‘Italy’s Leonard Cohen’: The Radical Folk Music of Fabrizio de André

19 May 2021

Patrick Graney

Genoese songwriter Fabrizio De André made his mark singing folk songs about Italy’s working class and oppressed – today, with Europe’s Right resurgent, his music remains as relevant as ever.

‘Bella Ciao’: The Song of the Partisans

06 Mar 2021

Patrick Graney

With its catchy folk melody, ‘Bella Ciao’ became the anthem of the Italian partisans in the 1940s – but in the decades since it has been adopted across the world as a song of anti-fascist resistance.