Singer-songwriters: Fabrizio de André (Italy) – Sergio Godinho (Portugal) – Bob Dylan (USA) – Leo Ferré (France) – Pablo Milanés (Cuba) – Felix Leclerc (Canada/Quebec) – Caetano Veloso (Brazil).
1- Fabrizio de André.
For the opening track of the album, Fabrizio de André chose to have the lyrics recited by two women, one old and one young, who “represented mother earth”. According to Fabrizio, ‘The Clouds‘ are not intended to be clouds in the sky. “It is the intrusive and harmful characters of our social, political and economic life that he tries to describe in the first part of the album. CD. Le Nuvole (The Clouds)- Fabrizio de André. LABEL: Sony (2012), code: 88765453282. VIDEO
2- Sérgio Godinho.
Sérgio de Barros Godinho is a Portuguese singer-songwriter, composer, actor, poet and author. Considered one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal, Godinho began his music career singing folk songs and Portuguese protest songs while in exile, in the years leading up to the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal, and is considered one of its most important figures. of the genre. In addition to his music career, he is also a stage and film actor and has published poetry and fiction books. CD. Era uma vez um rapaz – Sérgio Godinho. LABEL: Philips (1989), code: 8249 172. VIDEO
3- Bob Dylan.
Travelin’ Thru: The Bootleg Series; vol.15, a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The album focuses on recordings Dylan made between October 1967 and May 1970 for his albums John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline, and appearances on ‘The Johnny Cash Show’, among others.
CD. Travelin’ thru: The bootleg series; vol.15: 1967-1969 – Bob Dylan. LABEL: Columbia records (2019), code: 19075981932. VIDEO
4- Léo Ferré.
Léo Albert Charles Antoine Ferré (born in Monaco in 1916) was a poet, writer, composer, pianist and singer. He was a dynamic and controversial person. His career spanned from World War II until his death in 1993. He released about forty albums, of which he wrote the music and most of the lyrics himself. Some of his chansons are among the classics of French singing, such as Avec le temps and Paris canaille.
CD. Les 50 plus belles chansons – Léo Ferré. LABEL: Universal (2013), code: 0060253751514 – Barclay 3749710. VIDEO
5- Pablo Milanés.
Along with Silvio Rodriguez, Pablo Milanés was one of the pivotal figures in Cuba’s ‘nueva trova’, a popular music movement of the 1960s. Pablo Milanés rose to fame for his poetic lyrics and smooth, emotional vocals, becoming one of the most popular Cuban singer-songwriters of the late 20th century. He is a controversial figure to some — exiles despise his support of Fidel Castro — but his status as one of the most important links between traditional and contemporary Cuban music has remained virtually untouchable in the new millennium. CD. Antologia – Pablo Milanés. LABEL: Kardum (1993), code: KAR 259, AMG 0876671. VIDEO-Milanés – VIDEO-Rodriguez.
6- Felix Leclerc.
Felix was born in 1914 in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada. He held various jobs before becoming a radio announcer in Québec City between 1934 and 1939, and as a writer at Radio-Canada in Montreal. In 1950, he was discovered by the Paris impresario, Jacques Canetti, and performed with great success in France. In 1953 he returned to Quebec. During his career, Leclerc received many awards, both in Canada and in France. He died in his sleep in Saint-Pierre-de-l’Île-d’Orléans, Québec, in 1988. CD. Moi, mes souliers : Le siècle d’or – Félix Leclerc. LABEL: Le Chant du Monde (2009), code: 274.1711.12. VIDEO
7- Caetano Veloso.
A Brazilian composer, singer-songwriter. Due to the innovative nature and variety of his work and his influence on Brazilian popular music since the 1960s, he is considered an artist of the same level as Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The New York Times called him “one of the greatest songwriters of the century”.
CD. The definitive collection – Caetano Veloso. LABEL: Wrasse Records (2006), code: WRASS 092. VIDEO
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