Folkstudio was a musical club and a
record label
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located in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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,
Italy
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.
The club was founded in by the American painter, musician and actor
Harold Bradley, Jr., and was located in Via Garibaldi, in
Trastevere.
[Ernesto Bassignano; Lalla Cantore. "Folkstudio". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 694-5. ] In January 1963, a then little known
Bob Dylan
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performed in the club.
In 1967, Bradley returned to the United States and the club management passed to the chemist and music lover Giancarlo Cesaroni. Initially focusing on jazz and blues artists, during the years it gradually hosted artists belonging to other styles and new tendencies. In 1971, it moved from Via Garibaldi to the library L'Uscita, in Via dei Banchi Vecchi, and eventually moved to Via Sacchi, Trastevere.
[
During the 1970s, the club actively contributed to the launch of several artists' careers, particularly singer-songwriters, including ]Antonello Venditti
Antonio "Antonello" Venditti (born 8 March 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs.
Biography
Antonello Venditti was born in Rome, the son of Vincenzino Italo Venditti f ...
, 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 of ...
, Rino Gaetano
Salvatore Antonio "Rino" Gaetano (29 October 1950 – 2 June 1981) was an Italian musician and singer-songwriter. He is famous for his satirical songs and oblique yet incisive political commentary. He is remembered for his raspy voice, for the he ...
, Mimmo Locasciulli
Mimmo Locasciulli (born 7 July 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, producer and musician.
Life and career
Born in Penne, Abruzzo, Penne, Pescara, Locasciulli is the son of a vet who in his spare time used to perform as a crooner w ...
, Stefano Rosso, Gianni Togni, Sergio Caputo
Sergio Caputo (born August 31, 1954, in Rome) is an Italian singer, writer, composer, and guitarist.
Caputo's first LP was released in 1983. It presented a style that combined jazz and Latin-jazz pop.
Over his recording career he produced 14 a ...
, , Grazia Di Michele
Grazia Di Michele (born 9 October 1955) is an Italian singer-songwriter.
Life and career
Born Maria Grazia Di Michele in Rome to parents from Abruzzo, at very young age, she founded with Chiara Scotti and Clelia Lamorgese "L'Ape di Vetro" ("T ...
, Mario Castelnuovo
Mario Castelnuovo (born 25 January 1955) is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer.
Life and career
Born in Rome, after the diploma in surveying Castelnuovo studied French literature at the university, specializing in Provençal and Troubado ...
.
References
External links
Folkstudio
at Discogs
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1961 establishments in Italy
Nightclubs in Italy
Music venues in Italy
Record labels established in 1961
Italian record labels
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