La Notte della Taranta is a big Italian festival of popular folk music of Apulia region (and not only) celebrating especially the pizzica folk dance of the deep south and music culminating in the big final concert with special guest stars. This year in Salento those were local hero Diodato, Mahmood and Gianna Nannini. It was a perfect occasion for Mahmood to celebrate his Egyptian roots with a wonderful arrangement of an old song in Arabic, the very same he sings about in his hit Giovenu bruciata , that his father sung out of tune in the car when Mahmood was a kid: "Mettevi in macchina le tue canzoni arabe e Stonavi e poi mi raccontavi vecchie favole" The song's arrangement by Paolo Buonvino isn't exactly faithful to the original but mixes also pizzica elements and Italian feeling to it even if the Arabic influences are loud and clear. Mahmood's next surprise is a duet with Andrea Bocelli.... stay tuned! Ps. Check out also Diodato ...