The songs have always been the stars of the Los Carosones show.In this long adventure we have taken them around the world, paying attention to...
Maruzzella and ‘O Sarracino Reprise, the flagships of Los Carosones
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The surprising side B of Renato Carosone’s repertoire
Making a musical tribute to Renato Carosone is both an honor and a challenge. His production embraces many different genres, almost too many to...
Mina and Modugno, the stars of post Dolce Vita Italian music
As had already happened to previous musical trends, the music of the Dolce Vita would soon go out of fashion, replaced by the new faces and frenetic...
Louis Prima and the season of Italian American musicians
"Tu vuo’ fa ’l'americano" sang Renato Carosone in the late 1950’s referring to the fascination that America exercised over Italy - and he was...
Nino Taranto and Marino Marini: live experimental and theatrical music
Who were the protagonists of Italian music of the 1950s besides Renato Carosone? Searching in the music of the Dolce Vita we discovered affinities...
Lecuona and Cugat, composers and leaders of the Latin music of the twentieth century
As already mentioned, the music of the first half of the twentieth century was marked by the weight of composers and conductors more than by...
The musical influences of the early 1900s on the artists of the Dolce Vita
Each artist is the product of his generation and in turn influences his contemporaries. How then was the extraordinary artistic generation of the...
La macchietta is the heart of a concert show in the manner of Carosone
La macchietta is a caricature, used in theater and variety shows since the mid-nineteenth century. We find it in Ettore Petrolini, Raffaele Viviani,...
Good is the greatest enemy of great (story of a tribute to a pianist, without a piano)
Paying a tribute to Renato Carosone is a lost challenge from the start, because his recordings are unparalleled. Only musicians of the caliber of...
2021, the year of the “Carosello Carosone” biopic
On the occasion of the centenary of its birth, Rai ( Public italian Television )produced and broadcast “Carosello Carosone”. The movie celebrates...
How does music change after the 60’s?
It is always difficult to draw clear divisions in the evolution of music, but there are some clear differences that jump out in the 60’s.If we look...
The music of the 50s according to Los Carosones: the media revolution
To tell a multi-faceted and intense period like the second post-war period through music, we inevitably had to simplify the story. Renato Carosone...