Ra di Spina - Rediscovering the Songs of the South - Video Interview

interview by Federico Torre

Ra di Spina tell their story, explaining the evolution of a highly cultured and ambitious project. Reviving songs from the past - largely unknown to the general public and belonging to southern Italian tradition - connects to a contemporary sensibility through unusual arrangements, aiming to present, but also to save, something ancient in a form that could be listened to "in London tomorrow", to use the words of artistic producer Andrea Saladino. In particular, Laura Cuomo, creator of the project and formerly the contralto voice of Eugenio Bennato's Voci del Sud, tells us about the ethnomusicological paths behind the choice of songs featured on the self-titled EP, ranging from Sicilian work songs recorded by Alan Lomax in the 1950s to heartbreaking, long-forgotten serenades.

A journey through southern Italy and an interview that travels through the artistic reasons that led Ra di Spina to play with the past, twisting and rewriting it, yet always with absolute respect, in an unusual, highly original act of recovery with a postmodern flavor.

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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Federico Torre, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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