Rough Guide To The Music Of Italy (2000)

"When you listen to this, you get a real sense of Italy's 20 different regions and their traditions. The fiery tarantellas of the south get a modernist take from saxophonist Daniele Sepe, while Sardinia's Tenores di Bitti offer harmonies that seem unworldly and almost primitive in their power. The softer folk music of Piedmont in the north has close associations with English folk in style, except for the bright harmonies. It's a wide, wide range, as in any country, but extraordinarily good listening, and the well-annotated booklet helps novice musical tourists along their way. You don't have to leave home to get Italian sun." (Amazon) "Like the other entries in this almost uniformly excellent series, The Rough Guide to the Music of Italy presents a richly diverse introduction to its chosen subject, collecting forms of Italian music both traditional and contemporary, national and localized. Artists present include Banditaliana, Banda Ionica, Baraban, and Tenores Di Bitti." (Allmusic)

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