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
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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
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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
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2002 • CNI CNDL14220 • CNI/ElleU Sconfini
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Calura

Viamedina ::: Viamedina

Via Medina is a street of Naples by the Port, a sort of borderline between the city and the sea, a meeting-point of different cultures and people. Once, in the nearby alleys there were a few nightclubs where tangos and tarantellas, blues and Tammurriate, jazz and popular Neapolitan songs were played and mixed together. Now that the clubs are gone, Viamedina gets a new life in this interesting musical project that, starting from the dialect, the melodies and the instruments of the Neapolitan tradition, takes different roads in order to put a new lymph in an already rich heritage of ancient memories
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Lino Davide: vocals, guitar, battente guitar, oud, bouzouki
Barbara Radi: vocals
Biagio Orfitelli: double bass, electric bass
Vittorio Cataldi: accordion, violin
Sasà Federici: tammorre, congas, bata, djembe, darbuka, cymbals
Gabriele Pastore: tambourine, bongos, bata
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01 Alla festa  4:27  
02 Facite trasì o sole  4:12  
03 Stu mare  3:42  
04 Acqua  4:46  
05 Pe' nu munn' cu tanta munne 4:47  
06 Gente 'e nisciuno  4:37  
07 Chicchirichicchicchì 4:48  
08 O ' vient passa e se ne va 4:13  
09 Simme li povere  5:25  
10 Quann' scenne lu sole 7:52  
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2003 • Folkclub Ethnosuoni ES 5353
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Viamedina

Enzo Avitabile ::: Sacro Sud

The voice & sax of the great Neapolitan artist meet the launeddas of Luigi Lai, and the hurdy-gurdy of Maurizio Martinotti, alongside with other unique instruments and chorus. An inner journey in search of the roots of spirituality, an imaginary travel from Nazareth to Naples, to lay emphasis on the evils and the pain of our cities, of the many “souths” of the world and of the suffering peoples
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Enzo Avitabile: sopranino sax, clarello, drum
Luigi Lai: launeddas
Maurizio Martinotti: hurdy-gurdy
Mario De Rosa: mandocello 
Giancarlo Abbatiello: Neapolitan guitar
Carlo Avitabile: snare drums
Cantori del Miserere di Sessa:
Domenico Cresce: prima vox
Giovanni Loffredo: seconda vox 
Emilio Galletta: terza vox
Polifonica Alphonsiana: 
Mario De Rosa: direction 
Ornella Piscitelli: soprano
Pietro Rainieri: tenor
Francesca Adamo: contralto
Mario De Rosa: bass
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01 A Peste
02 Maronna nera
03 Figliule ca 'nce jate a la Maronne
04 Rosario della Madonna delle Grazie 
05 Devozioni dialettali 
06 Faccia gialla
07 Sant'Efisio
08 Nuèna nuèna
09 Ouanno nascette Ninno 
10 È nnato
11 Tropp'/Fermarono i cieli 
12 Fuga in Egitto
13 Miserere di Sessa
14 Crucifixus
15 Stabat Mater
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2006 • Folkclub Ethnosuoni ES 5358
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Sacro Sud part 1
Sacro Sud part 2
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Riccardo Tesi ::: Riccardo Tesi

One of the best known organetto (melodeon) players, enter the recording studio totally solo for the first time
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Riccardo Tesi: melodeons
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01  Tevakh 
02  La marcia dei criceti 
03  Brughiere 
04  Turkese 
05  Marock 
06  Aria 
07  Il Fulmine 
08  Batticuore 
09  Mazurka del nonno 
10  Sestrina 
11  Capelli neri 
12  Processione 
13  Moresca / Moresca nuziale 
14  Penombre 
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2007 • Cinq Planètes CP 09381
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Riccardo Tesi
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La lionetta ::: Arzan

La lionetta were one of the first movers in the Piedmontese folk music revival.
They disbanded in the '80, then reformed some years ago.
This is their second album after their come back and it mix their usual Piedmontese music with new sounds, mainly from the Balkans
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Roberto Aversa: voice, bagpipe, guitar, whistle, ethnic reeds
Maurizio Bertani: voice, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki
Massimo Lupotti: voice, bass tuba, euphonium
Lucio Molinari: drums, percussions
Michele Salituro: fiddle, bouzouki, mandola, percussions
with
Felice Andreasi: telling voice in Il Suonatore Jones and Ij Fòi-Fotù
Vincenzo Zitello: Celtic harp in Palomar
Laura Malaterra: voice
Maria Adelaide Negrin: voice
Sergio Appendino: clarinet
Valerio Chiovarelli: accordion
Devis Longo: saxophone, ocarina, harmonium
Fabio Mattea: clarinet
Andrea Verza: trumpet, trombino, flügelhorn
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01  Rap-a nui (Rap for us) (R. Aversa – M. Bertani – M. Salituro)
02  Valona nauti-tour Ldt (R. Aversa)
03  Palomar (M. Bertani)
04  Re Ungino (King Ungino): Ungino, bel Ungino (Ungino, nice Ungino) (Trad.)/Marcia ‘d Ghera (War March) (R. Aversa)
05  Potere del canto (The power of singing) (Trad. /music: R. Aversa – M. Salituro)
06  La bela dre’ la fnesta (The Beauty at the Window) (M. Bertani)
07  Il suonatore Jones (Jones the musician) (F. De Andrè – G. Bentivoglio – N. Piovani)
08  Manolita (R. Aversa)
09  Tempo (Time) (M. Bertani)
10  Disserenata (Un-serenade) (R. Aversa – M. Salituro)
11  Ij foi-fotu’ (The bloody asses) (A. Brofferio)
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2003 • Folkclub Ethnosuoni ES5331
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Arzan
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Bevano Est ::: Ramingo

Rustic and sophisticated are two perfectly matching terms for this band, whose music retains the liveliness, sprightliness, longing, excess and urge to dance which characterise folk music, while heeding the lessons of contemporary music writers
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Stefano Delvecchio: melodeon, vocals
Vanni Bendi: guitar
Davide Castiglia: violin
Giampiero Cignani: clarinet
Dario Giovannini
Simone Castiglia
Joele Sindona
Sebastiano Severi
Marco Rossi
Andrea Barbadori
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01 Riferimenti 
02 Caravane 
03 Solis 192 
04 Ninna Tina 
05 Vieni e Vai 
06 Tam Tam 
07 No Comment 
08 Du Chè 
09 Corale 
10 Sogno
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2004 • CD.003.A14
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Ramingo
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Bevano Est ::: Ludla

Released the very same year of Corone, a CD consisting entirely of original tracks, Ludla is a collection of traditional tunes
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Egidio Collini: guitar
Stefano Delvecchio: melodeon, vocals
Vanni Bendi: guitar
Davide Castiglia: violin
Giampiero Cignani: clarinet
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01 Gighe 
02 Fandango 
03 Vlad 
04 Manotango 
05 Salta-rillo 
06 Valzer 
07 Klez-merunda 
08 Kasaposerviko 
09 Bergamasco 
10 Czar-d apipp 
11 Galoppa 
12 Valses 
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1998 • Scuola di Musica Popolare CD.F.OFF 05 
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Ludla
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Bevano Est ::: Fuoco centrale

Soundtrack to a theatrical piece
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Stefano Delvecchio: melodeon, vocals
Vanni Bendi: guitar
Davide Castiglia: violin
Giampiero Cignani: clarinet
Mariangela Gualtieri
Olivia Bignardi
Mariana Ramos
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01 Ellas (coro)  (S. Delvecchio)
02 Parata (caos)
03 Tango  (S.Delvecchio, D.Castiglia)
04 Klezmer II  (tradizionale)
05 Bittola  (tradizionale)
06 Balaton  (M. Salvi)
07 L'amant de S. Jean  (E. Carrara)
08 Solo Ciuma  (S. Delvecchio)
09 Mazzurca  (S. Delvecchio)
10 Yddish  (S. Delvecchio)
11 Mezzogiorno walzer  (S. Casadei)
12 Ellas (strumentale)  (S. Delvecchio)
13 Danza  (D. Castiglia)
14 Waltzeranda  (S. Delvecchio) 
15 Klezmer  (tradizionale)
16 Polka per Pirinpipetta  (S. Delvecchio)
17 Ossicine  (M. Gualtieri - S. Quarta)
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1995 • Scuola di Musica Popolare CD.F.OFF 06 
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Fuoco centrale
or
Fuoco centrale

Bevano Est ::: Il dolce rumore della vita

OST of the eponymous Giuseppe Bertolucci’s movie
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Stefano Delvecchio: melodeon, vocals
Vanni Bendi: guitar
Davide Castiglia: violin
Giampiero Cignani: clarinet
Diego Sapignoli: drums, percussion
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01 Ellas   6.20
02 Gigola  2.01
03 L’amant de St. Jean 5.06
04 Tango  2.56
05 Yddish  2.48
06 Fandango  4.52
07 Mizce   3.51
08 Valse tragique  2.18
09 Dimanche matine  5.05
10 Rosso di luna  2.00
11 Ellas   6.16
12 Grano grano  1.56
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1999 • Sony
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Il dolce rumore della vita
or
Il dolce rumore della vita

Faraualla ::: Sind'

Second album by this a capella group
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Shannon Anderson voce
Gabriella Schiavone voce
Maristella Schiavone voce
Rosa Sorice voce
Teresa Vallarella voce
Pippo “Ark” D’Ambrosio
percussioni
Cesare Pastanella percussioni
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01. Domina de miseria (G. Schiavone)
02. Arecuriuriè (G. Schiavone)
03. Uarandero (G. Schiavone / G. D’Ambrosio / C. Pastanella)
04. Masciare (G. Schiavone / G. D’Ambrosio / C. Pastanella)
05. Sind’ (G. Schiavone)
06. Popoff (Benassi / Gualdi / Pagano, arr. G. Schiavone)
07. Ninnagè (G. Schiavone)
08. Maat dance (G. D’Ambrosio / C. Pastanella)
09. Orangutan (G. Schiavone / G. D’Ambrosio / C. Pastanella)
10. Viktori (trad. albanese)
11. Masciare (Witch Mix) (remix: Eraldo Bernocchi)
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2002 • Amiata Records ARNR 1302
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Sind'
or
Sind'

Faraualla ::: Faraualla

A vocal quartet (?) singing mainly a capella or with a frame drums background, coming from Puglia but not sticking to their region's musical tradition
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01 Tonga (3:15) 
02 Rumelaj (2:36) 
03 Vrlicko kolo (4:18) 
04 Elleipseis (4:34) 
05 Szerelem (1:34) 
06 Uecumbà (3:19) 
07 Maha te song (3:52) 
08 Spirits (2:19) 
09 Spondo (2:39) 
10 Questa fanciull'amor (2:36) 
11 Petra (2:30) 
12 Eramo in campu (1:32) 
13 Fescenne (4:15) 
14 Ijsse sole (4:29)
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1999 • Amiata ARNR 0499 • Naive
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Faraualla
or
Faraualla

Luigi Cinque & Tarantula Hypertext O'rchestra ::: Tangerine Café

This music is a lot of things. It's difficult to say whether it's world music or jazz or Mediterranean groove. Whatever it is, there's not a bad track or misstep on this CD. At times the music sounds like mid-70s Miles, at others like Gabriele Mirabassi's beautiful "Latkia Blend" CD, and at yet other times like some of the most evocative Mediterranean cafe music. It expresses Middle Eastern and North African landscapes, then shifts into almost straight ahead jazz. With more than ten musicians of diverse talants, "Tangerine Cafe" continually unfolds new surprises and stands up to many repeated spins on the player
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Luigi Cinque - vocals, soprano sax, keyboards, electronics, sax clarinet, clarinet, tammorra, harmonium 
Raiz - vocals 
Paolo Fresu - trumpet 
Danilo Rea - piano 
Gianluca Ruggeri - marimba, percussion 
Enzo Pietropaoli - double bass, electric bass 
Bnet Houaryat - background vocals 
Jivan Gasparyan - duduk 
Badara Seck - vocals 
Luca Sanzò - viola 
Sonia Romano - cello 
Carlo Mariani - launeddas 
Orazio Corsaro - bagpipes 
Adembi El Gadari - guimbri, vocals 
Abdellatif Oughassal - karakeb, vocals 
Ali Shaigan - santur, kamachek 
Abdou Abdemarran - vocals 
Gnawa Sidi Mimoum - rhythmic chorus 
Giaomo De Caterini - electronics, guitar 
Fulvio Maras - percussion 
Emil Zrihan - vocals 
Mangla Tiwari - vocals 
Michele Cinque - didgeridoo 
Francesco Peverini - violin 
Prosca Amori - violin 
Evelina Meghnagi - vocals 
MRF String Quartet 
MRF Chorus 
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01. Garritm/Core amante 
02. Tangerine Cafe 
03. Niente Senza 'e te 
04. Radiobaladid 
05. Coro meccanico 
06. Garritm/Songlines 
07. Tangerine Cafe - instrumental 
08. Garritm/Danza 
09. Ararat 
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2002 • Mediterraneo FHME 19 
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320 kbps mp3, including full booklet scans
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Tangerine Café part 1
Tangerine Café part 2

Michele Pucci & Giulio Venier ::: Doismiao

A earlier records by this Friulan duo. Eletric and midi violins side by side with Flamenco guitar and straight fiddle
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Michele Pucci: guitars, palmas
Giulio Venier: violins 
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01 Ajar di cunfin 3.28
02 Mi/la 5.15
03 Mimbrales 4.55
04 Well you need'nt 4.44
05 Cjadene 0.35
06 Ta ongarska/Fulzic 3.16
07 Ta pustaua/Eresia/Do ste biske jabarke 4.18
08 Oldrozjanska 3.08
09 Rio Nero blues 2.25
10 Spagnoletto 4.17
11 Furclap 2.36
12 Steverjan 4.04
13 Carnia felix 4.30
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2000 • Folkest DF19 2000
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Doismiao

Scent peij ::: Suoni di terra - Terra di suoni

A peculiar band from Piedmont with an International repertoire
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Daniele Albarello, Guido Antoniotti, Michele Moricchini and Raffaele Antoniotti plays a range of terracotta instruments and pottery
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01 Podorakis 2.35
02 Noël 2.00
03 Nuraghe 3.19
04 Alba in Valsera 5.05
05 Zakarias 3.19
06 Skye boat song, the 4.10
07 Sonata ottomana 2.52
08 Verso Oriente 5.43
09 Kina 5.04
10 Tunz musik 2.42
11 Maitre de la maison 2.46
12 Bolero 3.23
13 Ninna nanna 4.25
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1998 • Scent peij SP001
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Suoni di terra - Terra di suoni

Michele Pucci & Giulio Venier ::: Bootleg!

Two musicians from the NorthEastern region playing the music they like the best
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Michele Pucci: guitar
Giulio Venier: fiddle
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01 Mi-La 6.15
02 Sorrow/Minor swing/Primo dai dal Gas 9.16
03 Rock Burton/Polca de l'Acquachelda/Gighe irlandesi 11.57
04 Polca Orlando 1.59
05 Ba-rock suite/Pavane/Tourdion/Brante des chevaux 6.54
06 Stelutis alpinis 5.30
07 Jesu cjamin 4.59
08 Furclap 6.35
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2002 • Folkest DF34 2002
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Bootleg!

Riccardo Tesi ::: Banditaliana

First album by Riccardo with his own band.
Highlight is a reworking of Anita, from the eponymous opus recorded some years before with J.M. Carlotti, Patrick Vaillant and Daniele Craighead
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Riccardo Tesi: melodeons
Maurizio Geri: guitar, vocals
Claudio Carboni: saxes
Ettore Bonafè: vibraphone, percussions
with
Daniele Sepe: saxes
Claudio Fossati: drums, percussions
Silvano Lobina: bass
Paolo Casu: percussions
Coro dei Maggianti di Scansano: vocals
Emiliano Li Castri: Jew's harp
Stefano Melone: tastiere
Italo Andriani: double bass
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01. Maggio 3.26
02. Pomodhoro 3.45
03. Tre sorelle 4.45
04. Anita 3.55
05. Tarantella rouge & noir 4.16
06. Notturno 6.07
07. Tevakh 5.14
08. Il funambolo 6.12
09. Monzuno e dintorni 2.26
10. Tarantella al melograno 3.56
11. Vento del Madagascar 3.58
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1998 • il manifesto CD 028
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Raffaello Simeoni ::: Controentu

Raffaello Simeoni was the leader of the ethno rock band Novalia.
This is his first solo recording
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Raffaello Simeoni: voice, saz, lautà, benas, bouzouki, 12string and acoustic guitars, requinto, quatro, low whistle, recorder, hurdy-gyrdy, melodeon, tzouras, musette, duduk, piano, ciaramella, Jew’s harp, ocarina
Gabriele Russo: rabab, viella, Calabrian lira
Massimo Cusato: congas, darbouka, riq, shakers, tamburello
Menotti Minervini: bass, double bass
Stefano Manelfi: requinto, dulcimer, electric and acoustic guitars, quatro, e-bow, loop, sequencer
Carlo Ferretti: drums, percussions, accordion
Floriana Berretta: choir
Angela Caratozzolo: choir
Nando Citarella: voice, tammorra
Massimo Giuntini: uilleann pipes
Michele Frontino: basso
Alessandro Cannarsa: viola da gamba
Alessandro Strinati: viola braguesa
Giuliana Di Donno: Celtic harp
Franco Pietoni: voice
La Filetta: sampled voices
Muyeres Asturiane: sampled voices
Vioices Bulgares: sampled voices
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01 L'acustica del mare Egeo 0.29
02 Fino alla fine e lu munnu 4.47
03 Chianu chianu 4.16
04 Rive gauche 3.52
05 L'amour (Donna lombarda) 4.10
06 Gracias a la vida 4.45
07 Il Cavalier di Francia 3.44
08 Controentu 4.16
09 O' Vicerè 2.52
10 Belfast 4.15
11 Dolce vergine Maria 3.57
12 Santiago 3.14
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2004 • il manifesto/squi[libri] CD 137
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Controentu
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Brunella Selo ::: Iso

Very good singer, she sang with many band, including Daniele Sepe's, and music therapist, this is her first album
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Agostino Mennella: drums, percussion
Dario Franco: bass, double bass
Paolo Del Vecchio: acoustic, classic and 12-string guitar, bouzouki, oud
Gino Evangelista: Portoguese viola, cetra, kalimba, flute
Piero De asmundis: keyboards, accordionLeonardo Massa: cello, calascione
Daniele Sepe: Turkish clarinet
Roberto Natullo: whistle, bodhran
Gianni Bove: programming
Antonello Paliotti: classic and battente guitar, darabouka, percussions
Mauro Squillante: mandolin, mandocello, tammorra
Maddalena Abbate: castnets
Lello Settembre: tammorra
Giulio Martino: tenor sax
Roberto Schiano: trombone
Umberto Guarino: snare drum
Maurizio Capone & Bungt Bangt: percussions, voices
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01 Arvolera 4.35
02 Epicuros 5.14
03 Canto a su mari 4.22
04 Arrasse 5.46
05 Rosa baccana 5.15
06 Munadanarè 3.16
07 Rionn eile 4.49
08 Trafego, o 3.47
09 Acqua ce sta 4.53
10 In galera li panettiere 4.44
11 De agua 3.52
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2005 • il manifesto CD 147
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Iso
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Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana ::: Thapsos

Another recording by Riccardo and his group. Not only Italian folk music, Riccardo has travelled exstensively and he has known lot of musicians and musical cultures. Among guests you can here the beautiful fratelli Mancuso's voices
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Riccardo Tesi: melodeon
Maurizio Geri: guitar, voice 
Claudio Carboni: sax
Ettore Bonafè: percussions, vibraphone
with
Enzo & Lorenzo Mancuso: voices
Nando Citarella: voice
Gabriele Mirabassi: clarinet 
Valerio Perla: percussions
Daniele Mencarelli: double bass, electric bass
Damiano Puliti: cello
Emiliano Li Castro: Jew’s harp
Massimo Rinaldi: tamburello
Giulio D'Agnello: tammorra
Rebecca Scorcelletti: voice
Alessandro Agostani: fretless bass 
Claudio Fossati: drums
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01. Justin
02. Scirocco
03. Donde Estas Maria (intro)
04. Thapsos
05. Espresso
06. Baccalà Baccalà (intro)
07. Carnevale
08. Penombre
09. Fammi Ballare
10. Aria
11. Valentino 
12. Largo Walzer
13. Capelli Neri
14. Fulmine
15. Sogno Di Valzer 
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2000 •  il manifesto CD063/Dunya Records fy 8034
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Thapsos
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Curenta alternata ::: Giuè

Courtesy of Paolo Delmastro himself
Curenta Alternata is a band from Torino (Italy) that played traditional dance music from Italy, Occitanian Country, France and Sweden from 1998 to 2007.
In their CD "Giué" you find tunes played in a traditional philological way, tunes with a more contemporary arrangement, and a newly composed valzer. All tunes in the cd are "ready to be danced"
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Paolo Delmastro: recorders, melodeon, low whistle
Lillo Giordano: voice, percussions, guitar, electric bass, mandolin 
Mauro Ravera: melodeon, accordion 
Enrica Varesio: pipes, guitar
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01 Le bergere 4.26
02 Bottaculo di Pescopagano 2.58
03 Anahata valzer 4.15
04 Scotis siciliano 3.53
05 Congo 3.25
06 Balet della Val Vermenagna 2.30
07 Passant par Boisfort 3.55
08 Var det du eller var det jag 4.14
09 Albert et Joseph 3.10
10 Tresso e balet 4.20
11 Furlana 2.51
12 Pizzica pizzica 5.39
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2003 • Avalon music AVM 1004 2
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Giuè
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