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- artist:Gera Bertolone
- region:Sicily
- release year:2015
- style(s):Folk, World Pop
- country:France
- formats:Audio File / Digital, CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:SONORA Artist Management
- label:Sonora Recordings
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LA SICILIENNE, the first album by Gera Bertolone and produced by Sonora Recordings released the 02nd October 2015.
"She is an outstanding artist... this Sicilian Kate Bush enchants us with her vocal talent and stunning arrangements that have the quality to bring us closer to an unknown language..." - Deliri Progressivi
"It’s a noteworthy album featuring the striking, expressive vocals of Gera Bertolone." - World Music Central
"The music by a real songwriter, magnificent. We are transported by emotion at every moment." - Note Verticali
"In this work nothing was left to chance. The tracklist of this album is remarkably diverse. It is a particularly respectful recreation with a refined signature that suggests the true creation of an author." - Indiana Music Mag
"Gera Bertolone, a real Sicilian..." - Musica Mag
It makes us relive many centuries of rich Sicilian cultural heritage due to these colorful songs imprinted by the popular tradition Sicily is still impregnated with.
Thoroughly engaged in the preservation of the Sicilian cultural heritage and accompanied and supported by an internationally renouned musician, Rares Morarescu (violin, guitar, mandolin and arrangements) the artist is lunching today her first album, LA SICILIENNE, the fruit of a musical parcours and of the will to share this heritage.
The album consisting of ancient melodies and bringing also homage to Rosa Balistreri with some of the better known songs, is immersing us in the heart of the Sicilian folklore universe, its histories, poetry and emotions that are close to its soul.
Gera Bertolone is inviting us, with passion and intense and vibrant arrangements, to meet a true and authentic Sicily.
A darig and original project that is opening International gates to the Sicilian songs.
Gera Bertolone, sing and clarinet
Rares Morarescu, violin, guitar, mandolin and arrangements