The Lucania Ethno Folk is a music festival that focuses on folk and popular music. It is held annually in the town of
Satriano di Lucania
Satriano di Lucania is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
Key events in the town include the Carnival, folk festivals and the renowned murales.
History
In the Middle Ages it was a s ...
(
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
) (in modern
Basilicata
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). The region's ancient name was "
Lucania
Lucania was a historical region of Southern Italy. It was the land of the Lucani, an Oscan people. It extended from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto.
It bordered with Samnium and Campania in the north, Apulia in the east, and Brutti ...
", which is where the name of the festival derives. Participating artists include
Enzo Avitabile
Vincenzo "Enzo" Avitabile (born 1 March 1955) is an Italian saxophonist, composer and singer-songwriter. He plays a fusion of world music and jazz fusion music, rooted in Neapolitan traditions and characteristic dialect.
Born in Naples, Italy, ...
,
Pietra Montecorvino
Pietra Montecorvino (born 2 December 1962 in Naples) is an Italian singer and actress. Her real name is Barbara D'Alessandro and her pseudonym is a play on the name of the small town of Pietramontecorvino near Foggia in south-east Italy. She an ...
,
Simone Cristicchi
Simone Cristicchi (born 5 February 1977 in Rome) is an Italian singer and composer.
Biography
Cristicchi won the 57th edition of the Sanremo music festival in 2007 and also the Mia Martini
Mia Martini (; born Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè ...
,
Angelo Branduardi
Angelo Branduardi (born 12 February 1950) is an Italian folk/folk rock singer-songwriter and composer who scored relative success in Italy and European countries such as France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Greece.
Biography
Branduardi wa ...
, Ciccio Merolla,
Clementino
Clementino, stage name of Clemente Maccaro (Cimitile, 21 December 1982), is an Italian rapper proficient in freestyle in both Italian and Neapolitan language. He, along with rapper Fabri Fibra, is member of the group Rapstar
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(in 2016), the Scots Stramash and many others. It is one of the biggest folk music festivals in Italy.
References
Folk festivals in Italy
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