Miscellaneous

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Reflections between literature and music - Anna Kavan and Thomas Koner: trapped in the ice

Zuffanti's new literary-musical parallel: the English writer and the drone music champion grappling with icy, unsettling scenarios

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Reflections between literature and music - The Greek affinities of Han Kang and Demetrio Stratos

Fabio Zuffanti's new literary-musical parallel compares the Korean author's novel with the free flight of the Area singer

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Charts - A brief guide to the year-end charts

A crash course in surviving a Christmas ritual as beloved and reviled as panettone and family dinners

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Sanremo 2024 - Veterans, outsiders, young hopefuls and young-old-timers: who'll come out on top? A brief look at the Big Artists chosen by Amadeus

From the unknown Maninni to veteran Mannoia, from star Annalisa to two-time champion Mahmood: the race is already on. No matter what anyone says about not watching it

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Reflections between literature and music - The forests of Ayase Maru and Mort Garson

A new literary-musical parallel: Ayase Maru's forest-woman and the music of "Plantasia" creating the sonic backdrop for such visions

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Spotify charts in Italy - Homegrown rappers, Sanremo, Pinguini… Ebbasta? How to try and climb out of the swamp

No international music, rappers reigning supreme, women all but absent: an analysis of Italy's airless landscape (and possible ways out of it)

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Giovanni Sparano - Barezzi: the genesis of a festival

During the Parma event, we interviewed the founder to talk about its origins and about that decisive "seed" that was Franco Battiato

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Deep Purple - Ian Gillan's Voice and the "Second Mark": From 1969 to "Perfect Strangers"

Claudio Milano, musicologist and vocal scholar, analyzes the most inspired period of Deep Purple's singer, a voice as wide-ranging and powerful as the roar of a jet engine

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Baxters Psychedelia - Playlists with a high lysergic content

An ongoing series of playlists aiming to offer a look at the worldwide psychedelic scene

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Reflections between literature and music - Sofia Tolstaya and David Sylvian: torments and ecstasy

A new column penned by Fabio Zuffanti kicks off, drawing parallels between a book and an album. First instalment featuring "Romanza senza parole" and "Secrets Of The Beehive"

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Vasco Rossi - Between Blasco and Komandante, memories of a survivor

The Zocca rocker in Pepsy Romanoff's Netflix documentary, caught between the romanticism of his early days and the excessive spectacle of the new era

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U2 - From "Boy" to "Under A Blood Red Sky": Bono & co.'s first steps (1980-1983)

At the roots of the Irish band's story: the first trilogy of albums under the U2 name, later sealed by the epic Red Rocks live show

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Pearl Jam, 30 years of "Vs" - Escape from Victory

The Seattle band's second heavyweight album turns thirty: we retrace the story of their boldest, most tormented record

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Genesis' "Selling England By The Pound" turns 50 - A portrait of decadent Britannia, half a century on

One of the great Genesis classics turns 50. While its real release date remains a mystery, its legend lives on to this day

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In the Footsteps of Pink Floyd - The Cover Side of The Dark Side Of The Moon

To mark the release of Waters' redux version, we revisit three albums that reinterpreted the Floydian masterpiece "The Dark Side Of The Moon"

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Enzo Jannacci - "Vengo anch'io" - The story of a genius out of place, in Verdelli's docufilm

A portrait of the Enzo Jannacci legend through his own words and the testimonies of his son Paolo, along with friends and colleagues, in Verdelli's docufilm

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Lucia Ronchetti - Biennale Musica in Venice, here we go!

We interview the composer and artistic director of the upcoming Biennale Musica in Venice, which will host Brian Eno, Autechre, Kali Malone and many others

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That punk Roger Waters - 80 years of an uncomfortable rocker

To mark Waters' 80th birthday, Fabio Zuffanti tells us why the former Pink Floyd leader, even without mohawks or safety pins, has embodied the spirit of punk in his very being. Without ever compromising

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1968-1977: ten years of suites - The most creative compositions of a unique decade

The years between 1968 and 1977 were the golden age of progressive rock and the suite. Here are some of the finest

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The Touch of Piero - Umiliani's thousand lives in a documentary, told by its director

An in-depth look at the life and work of the brilliant Florentine composer through the documentary "Il tocco di Piero" and the words of its director, Massimo Martella

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Erkin Koray 1941-2023 - The dean of Anatolian rock

In memory of the recently deceased legendary Turkish musician, often at the centre of controversy and debate

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Half a century of hip-hop - One of the genres that dominated the 2000s turns 50

It was born on August 11, 1973, and has since spread, in countless forms, all over the world, becoming one of the dominant genres of this first quarter-century

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Wham! - The documentary that overturns the clichés about the English duo and the 80s

Thanks to Netflix's brilliant docu-film, the saga of the golden duo of the '80s comes back to life, with all its trappings of success but also of suffering and misunderstanding. A story that takes on cultural significance, acting as a litmus test for an entire decade

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U2 - Thirty years since the Italian Zooropa Tour

Renamed "Zooropa" after their eighth studio album, U2's Grand Tour turns 30. We retrace its far-reaching Italian campaign, the longest ever undertaken by the Irish band