlo Parisi, Massimo Laguardia and Tanino Lazzaro prove they have plenty of stories to tell, and offer this mature, refined album filled with excellent songwriting alongside some traditional tunes, all interpreted with great skill and musicianship. 
Asteriskos offers a musical repertoire that draws its origin from the ancient ballads of the sicilian school of the XIII century. This band, guided by such a well-known and highly valued musician as Giancarlo Parisi, is the result of the getting together of various sicilian musicians who have been sharing for a long time their experiences in the field of popular music and cultured music. Asteriskos offers a musical repertoire that draws its origin from the ancient ballads of the sicilian school of the XIII century, while also extending to original songs, in an absolutely acoustic style, where the musicians give proof of great technical mastery and virtuosity in the use of their traditional instruments (bagpipe, accordion and tammorra); various musical instruments of the mediterranean area also make their appearance (bendir, cajon, zmarra, friscalettu, etc...).
•
Giancarlo Parisi : zampogna a paro cromatica (bagpipe), flute, voice
Massimo Laguardia : tammorra, percussion, voice
Tanino Lazzaro : accordion, voice 
•
01 Sciuscia e va’ (G. Parisi) 
02 Janca luna (G. Parisi) 
03 Re capro (G. Parisi) 
04 Quattru, setti, novi (G. Parisi) 
05 Paisi in festa (G. Parisi) 
06 Anciulu (G. Parisi) 
07 Giufa’ (G. Parisi) 
08 Tarantella dei buddaci (G. Parisi) 
09 Vadda u nonnu (T. Lazzaro) 
10 Vitti ‘na crozza (trad. - arr. Asteriskos) 
11 Lu santu e lu viddanu (G. Parisi) 
12 Sognavano l’America (G. Parisi) 
13 Lu sceccu (trad.) (bonus track)
•
2004 • Folkclub Ethnosuoni ES 5340
•
Asino siculo

Matilde Politi ::: Si eseguono riparazioni dell’anima

  
New songs in a traditional vein by a very talented Sicilian singer
•
Matilde Politi - vocals, guitar, accordion, concertina, tambourine, bendir, castanets, rattles, bells
Gabriele Politi - violin, viola, oud
Simona Di Gregorio - melodeon, tambourine, concertina, vocals on 1, 6 and 8, chorus 12
Dimitri Voutsinas - vocals on 9, choir 12
Guido Politi - chorus in 6 and 12
Lelio Giannetto – double bass
Lajos Zsivkov - darbouka, djembe, copa, dun dun, bells
•
01. Amuninni     4:14
02. Cumari     4:33
03. Figghiu miu     3:49
04. Cascia ri suli     3:59
05. Aria di spartenza     6:21
06. Bingo     2:18
07. Acula riali     5:53
08. Santaninfara     2:51
09. Marzapaneddu     3:58
10. Acqua chi curri     2:49
11. Matri terra     4:55
12. Semu ancili     3:58
13. Ruciaruci      3:23
14.      bonus track     2:51
• 
2008 • Arcimiccica ERA 0800833
•
Si eseguono riparazioni dell’anima part 1
Si eseguono riparazioni dell’anima part 2

iPercussonici::: Tuttipari

Ancient sounds for future music
An ostinato jew’s harp flowing like the lava of Etna gives the tempo and the sound of this new formidable band from Catania. We can feel all of Sicily in this project, ancient Trinacria and the modern island, as the heat of IPERcusSONICI melts diverse rhythms and instruments, interweaving electrified steel reeds with skin and wood of ancestral drums. A massive impact of rhythmic fire for a very unique and unheard sonic world, stemming also from the passion and research of these muscians who have travelled through different rhytmic vulcanos and have ripositioned them inside a musical texture which is ancient but hypermodern
•
Carlo Condarelli: dum dum, djembé, krin, snare drum, balafon, marranzano, backing vocals. 
Alice Ferrara: vocals, sangban, castagnette. 
Luca Recupero: marranzano, khomus, doromb, koukin, tamburello, tammorra, ‘mbira, vocals, live electronics. 
with
Michele Musarra: P-bass 
Stefano Spoto: didjeridoo, clapsticks 
Alessandro Vicard: double bass 
special guests
Andrea Ferroni: didjeridoo 
Giancarlo Parisi: tiliko flute, bag pipe 
Agostino Tilotta: electric guitars
• 
01 - Sicily (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Spoto, Parisi) 4.26
02 - Ventu di mari (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Spoto) 3.50
03 - Chiacchiere (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero) 2.42 
04 - Biruno (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero) 2.54 
05 - Nata s’un’isola (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Musarra) 3.31 
06 - Na Terra (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Spoto, Vicard, Ferroni) 3.30 
07 – C’è na cosa (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Vicard) 2.49 
08 - Cantiluna (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero) 3.24 
09 - Ula (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Vicard) 3.56 
10 - Scambi (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Spoto) 3.17 
11 - Liotro blues (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Spoto, Parisi) 3.08 
12 - Piscaturi (Condarelli, Ferrara, Recupero, Vicard, Tilotta) 8.45
•
2008 • Finisterre FTCD 46
•
Tuttipari

VV.AA. ::: E lu cuntu camina

During 40's and 50's, in Camporeale and in every rural house of Sicily, people gathered around a brazier and elderly peopie entertained relatives and friends by telling cunti (tales), learnt from cristiani antichi (old people).
In May and August 1999, I went back from Milan to my piace of origin looking for old people who had memory of the old tales. I met them, I listened and recorded their stories, and decided to pian a record to keep up the memory of the ora] locai traditions
•
Edited by Alberto Nicolino
•
01 Prologo
   Noccioline e simenzal - Martino Naimo 
   Scoravamo nta li massarii - Nino Sanzone
02 Filastrocche
   Rusida si cchiù bedda di na fata
   Passu e spassu di sta strada longa
   Haiu un pitittu, na fami, nu sonnu - Pietro Lanfranca
03 Interludio
   Luna rossa (Viscione - De Crescenzo)
   Totò Di Peri: violino
   Paolo Avvento: chitarra
04 Cunto
   Apriti Sesamo! - Vita Lanfranca
05 Cunto
   Gli Apostoli del Signore (part 1) - Pietro Lanfranca
06 Litanie
   Prima si dicìa lu Rusariu
   La madunnuzza ncammara - Giuseppina Anselmo 
   Agghiumau e fici luci - Giuseppa Di Benedetto 
   San Giovanni fu lu primu -  Giuseppina Anselmo
   Susiti corpu mio, cchiù non durrniri - Giuseppa Di Benedetto
07 Nenia
   Peccatore 'stinatu - Crocifissa Lipari
08 Testimonianza
   La lotta si facìa cchiu dura - Carmelo Chiodo
09 Interludio
   Sunassi musica, prufissuril - Giuseppina Anselmo 
   Totò Di Peri: violino
   Paolo Avvento: chitarra
10 Cunto
   Lu cuntu di li jatti - Giuseppina Anselmo
11 Cunto
   Gli Apostoli del Signore (part 2) - Pietro Lanfranca
12 Interludio
   Speranze perdute 
   Totò Di Peri: violino
   Paolo Avvento: chitarra 
13 Cunto
   L'acìdduzzu ncantatu - Giuseppa Di Benedetto
14 Interludio
   Anema e core (Maglio - De Sposito)
   Totò Di Peri: violino
   Paolo Avvento: chitarra 
15 Cunto
   Gli Apostoli del Signore (part 3) - Pietro Lanfranca
16 Finale
   Tutti insieme in casa Avvento
•
2000 9 Teatro del Sole 002005 LM
•
E lu cuntu camina part 1
E lu cuntu camina part 2

Rosa Balistreri ::: Noi siamo nell'inferno carcerati

Other Rosa'a recordings from the '70s
•
01 Judici ca la liggi studiati 
02 Buttana di to mà 
03 Morsi cu morsi 
04 La me liti 
05 Nfamità 
06 Cuteddu ntussicatu 
07 Amici, amici, quarari! quarari! 
08 Chista è la vuci mia 
09 Càrzari ca si fattu cruci cruci 
10 Matri ch'aviti figli 
11 Càrzari Vicarìa 
12 Lassarimi accussì 
13 M'arrusicu li gradi 
14 Sugnu comu un cunigliu 
15 Amici amici chi n Palermu jti 
16 Testa di mortu
• 
1974  •  Cetra Folk  LPP 242 – Folk vol. 25 • Teatro del Sole  TDS 002006 X
•
Noi siamo nell'inferno carcerati