Tre Martelli are an
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folk
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and
traditional music
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band. Since 1977, Tre Martelli has been developing its work on the study, recovery and popularization of the traditional musical culture of the region of
Piemonte
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in northern Italy.
The quality and accuracy of its field work, and the attention given to stylistic variations in the area, together with energy and creative maturity of the band's performances, have engendered enthusiastic audience response and critical acclaim, both at home and abroad. This has resulted in a huge increase in concerts and tours, not only in
Italy
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but also in the most part of
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. The band's recorded output has been unanimously acclaimed by specialist international critics writing in the world's foremost music publications.
The group had numerous appearances in some European national TV-channels such as
RAI
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B.B.C. and others.
Discography
*1978 ''Danza di luglio'' - demotape
*1982 ''Trata Birata'' - Trata Birata, CL001
*1985 ''Giacu Trus'' - Pentagramma, LPPG 218
*1987 ''La Tempesta'' - Trata Birata, TM 003
*1991 ''Brüze Carvè'' - Trata Birata, TM 005
*1995 ''Omi e Paiz'' - Robi Droli, rdc 5024
*2000 ''Car der Steili'' - Felmay, 8023
*2002 ''Semper Viv'' (antologia) - Felmay, 8048
*2005 ''Tra Cel e Tèra'' - Felmay, 8097
*2012 ''Cantè 'r paròli - omaggio a
Giovanni Rapetti'' - Felmay, 8193
*2014 Tre Martelli &
Gianni Coscia
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''Ansema'' - Felmay, 8219
* 2017 ''40 gir 1977-2017'' - Felmay, 8247
* 2021 ''Concerto di Natale'' - Felmay, 8279
Anthology
*1989 ''Folkautore'' - Madau dischi
*1995 ''Roots Music Atlas'' - Robi Droli
*1996 ''Gente del Piemonte'' - De Agostini
*1997 ''Roots Music Atlas – Italia 2'' - Robi Droli
*1997 ''Musica popolare in Piemonte (1957-1997)'' - Regione Piemonte
*1998 ''Tradizione popolare e linguaggio colto nell'Ottocento e Novecento piemontese'' - Ass. Cult. Trata Birata
*2001 ''Isolafolk-Decennale'' - Isolafolk
*2002 ''Feestival Gooik 1996-2001'' - DKdisc
*2002 ''Capodanno celtico "Samonios" in musica'' - Divo 00006
*2002 ''Omaggio al Piemonte vol.2'' - Regione Piemonte
*2002 ''Tribù Italiche "Piemonte"'' - WorldMusic 028
*2003 ''Italie:instruments de la musique populaire'' - Buda Records
*2003 ''Tradicionarius 2003 XVI ediciò'' Discmedi - Barcelona
*2004 ''Piemonte. Antologia della musica antica e moderna'' - Dejavu Retro
*2004 ''Italia 3 – Atlante di musica tradizionale'' - Dunya records
*2005 ''Piemonte World - The stars look very different today'' - Regione Piemonte
*2005 ''Gong – Tradizioni in movimento'' - Gong
Bibliography
1987 - Livio Tesio ''La riproposta della canzone tradizionale in Piemonte''
1990 - Giovanni Sisto ''Alessandria una provincia diversa''
1995 - Franco Castelli ''La danza contro il tiranno''
1996 - AAVV ''The rough guide to world music''
1997 - Franco Lucà & Maurizio Martinotti ''Musica popolare in Piemonte''
1998 - Michele L. Straniero ''Antologia della canzone popolare piemontese tra settecento e novecento''
2002 - Ivo Franchi e Ezio Guaitamacchi ''100 dischi ideali per capire la world music''
2003 - Luca Ferrari ''Folk geneticamente modificato''
2003 - Ugo Boccassi & Franco Rangone ''(IO) lui, gli altri e la musica
2005 - AAVV ''80 anni di storia alessandrina''
2014 - AAVV (a cura di Noretta Nori) ''Viaggio nella danza popolare in Italia''
2014 - Stefano Baldi ''Le fonti musicali in Piemonte, IV volume,'' Regione Piemonte
2020 - Maurizio Berselli ''Storie folk, il folk revival nell'Italia settentrionale e centrale raccontato dai protagonisti,'' Artestampa, 2020
External links
Official website
Italian folk music groups
Piedmont
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