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Rione Junno Tarant Beat Project (Rai Trade/CNI) The latest heir to Eugennio Bennato's TarantaPower movement is this young band of musicians who have learned from Bennato and moved forward into their own new territory. In the best of the tradition they are deeply indebted to the ancient songs while forging their own modern path, in the new Italian dedication to 'contamination.' Listen: 23 Marzo Strusce Keraunaia

Musicians: Biagio de Nittis - Voice, guitar flying Federico Scarabino - Voce, chitarra classica, mandola Matteo Tomaiuolo - Voce, basso elettrico Matthew Tomaiuolo - Voice, bass guitar Francesco Simone - Tamburelli, percussion, beat programming Mina Scarabino - Voce, Ballo Mina Scarabino - Vocal, Dance Marta Totaro and Ballo Marta Totaro - Dance More info (forgive the faulty translation into English, please?): The Group of ethno-folk music "RION JUNNO" work in Monte Sant'Angelo (Foggia), a city of Gargano famous throughout Christianity for the Basilica dedicated to rock Michele, around which was born and prospered a city whose industrious core was represented dall'antichissimo district "Junno, which dates back to the pre-Roman and divenutone the city center. Here's life took place in all its forms and the most significant features: serenades under balconies Bettolle improvised and cheerful home for groups, family events and joyful mournful, bonfire in celebration of vigils around which we sang, danced and banquets are merrily . Today this quarter, reduced the number of inhabitants, still intact its characteristic architectural and topographical and between these old houses are still living some of the "mountain" more authentic and attached to their ancient traditions. For this reason, some five years ago, a group of young people planning to travel new roads in the area of popular music began to play a lot of studies and research starting from the place most typical and traditional city. Querying the last inhabitants of the "Junno", studying their habits and even the old houses in which they live with the furniture and masserizie, managed to bring to light patterns and dictates most original and typical local folk song: verses ancient, focusing on hand to three voices and traditional tarantellas incurred by the sound of ancient instruments among them - irreplaceable - the guitar flying, the true soul sound of Gargano. Collecting, in fact, an indisputable success, including its ability to engage viewers who, from mere observers of the concerts become actors involved in the dance of 'involving and irresistible rhythm of taranta. In 2002, is in cultural association in order to guard, pass and disseminate the remarkable heritage of culture and popular music of Gargano and southern Italy, making all its aspects, carrying out a concrete action of cultural engagement through concerts, lectures, debates , Shows, recordings, publications. In subsequent years the group enters into the stable "Tarantapower" Eugenio Bennato as a group of young emerging alternative music scene. Eugenio Bennato describes the movement and the group TarantaPower: “Taranta Power è la sottolineatura di un momento creativo che si sta svolgendo intensamente nei dintorni dell'anno 2000. "Taranta Power is the emphasis of a creative moment that is taking place intensively in the year 200. The legend of taranta still free energy, and pushes the ball new generations of south and north, and the pace of the tarantella leading musicians, craftsmen, painters, writers paths towards ever paths, where you find signs and faces of a thousand-year history , And at the same time the pulsations of a present, the main confrontation and contact between peoples. The Taranta is then a tool of communication, is a typical Italian sign artistico which is naturally all over the world our home and our culture. This movement I called Taranta Power with a daring combination of terms because they contrast with immediacy to the deterioration which, unfortunately, the "Tarantella" has taken in the collective worldwide, carried by insulsi folk groups and banal musical expressions absolutely far from the reality of impetuous taranta ritual. The project is Taranta Power vehicles in the world a new and vital image of Italian musical culture, and is now a reality in Italy able to aggregate public and fans in concerts, stage, schools, festivals, with size and quantitative numbers that until recently belonged only to the world of rock and pop music. This route has developed spontaneously to the real need to back a musical signal that we recognize our roots, outside of every fashion esterofila and massificante. I think it is time that the institutions responsible for culture to intervene in a fair and decisive impetus to the development of this artistic phenomenon. The first phase of Taranta Power has been to spread the music and dance associated with the pace of Taranta, as the Flamenco in Spain, Italy is a summary spectacular representative of our history and our legends. This route is ripe to enlarge to a comparison with other neighboring cultures and place the Italian popular music in the middle of the Mediterranean with a leading role and a creative exchange with the rhythms and instruments of all the Mediterranean countries, from Morocco Algeria to Spain to Lebanon to Greece to Turkey. The group consists of young performers experts in the techniques resulting from the extraordinary musical style Gargano. Monte Sant'Angelo is one of the key tied to the magic of tambourine and guitar flying. Far from the snares of folklore deteriorates but included in 'wave of alternative and contemporary music, Junno District has been chosen by the movement Taranta Power as one of the leading representatives of the new proposal music rooted in tradition but looks to the future. In his concerts riaffiorano the echoes of ancient songs and melodies of Gargano, the result of intense research that music is able to bring to light patterns and dictates most original and typical of singing popular local Focusing on the ancient verses singing three items tarantellas and traditional. Even the tools: flying guitar, tambourine, mandola, castanets, are those of an ancient tradition that is renewed once again through the power of District Junno. " In the last two years Junno District has been working successfully with Musicians of the Lower Lazio Benedict Vecchio and Perilli Gianni, and depositories authentic inimitable another melodic and rhythmic heritage of inestimable value: the saltarello ballarella and Lazio.

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