Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Like last year I decided again look back and see who provided the soundtrack of my year 2014, or the albums I have listened and loved the most. One album stands above everything else for some many reasons, Valentina Monett a's Sensibilitá . I was able to follow its progress and shaping up, and then follow her to Copenhagen and experience such joy and happiness along with the team I will never forget. But also because it's a great album. Very variable in material but Valentina sings her way through the styles and songs with grace and dignity and shows what a talented vocalist and songwriter she is. Ralph Siegel has provided the Eurovision material including her entry Maybe and the other initial possibilities Guardami ancora , Il fiume and the title track , but Valentina explores other styles and rhythms in her own songs Il vento , Hotel , Per te , Molto di più .. An icing in the cake is A kiss , duet with Josh De Cadenex, one of the many guests on the album. This blogge...

Listen to the album trailer Alice's new album Weekend is released today. The title comes from the fact it has been recorded over the weekends the past two years, after the release of her previous Samsara album. In many interviews she has given for the album she also talks about her relationship with Franco Battiato and the music business.  "With Battiato we have always stayed friends and I have continued singing his songs, even recording some like È stato molto bello in 2003. I asked him to write me a song for Samsara and he gave me Eri con me . Now in this album he sings duet with me in late Claudio Rocchi's La realtà non esiste , and he wrote also Veleni , a song sent to Sanremo 2014 and luckily not accepted, The lyrics are by late Manlio Sgalambro, propably his last text" she now says. "Working with Battiato is always a pleasure and comes naturally. He has also written the Italian lyrics to Tante belle cose , a Francoise Hardy cover , masterfully a...

Alice's new album Weekend will be released on November 11, 2014 and she will be meeting fans and signing copies around Italy in La Feltrinelli bookstores. Below the list where you can meet her: November 11 -  Verona @ 18:00, Feltrinelli di via Quattro Spade 2 November 12 - Milan @ 18:30, Feltrinelli di piazza Piemonte 2 November 13 -  Genoa @ 18:00, Feltrinelli di via Ceccardi 16 November 14 - Turin @ 18:30, Feltrinelli di Stazione Porta Nuova November 19 - Rome @ 18:00, Feltrinelli di via Appia Nuova 427 November 20 - Florence @ 18:30, Feltrinelli RED di piazza della Repubblica

Now it's official. Alice will release a new album titled Weekend on November 11, 2014 that follows Samsara that was released only two years ago. The album will be also released as limited edition vinyl later. She's back, back, back! Before the album, on October 24 or this Friday the new single Tante belle cose will be released digitally.  It features longtime collaborator Paolo Fresu. She has also finally joined Facebook and her official page is here . Join in!