Cat Power, Mannarino, Avion Travel, Afterhours, Bud Spencer Blues Explosion and Brunori Sas were the main guests of the eighth edition of Sud Est Indipendente.
On Thursday, July 24th in Torre Regina Giovanna in Apani, in the province of Brindisi, the festival kicked off with a concert-event by Cat Power an icon of the global alternative rock scene, organized in collaboration with Torre Regina Giovanna and Radar Concerti. The U.S. singer-songwriter arrived for the first time in Salento for one of the two Italian stops on her “Sun” world tour. The all-female evening was opened by three Apulian singer-songwriters, Una, Mery Fiore and Sofia Brunetta. In closing space was given to the selectinos of Panic Indie Rock.
On Friday, August 1st, the festival moved to Parco Gondar in Gallipoli (LE) for a concert by Afterhours, one of the cult bands of rock made in Italy, for one of the dates of the “Hai Paura del Buio? – Tour 2014.” The concert was opened by Muffx, I Misteri del Sonno, La Gente and closed by Ballarock‘s DJ.
On Friday, August 8th, Lecce ‘sRoman Amphitheater featured Avion Travel, who, almost 10 years after their last tour together, returned to perform in concert with the historic lineup (Peppe Servillo, Fausto Mesolella, Mario Tronco, Mimì Ciaramella, Ferruccio Spinetti, Peppe D’Argenzio) that made them known and loved by the general public.
On Saturday, August 9th and Sunday, August 10th, Sud Est Indipendente met the Green Sound Festival, promoted by the social promotion association “LeMiriadi49,” organized in collaboration with the environmental educators group “Il Formicaio” and CoolClub. Guests of the first evening were Non Giovanni, Leitmotiv and Brunori Sas, who presented songs from his new record project “Il cammino di Santiago in Taxi.” On Sunday Thee Elephant presented their eponymous debut album, a record of songs written with the intention of mixing the strong tones of the lyrics with a biting and at the same time elegant rock. Sharing the stage with them is Brindisi singer-songwriter Oh Petroleum. Closing is the unmistakable blend of the Bud Spencer Blues Explosion with their third album “BSB3.”
On Wednesday, August 13th, the eighth edition of the festival ended in Piazza Libertini with a concert by Roman singer-songwriter Alessandro Mannarino for a leg of the tour the artist has been taking to the stages of Italy to promote his new album “Al Monte.“[:en]#SEIfestival 2014 – July 24th @ Torre Regina Giovanna in Apani, Brindisi featuring Cat Power
August 1st @ Parco Gondar of Gallipoli (LE) with Afterhours, Muffx, I Misteri del Sonno, La Gente and Ballarock’s dj set
August 8th @ Roman Amphitheater in Lecce with Avion Travel; 9/10 with Non Giovanni, Leitmotiv, Brunori Sas, Domenica Thee Elephant, Oh Petroleum and Bud Spencer Blues Explosion
August 13th in Lecce with Mannarino
Since its beginning in 2006, the SEI has declared its vocation to choose heterogeneous groups and projects, to transform itself every time expanding the horizon of its proposals to offer to its audience a broad and varied overview of the music looking for different genres, from punk to singer-songwriter, from rock to ska, from folk to the upbeat rhythms. In the different locations of Salento that have hosted the festival, took turns artists like Kings of Convenience, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cat Power, Baustelle, Gogol Bordello, Bugo, Skatalites, Daniele Silvestri, Verdena, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, Vallanzaska, Teatro degli Orrori, One Dimensional Man, Russell Leetch, Is Tropical, Populous, Giuda, Fast Animals and Slow Kids, Mannarino, Avion Travel, Negrita, Calibro 35, Brunori Sas, Amor Fou, Lombroso, Dellera and many other Italian and Apulian realities such as Crifiu, Mascarimirì, Mery Fiore, Sofia Brunetta, La Gente, Una.
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