Music Soup

Now the eighth year The Fragrant City music festival authors of the most interesting will host this year (from August 26 to 29) among others: Cristina Dona Vinicio Capossela and Nada (in photo) over to Marta on Tubes and 2008 Winners of the competition Siena Rock.

Among the many events worth reporting the 26 / 8 in Piazza San Francesco an evening that will see all Cristina Donà Nada (formerly joined on stage last Sanremo). And then the final evening of 29, entrusted to Vinicio Capossela that promises a new show and thought affixed to Siena, in the splendid Piazza del Campo.

We are back to the yield of Auditors: Having voted in four rounds most popular songs of 2008 following the tracklist compilation of red Festivalbar it’s time to elect from the four finalists the song prince and then get to the final against American Boy by Estelle. This time nothing game, just click the poll everyone. Only the best will move to final phase.

While the summer continues, many concerts and festivals a little everywhere, arriving first ads dates for a return from holiday rich in events.

We had talked about the new appointments with Tabasco Rossi, the second stage of REM, the only date of Stevie Wonder and the arrival of assimilated Cold play and Madonna.

Among the other names are announced the Queen, James Blunt, Ani Di Franco, Paul Weller, Calexico, Paul Gilbert. Many more to come and notify them gradually. Meanwhile, below, the first official dates already.

They leave the first note and all immediately recognize the Sally in Vasco Rossi, some time ago, said I discovered long after having written for you. It ‘a Fiorella Mannoia in great shape that yesterday evening in the park of the Palace of Venaria Reale (To), inaugurated the new summer tour.

In one word: amazing. New band (makes a certain effect not see on stage Piero Fabrizi) and new arrangements for almost all the Top songs flowing to retrace a long and varied career. Compared to tour in recent years there really are a lot of news.

Starting from unpublished pieces: an incredible, passionate And I think to yourself by Lucio Battisti to el’omaggio Fabrizio De André with the strong and more than ever present Smisurata prayer, last piece written by the Genoese singer-songwriter. The other songs, from the oldest ( How you change, Sorvolando Eilat) to the most recent raids Brazilian ( Cravo and Candle) appear with a whole new outfit,” citing its author up interest: Ivano Fossati.

Finally also defined the cast of Goa Boa 2008, the now ten-year festival that this year trasferice in the new within the Darsena proud of Genoa. Four days of music, with particular attention - as always - to the sounds coming from the borders of the Mediterranean and beyond. It starts on 12 and July 15 with two special advances Waiting for the Goa Boa.

Protagonists of two days respectively Line 77 and Shaggy (yes, propio to Boombastic). It will enter into full swing on 26 and July 27, two days which will see players Manu Chao (see photo), Marracash, Bluvertigo, South Sound System, Tonino Carorone and many others. In particular in the day, 26 will celebrate 60 years of the International Declaration Of Rights Dell’Uomo, one of the many initiatives which the social awareness Goa has accustomed us. After skipping the full programme.

It leaves again for a long summer of rock and filled stadiums for the tour of Vasco Rossi we mentioned a few days ago for the release of its new single. It starts today, last night in the Olympic Stadium in Rome the first date of Vasco live 2008 announcing on his blog “A few hours and will be Olympic! At last parteeee! “.

Missing a few hours a great concert which will tomorrow in a two dates sold out for some time where as always listen to old and new successes of Blasco that broke the ice for a zero in front of a “small” audience of 15,000 people in Genoa on May 22 and will also centre of the evening television Raidue.

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