Carlo Boccadoro: Lunario della musica
Music

A Music Almanac

A tip for every day of the year


ISBN: 9788806188580
publisher: Einaudi
year: 2007
pages: 433

 

What are we listening to today? Not the usual. Walking through classical music, jazz, blues, rock, pop, dance, funk, soul, folk, hip-hop, world, Italian music, electronic, rap and more, Carlo Boccadoro recommends a record for every day of the year, offering us a 365-degree look, so to speak, at the world of sounds, with records chosen according to the calendar, the climate, anniversaries or more simply the mood, alternating as much as possible between the different genres with a tight and discursive pace, aimed as always at the uninitiated.

Without using unnecessary technicalities, Boccadoro guides us through a varied and lush musical forest, where curiosity is the only element required to orient oneself within it. In addition to records, we talk about happy or sad stories, curiosities and historical episodes related to recordings, alternating between famous records and hidden gems, juxtaposing immortal classics with records that have been in the store for years waiting to be discovered by the reader.

 

Bob Dylan, J. S. Bach, Depeche Mode, Hank Mobley, Claudio Monteverdi, Joni Mitchell, Luciano Berio, Led Zeppelin, King Sunny Ade, Michael Nyman...: 365 records for a year of kaleidoscopic musical experiences in the company of artists from around the world.

 

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