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The Nevada City Odd Fellows is honored to present one of the premiere acoustic guitar players on the scene today, Peppino D’Agostino on Tuesday, Aug. 9 at the Nevada City Odd Fellows Hall. As young Sicilian artist, D’Agostino left Italy over 30 years ago with the dream of “playing with the greatest guitarists.” D’Agostino has achieved his dream and...

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No matter how you pronounce their name, Italian rock group Maneskin may be one of today's most famous and successful global musical acts. In 2021, the band -- made up of vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi and drummer Ethan Torchio -- won Europe's biggest song competition, Eurovision, and has been unstoppabl...

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Sammy Nestico is one of the greatest contributors to the field of music of the last century, working in classical, jazz and big band. Born in Pittsburgh, he worked as a composer, orchestrator, writer, arranger, and last but not least, as an educator. Maestro Sammy Nestico fulfilled his lifetime dream. For the first time, check out this new document...

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Shopping at various grocery stores in the Richmond area the early 2000s, customers might have heard a toddler singing in the cart as her mother shopped for her family. Little did they know that the young vocalist in the cereal aisle would one day be performing opera on the international stage and would release her first single recording, "Cinema Pa...

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Last year Italy’s 2021 Eurovision winners, Måneskin won ‘Best Rock’ at the MTV EMAs 2021, as well as receiving two further nominations. Following the release of new single, ‘Supermodel‘, MTV have recognised their achievements in the industry once more. The VMAs are a celebration of the music video medium. As well as the chance to win the famous, “m...

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Great news for the Italian ecosystem. One of the world's most important private equity funds, TPG, acquires control of Italian Musixmatch "I've always bet on talent. And now the Americans are betting on us." Max Ciociola, a 43-year-old serial entrepreneur from Puglia, founded Musixmatch, the world's largest database of music lyrics, in 2010. Starti...

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An Italian audience expecting to enjoy a performance from Italian singer Matteo Bocelli appeared speechless, as his father – the great tenor Andrea Bocelli – stepped on stage as a last-minute understudy. “Normally in life it’s the sons who replace the fathers. In this case it’s up to me, I have to replace my son,” Bocelli told the audience, accordi...

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Italian music has become famous all over the world thanks to Italian songs such as Con te partirò (by Andrea Bocelli), Nel blu, dipinto di blu (by Domenico Modugno), Felicità (by Al Bano and Romina) and artists such as Adriano Celentano, Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini or, more recently, the rock band Måneskin (if any of these names or titles don’t...

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The Arts Council of Mississippi County has announced an event to be presented in the Adams/Vines Recital Hall at Arkansas Northeastern College on Friday, July 29, at 7 p.m. A concert of piano and violin duets will feature a brother and sister, violinist Giorgiana Strazzullo and pianist Gianlucca Strazzullo. Ms. Strazzullo graduated from the “Domeni...

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Described as what will be a "spectacular outdoor soirée," the E. C. Scranton Memorial Library presents How To Be Italian; A Cultural Concert, Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. This show, performed by "acclaimed musician" Enzo Boscarino, celebrates the rich history, art, cuisine, and culture of Italians, how it influences their lives, and the way they express...

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