29 November 2013 - Rareca Antica

Friday, November 29th another concert in the Galleria Principe di Napoli, opposite the National Museum: free concert of Rareca Antica, a group that will involve you with the rhythm of the tammorre of popular music and the Vesuvius. It is the third concert of the festival Friday Notes with which we want to revive this historic place, returning it to the city after years of neglect. Joining also means supporting this project of restoration and revitalization. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the Department for Youth and the Department of Culture of the city of Naples with the literary cafe Liberty which is located in the Galleria.

Rareca Antica (Canzoniere Vesuvius) is a group of traditional and popular music which is based on the research of traditional popular religious songs, love, spite, working. The choice of a traditional repertoire, as well as the passion that generate these sounds, also comes from the desire and commitment to retrieve from oblivion our Vesuvian and Neapolitan culture and our musicality.

The members of the group:

DARIO MOGAVERO: voice, tammorre , tambourines

RAFFAELE DE LUCA Picione: accordions with 8 , 12 and 18 basses 

CLAUDIO CALIENDO: classical guitar, mandola , mandolin

STELLA MANFREDI: violin

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Christmas Markets 2013 in Naples

Naples prepares for the upcoming Christmas holidays. Lights, colors, smells of tradition: hard to give up a walk through the alleys of the old town, between the historic shops of the artisans that create the shepherds and nativity scenes. A magic that fascinates not only the Neapolitans, but also the thousands of tourists from all over the world who every year crowd the narrow and picturesque San Gregorio Armeno.

Christmas markets and fairs this year will be different and located in various parts of the city and the province.

More than 60 trade fairs, 2 thousand workers engaged, 27 districts involved in the city.

A calendar of events in continuous evolution:

Cribs and tradition in the historic market of San Biagio dei Librai and San Gregorio Armeno (stalls from December 5 2013 to January 8 2014. The artisans' workshops are open all year).

Antiques and art galleries in the historic Galleries Umberto I and Principe di Napoli.

Fairs between the Decumani.

A special event "La villa dei Balocchi", scheduled on December 8, at Villa Diamante in Posillipo, with an area entirely dedicated to children.

At Cercola returns the usual appointment with the magic of the Christmas Market from 6 to 8 December 2013. About 40 exhibitors and appointments with Gospel choirs and demonstrations of cake design. The event takes place at Villa Buonanno .

Suggestive also the markets of Sorrento, which will be set up from 8 December until January 1, 2013

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22 November 2013 - ANIMA NOVA

ANIMA NOVA è il nome del progetto nato e proseguito da sei anni da Gabriella Cascella (voce), Vincenzo De Martino (chitarra) e Federico Maria Perfetto (batteria). Il loro Sound propone in particolar modo la musica Brasiliana, rivisitando nello stesso stile anche brani della letteratura musicale Italiana con arrangiamenti eleganti e moderni.

Nell’estate del 2012 arriva il loro il primo disco Inedito: “EMBORA”. Nasce così un nuovo concetto di fare musica Italiana, l’“Italian Bossa Concept®”, un’interpretazione di brani pop in una chiave semplice, naturale ma allo stesso tempo ricercata ed elegante che rievoca diverse matrici musicali che spaziano dal Samba allo Swing, dalla Bossanova al Tango. Con Loro in studio e nei Live troviamo al Piano, Stefano Bottiglieri, Al Basso Antonio Di Costanzo, al Flauto Domenico Guastafierro, Percussioni Antonio Montuori.

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