On the day he was born, Ronnie Peterson was celebrating victory at the French Grand Prix behind the wheel of his gleaming Lotus. Music had long been an unfamiliar yet constant companion to him. Friends taught him that you can live a day without bread, but not without beauty. And it was one of them who first played him a Paul Simon cassette in the sweltering heat of a Milanese summer: nothing was ever the same again. Struck down on the road to Duluth by the Dylanesque cult after a concert in 1991, he developed an unhealthy passion for singer-songwriters of every degree of introversion. Then, one day, browsing the shelves of a record store, he was drawn in by the cover of one of the CDs playing in the listening station: it was Eels' “Electro-Shock Blues”, and for him it was the epiphany of indie music. Pages left half-read have always won out over those finished to the end, so he decided to combine his love of writing with his love of music. Still searching for fragments of beauty among the tracks of some record. An Onda Rock staff writer since 2003, he has written various monographs and reviews, as well as interviews, specials, live reports and milestone features, contributing to the creation and development of the OndaDrops project. From 2011 to 2014 he hosted the radio show America The Beautiful on Radio Sonora.
A Singer Of Songs
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A Toys Orchestra
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Advance Base
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Andrew Bird
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Belle And Sebastian
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Bob Dylan
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Bruce Springsteen
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Buster Blue
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Califone
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Caravan Of Thieves
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Chris Bathgate
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David Simard
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Devendra Banhart
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Eels
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Elvis Perkins
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Emiliana Torrini
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Go-Betweens
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Greater Pacific
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Green Like July
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Hezekiah Jones – Chris Bathgate
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John Vanderslice
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Joseph Arthur
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Luke Winslow King
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M. Ward
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Micah P. Hinson
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Misophone
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Okkervil River
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She & Him
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Shearwater
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Staggerman
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Stephen Malkmus
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The Brendan Hines
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The Mostar Diving Club
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The Weather Machine
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Vandaveer
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To mark sixty years since its release, we retrace the story of Mister Zimmerman's masterpiece, the first double album in rock history
Twenty years to the day since its release, we revisit John Darnielle and co.'s most urgent and personal record
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Arcade Fire
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Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan
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Bonnie Prince Billy
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Bruce Springsteen
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Eels
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Elvis Perkins
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Grant Lee Phillips
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Mountain Goats
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Okkervil River
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