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Barabàn
Terre di Passo
$17.99
The sixth recording by this important Ligurian band is everything you would expect from them: high musicianship, great traditional tunes and forward looking arrangements. brilliant, as always.
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| "Barabàn use a wonderfully judged mixture of traditional material, sympathetically styled compositions, contemporary poetry and non-indigenous musical styles, to produce an album that manages to be adventurous and include lots of experimentation, whilst maintaining its Italian folk roots. Good examples of this are the way Indian tabla and African percussion are used in a manner that seems perfectly suited to the songs and the way Franco Loi's poetry, about the effects of the Second World War on the people of Italy (which have added poignancy in the current world political climate), become folk tales when set to Aurelio Citelli's music. The album title translates as 'land of passage' and refers to West Liguria on the French border. Italy itself has always been a meeting point of cultures and languages and has become somewhat of a 'land of passage' within the current structure of the European Union. The album looks back into Italy's past as a way to understand Italy's position in the world today. One of the most magnĩcent and poignant examples of this is Notte Mediterranea, which is a meeting of two lullabies, one North African and one from Romagna, sung with stunning beauty and simplicity by Mouna Amari and Donata Pinti. One can hear the differences between the two cultures, but also how well they compliment each other. - Michael Hingston, fRoots |
Track notes (in Italian)
Musicians
Vincenzo Caglioti - melodeons, voice
Aurelio Citelli - voice, hurdy gurdy, bouzouky, keyboards, bass
Giuliano Grasso - violin, voce
Diego Ronzio - darabuka, drums, percussion, clarinet, piffero, sax, voice
Paolo Ronzio - acoustic guitar, bouzouky, mandolin, recorder, musette, gaita, voice
Guests
Mouna Amari: voice
Donata Pinti: voice
Luigi Zucca: doublebass
"West Liguria, on the border between France and Italy is a poor, harsh land, beaten by winds and by the most various traffics. In this land of ancient travels, one can still sing and dance in its paths, one can hear words and sounds from faraway lands. They come from the world's barabbas, the earth's famished, baraban migrants, stowaways, men and women illegal aliens (without papers), who do not dare to pass through the normal traffic routes now that Europe that has banned its frontiers. They travel through streets that once were beaten by passeurs, smugglers, Jews, victims of political persecution."
The record label rap:
Above all it's relevant the meeting between folk music and contemporary
poetry. Both the excellent vocal and instrumental skills of the musicians,
the deep knowledge of the roots and the compositive inspiration produced a
fascinating voyage into Northern Italian traditional music. Refusing any
local pride, BARABAN's folk music is open to the influences of different
cultures. The lyrics of Franco Loi, one of the best Italian poets, are
wonderful. His poetry, full of tension, tell stories about some time ago
and nowadays, dealing with social invective (Italia), wartime memories (La
set) and love (El silensi).
Terre di passo is a touching song inspired by the words of F. Biamonti, it
tells us about the western border lands, symbol of the whole country, a
meeting point of people, cultures and languages. Notte mediterranea is an
evocative song where two lullabies, one from North Africa and another one
from Romagna, meet each other mixing the beautiful voices of Mouna Amari,
from Tunisi, and Donata Pinti, from Piedmont.
BARABÀN, one of the top bands on the Italian folk music scene, comes out
with its 6th record. Terre di passo (Lands of passage), is an intense and
refined work which is destinated to stir up emotions. No doubt this is the
most mature and persuasive work of the Milanese group, sounding ancient and
modern at the same time, cultured and popular. Breaking with the obsolete
and expected schemes of many folk records, Terre di passo keep attention to
message, being actual and not trite .
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