Mattanza

line up

• Alfredo Verdini (percussions)
• Enzo Petea (keyboards, accordeon)
• Francesca R. Buda (voice, actress)
• Francesco Speziale (guitar)
• Mimmo Martino (voice, syrinx, handcraft aereophones)
• Pasquale Squillacioti (percussions)
• Peppe Tropeano (guitar, lyra (from Calabria), bouzouki )
• Roberto Aricò (acoustic & electric bass)

• country:
  Italy
• region:
  Calabria
• style(s):
  Mediterranean
• label:
  Italian World Music
• type:
  Band
• gender:
  male, female
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  Italian World Music

Mattanza is the most famous World Music group from Calabria and features a style that embodies all the Mediterranean cultures. "A people without memory is like a tree without roots...is destined to die": these are the final words of every MATTANZA's concert. The name of the group means "tunny-massacre" and wants to be a reminder of the undergoing ethno-massacre to Southern-Italian culture, an issue that threatens to wipe out the richness of marvellous Graecia Magna's heritage.

Links

• official contact