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2010 Sanremo festival: Italian dialect songs and international artists

12 April, 2020

New rules for Italy’s famous Sanremo music festival mean that songs in Italian dialect will be allowed, and inclusion of foreign artists’ work will also be inaugurated. Other rule changes for the 2010 Sanremo music festival have modernised the event,…

Italian opera song "O Sole Mio" in punk version

1 April, 2020

“O sole mio” is one of Italy’s most famous songs, originally written in 1898 in the language of Napoli. It has since become a world renowned song, performed by operatic artists such as Enrico Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti (and The Three…

Italian karaoke and "la vita è bella": Shrek sings in Milanese dialect

26 March, 2020

This video comes from one of my Facebook friends and is advertised as “Shrek Karaoke dance party in Milanese [dialect]! With historic Milanese songs for those fed up with the same old Napoletan karaoke.”So for an insight into the Italian…

Driving in Italy: how to park a car in Naples

19 March, 2020

The things some people will do for a parking space in Italy! This is a four minute video of a woman attempting to park a car in Naples (I gather from the accents but don’t ask me to translate the…