JOLLY MARE ME 'VIVO' (EPSILON, 2021) - I GJALLE KERCEJ NE HAPESIRE ME 'ITALIAN RETRO DISKO'

"Ne disko dhe funk, por edhe ne soul apo boogie, si femije kam gjetur instinktivisht cilesi, shpirt, vendosmeri, ndjenje dhe menjehershmeri. Disa nga ato gjera qe e bejne muziken te vertete, por kete e kuptova vetem kohe me vone.

Me kalimin e kohes, interesat kane ndryshuar, por mbaj mend qe degjimi nuk mjaftonte ne ate kohe, doja te nuhasja kopertinat e disqeve, me magjepsnin grafika, fotot, ngjyrat. Keshtu fillova te blija sa me shume, qofte edhe me sakrifice, dhe t'i luaja perreth, sahere kisha mundesi. Ishte nje kerkim personal jashte tendencave te periudhes, ndryshe nga sa ndodh sot dhe kjo gje me pelqeu sepse me bente te ndihesha i veçante. Kur shkoja ne dyqane apo tregje ne kerkim te muzikes, isha gjithmone me i riu. Klientet mesatare ishin roker-e te moshes adulte ose dj per nje kohe te gjate qe kishin shume anekdota per te treguar...". 

Jolly Mare (ne art Fabrizio Martina) 

CRIMI ("MANO D'ORO", 2021) - WITH LOVE FROM SICILY

Crimi, a new project led by Sofiane Saidi saxophone player Julien Lesuisse, announce themselves to the world with their debut single ​Mano d’Oro.
An​ old Sicilian song that focuses on the cold, lonely experiences of those who travel to Northern Europe looking for work is transformed into a raw, Algerian raï with a New Orleans-funk inspired groove.

Crimi is something of a personal story for Julien, someone whose heart is set firmly between the warmer climes of two shores of the Mediterranean. He grew up in Lyon with a Sicilian grandmother who hummed songs from days gone by. This is how Julien Lesuisse found what he likes to call his “​Sicilian soul”​.

His musical career has been spent exploring both the songs of the Southern Italian countryside, with La Squadra Zeus, and Algerian raï with Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda. While playing with Sofiane Saidi he often traveled and found inspiration in Oran, a port town in Northwest Alegria known as the birthplace of rai folk music.

Mano d’Oro is the first taste of an album called ​Luci e Guai that will be released on French label Airfono on 2nd April.

ALESSANDRA TECLA GEREVINI - STANDING IN SHALLOW WATER [FOTOGRAF]

NINI ROSSO - "LA BALLATA DELLA TROMBA (1961)"

Ricordo il suono di una tromba
in quel cortile senza sole
e suonava e suonava tu piangevi

Ballata triste di una tromba
per un addio senza parole
e suonava e suonava ti perdevo

FORMER ART NOUVEAU GREENHOUSE [FOTOGRAFI]

In fact, the name of this restaurant is "Al'Less - Bolliti Dal Mondo", but I like to think of it as a place where you can stay for hours...

Many years before it was a former greenhouse full of plants and flowers...

Today it is a nice restaurant where you can eat great food, listen to good music and enjoy a bit of art-nouveau.

Me and some friends went before dinner time, so we could get some shoots from inside!