Anthony Phillips
An artist endowed with musicality and sensitivity like few others, but very few indeed. more
Giorgio Moroder
And to think that when I think of him, Manuel Insolera on Ciao2001 comes to my mind saying: "Moroder is better than Pink Floyd." more
Rocco Hunt
He’s one of those artists who deserve more attention, one of those people who should be given greater visibility. So that someone can recognize him on the street and finish him off with a beating. more
Domenico Modugno
Incredible how there isn't even one review on one of the greatest pillars of Italian song. more
Pino Donaggio
How can I live a life without you? more
Gino Paoli
Play a harmonica... more
George Harrison
World of stone, This guitar, This is love and many others. A champion in his style. Certainly better than Lennon and Starr in the '70s. In the Beatles, he wrote one of the melodies I appreciate the most, I need you in the album Help. Great George, I miss you so much! Goodbye. more
CapaRezza
"Well, it has a nice foundation and it's not like the usual rap; if only we had people like that in Italy." more
Franco Battiato -il vuoto
Beautiful, but he has made better ones. The symphonic arrangements weave their way through the usual samples, and finally at some point, you can also hear the acoustic guitar. Pleasant, with memorable tracks like the title track, but there are also a few songs that fall flat. more
Pierangelo Bertoli -Le più belle canzoni
If you want to know a bit of everything about the most fruitful period of one of the most extraordinary minds in Italian singer-songwriter music. more
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -Requiem in D minor
Solemn epilogue of an artist who dies suffocated by his own notes. more
Ghemon
A rapper with a distinctive style, closer to a singer-songwriter than to the stereotype of the classic MTV or underground rapper. "And then, suddenly, go crazy" is a gem, "Orchids" a breath of fresh air in an Italian scene filled with tired imitations. Great! more
Sabaton -Primo Victoria
Stalinism (or rather anti-Nazism) set to music. Nine anthems to the Soviet Union scored with a combative and pompous heavy metal. Forty-one minutes in which the incessant smell of gunpowder rises among the plains dotted with mutilated and spectral cities, behind which the echoes of bombs resonate, while smoky and crimson craters stain the horizon. more
Sacred Steel -Hammer of Destruction
When I first listened to it (in 2006), I thought: "What is this?". The post-84 Manowar may have become ridiculous, but these guys can’t even pull off being cheesy. They're neither epic nor evocative, and their eruptions of power are marked by an unbearable and laughable singer. There's hardly anything redeemable from an instrumental standpoint. Embarrassing. more
Amélie Nothomb
Writer? Hilarious! (quote) more
Cat Stevens -Teaser and the firecat
The essence of the cantautorato, adorned with some energetic folk-rock touches. A gentle and visionary breath of notes... more
Tom Waits -The Heart Of Saturday Night
A solitary walk in the heart of Saturday night. To all those who walk alone, picking up in the distance jazz and swing harmonies that cross the walls of piano bars to blend into sidewalks, cold air, and smoky clouds of tobacco. more
Jeff Buckley
Superhuman voice; and her "Grace" is an essential purchase for any self-respecting music aficionado. more
America
For goodness' sake: not a group that would make you tear your hair out. But collecting them in a car is always good, indeed, it's essential. Pleasant. more
America -The Best of America: Centenary Collection
For heaven's sake: not a group that would make you rip your hair out, but having their collection in the car is always good... indeed, it’s essential. Quite enjoyable. more