There is a big heart that has been celebrating Italy, Christmas, children and the musical traditions of our country for almost twenty years in New York. It does so with commitment, courage, talent, and an infinite love and pride for its Italian roots. It is the heart of Cristina Fontanelli, artist, singer, producer, who every year in December organ...

Italian music over the years has had countless extraordinary protagonists but no one ever reached the fame and importance of Mina. In fact, hers is the most famous Italian voice of all times. Her incredible career took in the sixties and continues to this day. Here you will be able learn all about the story of the queen of Italian music and go over...

Luca might be a movie about sea monsters, but where the sound of Pixar’s films is concerned, it’s the closest thing to one set in the real world. True, teenage Luca lives underwater with his fish-finned family, but when he steps out of the water and into an Italian fishing village, he becomes a human boy in the very recognizable 1960s, a time perio...

Who has ever heard of “La tigre di Cremona” (Cremona’s tiger)? Well this is how is called one of the greatest Italian singers of all times: Mina Mazzini. And, this year, we celebrate her 80th birthday. Mina was born in 1940 in a small town close to Milan but, at the age of three, she and her family moved the most known Cremona. She appeared for the...

In a hyper-connected, hyper-technological world, in which everything is visible, it makes an impression that entire generations have never been able to see Mina “live”. The singer, who turns 80, is undoubtedly the greatest voice that Italy has known, a beloved artist, very popular all over the world who, as is now known, at some point decided to re...

Italian music legend Mina sings songs by legendary singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti in her new album, Paradiso (Lucio Battisti Songbook), out November 30, the record company Warner Music said Tuesday. The album, available in double CD, triple LP and digitally, gathers songs by Battisti and his lyricist Mogol already sung by Mina, plus two tracks ne...