Antonio Castrignanò & Taranta Sounds

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**Antonio Castrignanò & Taranta Sounds** will be the guests of honor at the LUMinARIA (Mediterranean Parentheses) event. They will perform on the stage of the Arena Bellavista with Babilonia, a choral journey that begins with the roots of their homeland, Salento, and extends beyond territorial boundaries in search of different languages and cultures, with the desire to tell their own stories and learn the history of others. Unreleased tracks, original arrangements, melodies, and rhythms intertwine with the souls and human experiences from other parts of the world, like Africa, Turkey, and India.

Antonio Castrignanò with his voice, tambourine, and mandola; the accordion of Rocco Nigro; the voice, violin, and mandolin of Luigi Marra; the backing vocals and guitars of Maurizio Pellizzari; the bass of Giuseppe Spedicato; the brass instruments, bouzouki, bagpipes, and backing vocals of Gianni Gelao; the tambourine and synth of Emanuele Castrignanò form the foundational part of a concert that encapsulates the power and poetry of an ancient and cathartic sound language, which has survived the trials of time and is still capable of providing vital emotions for the body and spirit. An emotional journey to be experienced in one breath, dancing! A show that centers on man and his idiom, the dialect and primordial language, the identity richness of people around the world, with which universal themes that have always delved into the depths of human existence yesterday and today are addressed.

**Relive the magic of Mediterranean melodies and rhythms of the South of the world through the concert of Antonio Castrignanò & Taranta Sounds at Arena Bellavista**: this is Babilonia and LUMinARIA (Mediterranean Parentheses).

Babilonia is the musical tradition of the past and at the same time, it is the music that will be. Antonio Castrignanò's musical style comes from the past and a long personal research developed over time. It is an individual need always ignited in the artist, to trace back to the source and bring to our days notes and suggestions of an ancient ritual like that of the Taranta. A lively and passionate music enriched with sounds, colors, faces, stories, loaded with meaning, and expanding to the world becoming, once again, community, emotion, catharsis, and light. The tour takes its name from the artist’s latest record, Babilonia (Ponderosa), considered “THE BEST EUROPEAN ALBUM 2022” and “THE 2° BEST ALBUM IN THE WORLD 2022” by the prestigious World Music Chart Europe.

The event is free. Further information and inquiries by writing to info@euforica.net
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