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When Anglophone Pop Speaks Italian (Without Knowing It) - From Elvis to Robert Plant, the secret history of Italian song within global pop

What connects Robert Plant to Ornella Vanoni, the Beatles to Umberto Bindi, Lucio Battisti to David Bowie? Seemingly nothing. And yet, between the '60s and '80s, some hidden threads begin to emerge...

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Mauro Pagani - "A Fugitive's Life", the sacred fire of a restless musician

A documentary tracing the history of the legendary Lombard musician is coming to theaters, spanning Pfm, De André and solo projects

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OndaFritta 1 - The First Wave of Post-Rock

A musical selection on the early post-rock scene, featuring classics and hidden gems worth rediscovering

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The Music of Sci-Fi Cinema - Ten Cult Soundtracks of the 1980s

The '80s were a groundbreaking decade for science fiction and its soundtracks. Here's a look at the ten greatest scores of a decade that forever shaped the imagery of genre cinema

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The Music of Silent Cinema - Symphonies of Revolution: A Hundred Years of "Battleship Potemkin"

Since December 31, 1925, the date of the first screening at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre of Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin", there have been countless attempts to score the film. Here are the main ones

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Franco Battiato - Il lungo viaggio – Battiato's thousand identities in a biopic

We watched the biopic on the Sicilian singer-songwriter, coming soon to cinemas (and later on Rai1). A film that reflects on the free spirit of an elusive artist

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Of Crimes and Punishments according to Fabrizio De André - "I wouldn't know how to be in your shoes". Interview with Fabrizio Bartelloni

Among the many books devoted to Faber, one stands out for its fresh, original approach to examining the relationship between human beings and criminal justice in the Genoese artist's lyrics

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Prog 1976: Half a Century at 33 RPM - 50 Years on from 1976: 33 Prog Releases Worth Remembering and Rediscovering

Fifty years on, 1976 reveals a progressive scene that's anything but exhausted, rich in turning points, detours and records still capable of speaking to the present

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In Memory of the Invisible Producer - David Hitchcock, 1948-2026

One of prog's greatest producers has passed away: from Caravan to Genesis, from Camel to Marillion, not to mention Renaissance. Our tribute

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Ten Years Without David Bowie – Changes: The Thin White Duke's Ten Crucial Turning Points

Ten years ago, David Bowie left us. We retrace his legendary, ever-evolving career through ten defining turning points.

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Music from Another World - Eighteen Russian Albums from 2025

There's music beyond the anglophone bubble. Here's our selection of 2025 Russian albums, made by artists unfairly penalized by their country's geopolitical situation

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Musical Maps Take Over the Web - Are These Little Diagrams the Future of Music Journalism?

Visual guides are changing the way we discover music (and might make us lose hours in the process)

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Other People's Charts - The Best Albums of 2025 as Chosen by International Magazines

2025 in music according to the leading international music publications: here are all their year-end lists

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The Secret Life of Ear-Worms - The Ten Songs We Didn't Know We Didn't Know

From the townships of Johannesburg to the Bolivian Andes: the hidden life of global hits

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A rock tradition - Why do people shout "Free Bird!" at concerts?

The story of a rock tradition that has endured for well over forty years. Here's why this habit came about and how musicians react on stage

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Intergenerational Duets - Strange Pairings: from Olivia Rodrigo-Robert Smith to Charli XCX-John Cale

From the previous "historic" Cave-Minogue pairing to today's spreading trend: when the pop star joins forces with the rock icon to break down the last barrier

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The Music of Silent Cinema - Symphonies of Horror: A Hundred Years of Murnau's Nosferatu

Since March 4, 1922, the date of the first screening of Murnau's "Nosferatu" in Berlin, there have been hundreds of attempts to score the film. A story spanning more than a century, which we try to trace here, starting with France's Art Zoyd and continuing right up to today

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Patti Smith - 50 Years of "Horses", the Album That Rewrote the Language of Rock

Half a century since the American artist's dazzling debut album: a work that rewrote the codes of an entire genre

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Bruce Springsteen - "Springsteen – Deliver Me From Nowhere", the "Nebraska" era as a mirror of solitude

Cooper turns the story of the Boss and "Nebraska" into a meditation on loneliness, failure, and responsibility toward oneself and others

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Chaos and Harmony - Mathematics in Rock, Jazz and Electronic Music: 10 Albums Where Music and Numbers Intertwine

Math-rock is just the tip of the iceberg. Ten sonic worlds where music and numbers intertwine their languages, from Kate Bush to Radiohead

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Soul and R&B Beneath the Surface - A Journey Through Albums That Deserve to Be Rediscovered

Exploring soul and R&B along lesser-trodden paths, guided by OndaRock's writers

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Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, 50 years of a masterpiece born as a challenge

Freddie Mercury and co.'s signature song turns fifty, a testament to the unbridled creativity of 70s rock

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Smashing Pumpkins - 30 Years of "Mellon Collie": Infinite Sadness and Boundless Ambition

Billy Corgan and co.'s epic turns 30. But what's left of an album that defined the '90s and an entire generation?

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Out of The Forest - Robert Smith Beyond The Cure: His Most Interesting Collaborations

Not just The Cure: Robert Smith has often ventured into collaborations with other artists, sometimes kindred spirits (Siouxsie, Bowie, Corgan), sometimes worlds apart