Independent Italy – The Indie Music Scene in Italy

Gudjon1

For reasons unknown, I had never let my mind wander towards something like Italian indie music. I guess that to me the idea of indie music in Italy got lost somewhere in amongst football, pizza, and Eros Ramazzotti.One day I heard of an Italian indie band called LetHerDive, and had a listen.  I … [Read more...]

Norway Opportunity for Italian Musicians

A LINN Musician

Rudi Nikolaisen from the LiNN, Regional Musicians in Norway association, contacted me this week to mention a project in Norway designed to promote music in the country's smaller northern towns. This project may be of interest to Italian musicians too, as they are welcome to apply.Musicians, … [Read more...]

Top Italian Music Hit of 2009

Italian music blog ChartItalia which follows the contemporary Italian music scene, recently published a list of the top 100 hits in Italy for 2009.  So what, I asked myself, was the top Italian music hit of 2009?Interestingly, for me anyway, it is not an Italian track which made it to the top … [Read more...]

Poor Harmony in Italy’s Music Scene

Italian Music

After having written about two other Italian indie bands which sing in English, Amycanbe and the The Mirrors, I've been contacted by another one, Ofeliadorme.Ofeliadorme wrote to see if I might like to write something about them, saying that they would be perfect for this blog.  Interesting … [Read more...]

The Mirrors

As a result of my hanging out on Twitter I came across Italian band the Mirrors, or rather they came across me, seeing as they decided to 'follow' Blog from Italy's Twitter channel.Some time back I came across another Italian band, wrote a little about them and posted a few of their videos on … [Read more...]