Eugenio Bennato

Using the stated reason for trying to keep carefully the tarantella alive in Italy (a dance and music that started in certain specific areas in Southern Italy, including Naples, and parts of Sicily and Puglia) and all of those other world both by documenting traditional interpretations and by combining it with contemporary sounds, Eugenio Bennato is a pivotal and influential musician in his native country, you start with his co-founding of the group Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare in 1969, who have been focused on both the study and revival of tradition Southern Italian music, and instrumental towards the recognition of artists within the “Scuola Napoletana” (Pino Daniele, brother Edoardo Bennato, and Tony Esposito, to mention several). He released six albums with NCCP, but around 1976 he started to also concentrate on composing, composing the soundtracks to 1984’s Don Chisciotte and 1997’s La Stanza dello Scirocco, amongst others, though his specific records, which frequently blended the old folkloric noises with modern types, were still developing. In 1998 he founded Taranta Power, which strove to introduce the tarantella towards the globe, especially towards the youngsters, and soon he previously helped with the discharge of two albums, 1999’s Lezioni di Tarantella and 2001’s Tarantella del Gargano, both which were made up of recordings carried out by local performers. In 2002 “Che Il Mediterraneo Sia” arrived on the Globe 2003 international performers comp , followed 3 years later on by Da Lontano, while Sponda Sud arrived in 2007.