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Francesco De Gregori
Francesco De Gregori OMRI (born 4 April 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics. He is often referred as singer-songwriter and poet, although he prefers to be identified simply as "artist". Biography 1970s De Gregori was born in Rome to a middle-class family, to Giorgio and Rita Grechi, and he spent some of his youth in Pescara before returning to the capital. His elder brother, Luigi, was a musician and had a personal career with the name of Luigi Grechi (the mother's surname), chosen later to avoid confusion with the more famous Francesco. Influenced by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and the Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio de André, De Gregori started to perform his songs (mainly personal translations of American folk songs) at the Folkstudio, in Rome, which was already frequented by his brother. On one occasion De André h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Rimmel (album)
''Rimmel'' is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori. It was released in 1975 by RCA Italia and is generally considered among De Gregori's finest works, containing some of his most popular songs, such as "Rimmel", "Pablo" and "Buonanotte fiorellino”. Album The LP was well received both by critics and the public, and established De Gregori as one of the most popular singer-songwriters in his country. It was one of the best selling albums in Italy in 1975, with over 500,000 copies sold. The song "Le storie di ieri", though written by De Gregori, was first recorded by Fabrizio De André as part of his 1974 album '' Volume 8'', which he co-wrote with De Gregori. The two versions have minor lyrical differences. Lucio Dalla Lucio Dalla (; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. Dalla was the composer of " Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enrico Carus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banana Republic (album)
''Banana Republic'' (1979 in music, 1979) is a live album of Italian singer-songwriters Francesco De Gregori and Lucio Dalla. It was recorded during their tour of 1979 and released by RCA Italia. Ron (musician), Ron collaborated to the arrangements, and also was present as singer in the film shot during the tour. Track listing #"Banana Republic" #"Un gelato al limon" #"La canzone di Orlando" #"Bufalo Bill" #"Piazza Grande" #"4/3/1943" #"Santa Lucia" #"Quattro cani" #"Addio a Napoli" #"Ma come fanno i marinai" Personnel * Francesco De Gregori: guitar, vocals * Ricky Portera, George Sims: guitars, backing vocals * Ron (singer), Ron: piano, guitar, backing vocals * Gaetano Curreri: piano, Hammond organ, mellotron * Fabio Liberatori: Minimoog, Fender Rhodes * Giovanni Pezzoli: drums, percussion * Franco Di Stefano: drums, percussion * Lucio Dalla: sax, clarinet, piano, vocals * Marco Nanni: bass, backing vocals Francesco De Gregori albums Lucio Dalla albums 1979 live albums R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Gregori (album)
''De Gregori'' is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori. It was released in 1978 by RCA Italia. The album ''De Gregori'' was released after a period in which the author had retired from music, working as a clerk in a bookshop. The composition of the album's most famous track, "Generale", convinced him to return as a full-time singer-songwriter. "Raggio di sole" is dedicated to De Gregori's recently born twins. "Due zingari" features saxophone parts by the renowned Italian jazz musician Mario Schiano. Track listing #"Generale A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED On ..." – 4:19 #"Natale" – 2:35 #"L'impiccato" – 3:59 #"Babbo in prigione" – 2:10 #"Renoir" – 2:37 #"Renoir (seconda versione)" – 2:22 #"Il '56" – 3:05 #"La campana" – 3:38 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samarcanda (album)
''Samarcanda'' is an album by Italian singer-songwriter Roberto Vecchioni, released in 1977. The work was highly successful, mostly thanks to the title track, and established him as one of the most popular singer-songwriters in Italy. As usual for Vecchioni, the lyrics mix autobiographical themes such as love life, nostalgia with literary and poetical ones. "Samarcanda", is inspired to an Oriental fable (sometimes called "Appointment in Samarra") and is about a soldier who, in a feast to celebrate the end of the war, sees Death in the form of an old woman amongst the crowd. He madly rides to Samarkand to escape, and finds her there waiting for him. "Vaudeville", a satirical song about a singer-songwriter being shot on stage, is a reference to the "trial" suffered during a concert held the previous year by Vecchioni's colleague Francesco De Gregori, as well as to the perception at the time of singer-songwriters in Italy. "Due giornate fiorentine" is about Vecchioni's first wife, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Vecchioni
Roberto Vecchioni (born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer-songwriter, singer-lyricist, lyricist, teacher and writer. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family . In 1968 he graduated in Classical Literature at the Catholic University of Milan, where he subsequently worked for two years as assistant lecturer of History of Religion. Later he was appointed professor of literature and history at a Milanese High School, an activity that he continued for almost thirty years and that would influence several of his songs. His career in the Italian music industry began in the late 1960s as songwriter for Italian pop stars such as Ornella Vanoni, Gigliola Cinquetti, Mina, Iva Zanicchi and the band Nuovi Angeli. Vecchioni's first solo album, ''Parabola'' was released in 1971. In 1973 he took part in the Sanremo Festival with "L'uomo che si gioca il cielo a dadi". His 1974 LP, '' Il re non si diverte'', won the Best Year's Album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palalido
The Allianz Cloud Arena, formerly known as PalaLido, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in the Italy, Italian city of Milan, capital of Lombardy. The arena's primary use is to host basketball and volleyball games, but it can also be used to host handball, tennis, gymnastics, and wrestling. The arena currently has a seating capacity of 5,420 for sports events. It will host ice sledge hockey in the 2026 Winter Paralympics. History PalaLido originally opened in 1961. On June 17, 1980, Devo performed at the arena during their Freedom of Choice (album), Freedom of Choice tour. The show was originally planned to happen at the Velodromo Vigorelli, but due to rain, it was moved to the Palalido. The arena was once used as the home arena of the Italian basketball league system, top-tier level Lega Basket Serie A, Italian League basketball club Olimpia Milano. In 2005, the arena's seating capacity was increased from 3,500 to 3,800. In 2011, a rebuild of the arena began. Fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corriere Della Sera
The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remained unchanged since its first edition in 1876. It reached a circulation of over 1 million under editor and co-owner Luigi Albertini, between 1900 and 1925. He was a strong opponent of socialism, of clericalism, and of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti who was willing to compromise with those forces. Albertini's opposition to the Fascist regime forced the other co-owners to oust him in 1925. Today its main competitors are Rome's ''la Repubblica'' and Turin's '' La Stampa''. History and profile ''Corriere della Sera'' was first published on Sunday 5 March 1876 by Eugenio Torelli Viollier. In 1899 the paper began to offer a weekly illustrated supplement, ''La D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bufalo Bill
''Bufalo Bill'' is an album of Italian singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori. It was released in 1976 by RCA Italia. The title is an intentional misspelling of Buffalo Bill's name: buffalo is often rendered in Italian as "bufalo", although specifically defining a different animal in that language. The cover is a portrait by American artist Gil Elvgren, from a 1948 magazine. The album The album include some of the most popular De Gregori songs, including the title track (a ballad about a disillusioned Buffalo Bill and about contradictions of the American myth, partially inspired by the Sam Peckinpah film ''The Ballad of Cable Hogue''), the romantic " Atlantide" and the desperate anthem "Santa Lucia". "Festival" is about the suicide of singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco at the Sanremo Festival, and the hypocrisy with which media dealt with that event. The music of "Giovane esploratore Tobia" was co-written with Lucio Dalla, who had also collaborated with two songs on the previous D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the 20 regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia and immediately south of the French island of Corsica. It is one of the five Italian regions with some degree of domestic autonomy being granted by a special statute. Its official name, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is bilingual in Italian and Sardinian: / . It is divided into four provinces and a metropolitan city. The capital of the region of Sardinia — and its largest city — is Cagliari. Sardinia's indigenous language and Algherese Catalan are referred to by both the regional and national law as two of Italy's twelve officially recognized linguistic minorities, albeit gravely endangered, while the regional law provides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 8 (Fabrizio De André Album)
''Volume 8'' is an album released by Italy, Italian singer/songwriter Fabrizio De André. It was first issued in 1975 in music, 1975 on Casa Ricordi, Ricordi and then re-released by Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG. According to statements by De André within his posthumous autobiography "Una goccia di splendore" ["A drop of brightness"], released in 2011, his collaboration with Francesco De Gregori, which gave birth to four of the eight songs on the album, originated when De André saw his colleague live on stage in Rome and was very impressed. Afterwards, he invited De Gregori to visit him in his rural house in Sardinia, where the two of them spent a month "getting drunk together and writing songs in the meantime." Track listing All songs written by Fabrizio De André and Francesco De Gregori, except where indicated. #"La Cattiva Strada" – 4:33 #"Oceano" – 3:11 # "Nancy" (Leonard Cohen, translation by De André) – 3:57 # "Le Storie di ieri" (Francesco De Gregori) – 3:15 #"Giu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
