M for MUSICA is an original Podcast about Italian Music, powered by IforItalia.
Follow Chiara and Raffo in these journeys through the best and weirdest of italian music scene.
Italians Rock It Better - Rock music in the Peninsula
Even if Italy is often associated with romantic landscapes, great art, classic architectures and so on, we bang our heads since the 80's on some great rock tunes from italian storic and contemporary bands.
In this episode Chiara and Raffo will go through some classic, melodic, noisy and hard rock from the Bel Paese, as always mixed with bad jokes, memories of their rebellious youths and general confusion.
TRACK LIST
"Spirito" by Litfiba (1994)
"Zeta Reticoli" by Meganoidi (2003)
"Valvonauta" by Verdena (1999)
"Zitti e Buoni" by Maneskin (2021)
28 Apr 2021
11.Travelling...Fun-Sad Facts
Are you ready to flying again?
Can't wait to travel and come to Italy for some pasta or gelato?
In this episode, we will make you travel using any transportations through Italian Music.
I hope you will enjoy it as we did.
Track List
1. "Rotolando verso Sud" by Negrita (2005)
2. "Sammarcanda" by Vecchioni e Branduardi (1977)
3. "Messico e NUvole" by Enzo Iannacci (1970)
4. "Sì, viaggiare" by Lucio Battisti (1977)
17 Apr 2021
10. Primavera Calling - How italian spring sounds like
Here in the BelPaese we all were waiting for flowers to start blooming and some warm weather for celebrating the beginning of spring!
We call it PRIMAVERA and today's podcast is about the happiness of this shiny season and some italian songs that perfectly resamble all the emotions Primavera brings.
So get yourself a refreshing drink and enjoy the Primavera with Chiara, Raffo and today's MforMusica sweet notes.
Track List:
"Primavera" by Marina Rei (1997)
"Maledetta Primavera" by Loretta Goggi (1981)
"Tra due minuti è Primavera" by Annalisa (2012)
"Primavera in Anticipo" by Laura Pausini feat. James Blunt (2008)
5 Apr 2021
09. "Mangia, mangia...e bevi"
After the big meal of Easter, we want to propose to you an episode about food and drink in Italian Music…
Let’s have fun with Raffo and me.
“Spaghetti a Detroit” by Fred Bongusto (1967)
“Viva la Pappa” by Rita Pavone (1976)
“Don Raffaè” dy Fabrizio de André (1990)
“Cacao Meravigliao” By Arbore e Frassica (1988)
12 Mar 2021
07. Maria Antonietta, Nada, Donatella and Paola
Are you driving? Washing the dishes? Getting dressed?
The perfect moment to listen to the new episode of M for Musica and enjoy some good Italian music.
In this episode, we are celebrating woman’s day but we want to celebrate all human beings in general.
You’ll listen to:
“Pesci” by Maria Antonietta (2018)
“Ma che freddo fa” by Nada (1969)
“Splendido Splendente” by Donatella Rettore (1979)
“Sai che è un attimo” by Paola Turci (1997)
5 Mar 2021
06. "Scusi, non capisco". When music talks in dialect.
Let's discover some italian music of which even italians don't understand the lyrics.
Welcome to the italian dialects world, where each one of the 20 regions has a different one, and several of them are actual languages that can't be understood without translation.
With our napolitan friend Peppe, a great expert of napolitan pizza and pizza-blogger at pizzadixit.com, we'll go through southern regions Sardegna, Puglia and Campania to discover their sounds and dialects, and we'll chat about napolitan pizza in the world (and even in space!) with our special guest.
BUON ASCOLTO E BUON APPETITO!
Track List:
"Spunta la luna dal monte" by Tazenda (1991)
"Le radici ca tieni" by Sud Sound System (2003)
"Napule" by Gigi D'alessio - Lucio Dalla, Sal Da Vinci, Gigi Finizio (2004)
24 Feb 2021
05. The so so music decade 2010-2020
Maybe we're too demanding about music (or we're simply getting old), but this time it was kind of a challenge to find italian music interesting as the one from the 70's to 2010.
But we did find it!
Here's 4 super beautiful tracks we rescued from that sad dark desert of creativity (i think i'm being a little too hard on this), 4 amazing songs that best represent our contemporary italian hearts.
BUON ASCOLTO!
Track List:
"Sincero" by Bugo feat. Morgan (2020)
"Lo stretto necessario" by Levante feat. Carmen Consoli (2019)
"Come mi pare" by Fabi, Gazzè, Silvestri (2014)
"Per due come noi" by Brunori SAS (2020)
24 Feb 2021
04. New Millennia Sound 2000-2010
Getting close to contemporary italian music, Chiara and Raffo are going through some of their youth's favorites.
A soundtrack of happiness, rebelion and troubled loves.
BUON ASCOLTO!
Track List:
"Tutti i miei sbagli" by Subsonica (2000)
"Vieni a ballare in Puglia" by Caparezza (2008)
"La canzone che scrivo per te" by Marlene Kuntz feat. Skin (2000)
"La paranza" by Daniele Silvestri (2007)
24 Feb 2021
03. Our lovely strange 90's
Discover the new italian sounds of the 90's with Chiara and Raffo as they draw out emotions from the well of their adolescence.
The musical path of this episode will go through romance, rap, experimental and world folklore, so...get ready to dance and BUON ASCOLTO!
Track List:
"Giudizi Universali" by Samuele Bersani (1997)
"Quelli Che Benpensano" by Frankie Hi-Nrg Mc (1997)
"Altre Forme Di Vita" by Bluvertigo (1998)
"L'Ombelico Del Mondo by Jovanotti (1995)
24 Feb 2021
02. The fabulous 80's
In this 2° episode Chiara and Raffo will get you through the italian 80's musical madness.
Track list:
"Non sono una signora" by Loredana Bertè (1982)
"Tanz Bambolina" by Alberto Camerini (1982)
"Con le mani" by Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari (1987)
"Cuccurucucù" by Franco Battiato (1981)
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