Cantodiscanto

The music of Cantodiscanto is inspired by a gaze towards the South. First and foremost towards the south of Italy, where the band has studied in-depth both the traditional and classical repertoires. "The South, from which we come and to which we are attached, the South to which the language our songs are written in belongs: Neapolitan."

South America is a source of inspiration for the band as well, and is present in the music with its rhythms and harmonies.

"Our gaze is turned towards another South as well, a South of the world that brings together those who live in hardship or in a state of emergency by the will of the few who decide, where the people continue to sing out their love and their desire to be free. Our song lyrics refer to this: fragments of stories, travels, meetings that mix past and present in parallel with the music."

The Arabic lute is the father of the plectrum instruments like mandolin and mandoloncello. The singing of an Arabic muezzìn is similar to that of Neapolitan tammurriate (who sings accompanied by a drummer, in honor of the Virgin Mary).

On Medinsud, the Palestinian singer Faisal Taher and Cantodiscanto work together to integrate an Arabian style — and Arabian language — into the context of Neapolitan music. —Courtesy Calabash Music