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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Fausto Amodei |
| Born | 18 June 1934 Turin, Italy |
| Genres | Folk music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1958- |
| Labels | DNG, I dischi del sole, Albatros, Block Nota |
Fausto Amodei (born 18 June 1934, in Turin) is an Italian folk singer-songwriter and musicologist.
Amodei began his musical career in 1958, founding the band Cantacronache. In his songs, he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by the French singer Georges Brassens. In the early 1960s he became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano and in 1966 he was elected member of the Italian parliament as a member of the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP). The singer Francesco Guccini cited Amodei in interviews and books as one of his principal influences as a composer. [1]
One of Amodei's most famous songs is Per i morti di Reggio Emilia (For the Dead of Reggio Emilia), dedicated to the demonstrators killed by the police during a protest on 7 July 1960. In 1985 the Italian punk-rock band CCCP titled their third EP with the first verse of this ballad: Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani .
The discography is listed in a chronological order. [2]
Francesco Guccini is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and writer. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and noir novels, and a comics writer. Guccini also worked as actor, soundtrack composer, lexicographer and dialectologist.
Elisa Toffoli , performing under the mononym Elisa, is an Italian singer-songwriter. She is one of few Italian musicians to write and record mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica and trip hop. In Europe she is perhaps most recognised for the single "Come Speak to Me", while American audiences may recognise the song "Dancing" as featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance. On 18 December 2012, her collaboration with Ennio Morricone, "Ancora qui", was featured on Quentin Tarantino's film, Django Unchained and its soundtrack album, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Lucio Dalla was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards.
Luciano Riccardo Ligabue, commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director, and writer.
Nomadi is an Italian band formed in 1963 and still present on the music scene.
Folk beat n°1 (1967) is the first album of Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. It was published under the name "Francesco" alone.
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Vinicio Capossela is an Italian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist.
CCCP Fedeli alla Linea, officially written CCCP - Fedeli alla Linea, were an Italian band formed in 1982 in Berlin by vocalist Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and guitarist Massimo Zamboni. The band's style was self-defined by the members themselves as "Musica Melodica Emiliana—Punk Filosovietico".
Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani is the third EP released by the Italian punk/art rock band CCCP Fedeli alla linea. It was first released on vinyl by Attack Punk Records and re-released on CD by Virgin Records along with the Ortodossia II EP. Its title comes from the first verse of the 1960 ballad "Per i Morti di Reggio Emilia" by the Italian composer Fausto Amodei, which is dedicated to the demonstrators killed by the police during a protest against the Tambroni government.
Umberto Bindi was an Italian singer-songwriter. He is especially known for the popular song he co-wrote with Gino Paoli, Il Mio Mondo, which he recorded in Italian in 1963, and ''La musica è finita'' It was later performed by singers in English and other languages.
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