Author: pierpaolo lala

After a long wait the official announcement arrives: on Friday, August 9th(9:30 PM – ticket 43 euros + dp) in Palazzo Marchesalearena in Piazza Antonio Avantaggiato in Melpignano, the 18th edition of CoolClub ‘s SEI Festival hosts the unmissable return of CCCP – Fedeli alla linea. After the reunion and the consequent exhibition “Felicitazioni! CCCP – Fedeli alla linea 1984-2024” in the St. Peter’s Cloisters in Reggio Emilia, after the “Grand Gala Punkettone of Words and Images” at the Romolo Valli Theater, the three sold-out dates at the Astra Kulturhaus of Berlin with the “CCCP in DDDR” concert and the release of the unpublished live album “Altro che nuovo nuovo”, the band is back on the live scene in Italy with the In Fedeltà la Linea C’è tour.

40 years after the first EP, “Ortodossia,” Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Massimo Zamboni, Annarella Giudici and Danilo Fatur will take the stage at major Italian festivals. And among the eleven stops on one of the most eagerly awaited tours of the summer, absolutely couldn’t miss Melpignano, a Grico municipality to which the band is deeply connected because of the incredible story of the tour to the Soviet Union told in the recent film “Kissing Gorbachev” by Andrea Paco Mariani and Luigi D’Alife. Far from a nostalgic operation, always free from labels and boundaries, CCCP – Fedeli alla linea return by popular demand to speak to today’s world, in a series of live shows between the sacred and the profane where the slogan “Produci, consuma, crepa” resonates as topical as ever. A success, theirs, molded by the ability to make every action iconic, leaving an indelible imprint in the imagination of multiple generations.

Pre-sales for the concert on Friday, August 9th, organized by Sei Festival in collaboration with A Melpignano – Meridiano Salento by Razmataz Live and the Municipality of Melpignano, are active on the TicketMaster – TicketOne – Dice circuits.

All summer long, the festival conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub, realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Region of Puglia with the support of Garofano Wines and in collaboration with numerous public and private entities, will offer its musical journey around Salento with the claim “Perdersi per Ritrovarsi”.

The tour of CCCP – Fedeli alla Linea, conceived and curated in collaboration with Luca Zannotti‘s Musiche Metropolitane , will kick off May 21st in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, continue at Circolo Magnolia in Milan for a preview of Mi Ami Festival (May 23rd), at Ippodromo delle Capannelle in Rome for Rock in Roma (June 13th), Collegno, in the province of Turin, for Flowers Festival (June 27th), at Barton Park in Perugia for Moon in June (June 28th), at Villa Bellini in Catania for Summer Fest (July 4th), at Villa Ca’ Cornaro in Romano D’Ezzelino, in the province of Vicenza, for Ama Festival (July 12th), in Servigliano, in the province of Fermo for NoSound Fest (July 21st), at Parco Mediceo di Pratolino in Florence for Musart Festival (July 26th) and in the Ivan Graziani Amphitheater in Alghero for Festival Abbabula (August 3rd).

Don’t miss your chance to experience Coolclub ‘s SEI Festival as a protagonist. Join this call and become part of our staff to contribute to the success of the 18th edition of the event that will offer its musical journey around Salento from July 19th to August 30th.

Since 2006, in fact, SEI (acronym for Sud Est indipendente) has been bringing the most interesting sounds of the Italian and international scene in the entire Lecce Provence, offering the public a wide and varied overview of music from punk to singer-songwriter, rock to ska, folk to upbeat rhythms, electronic to the new Italian scene.

Have you already seen the program ? This year we are hosting national and international artists such as CCCP – Fedeli alla linea, Rufus Wainwright, Dardust, Beach Fossils, La Crus, Bar Italia, Yīn Yīn, Parbleu, I Hate my village, The Bluebeaters, Dov’è Liana, Materazi Future Club, Massimo Silverio, Emma Nolde, Nebula, La musica di Forte, Maladé, Postino, Santamarea, Thomas Umbaca, Ninotchka, Cristiano Metrangolo, Ninfa Giannuzzi and Valerio Daniele, Agnese Contini and many other experiences.

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CCCP – Fedeli alla linea, Rufus Wainwright, Dardust, Beach Fossils, La Crus, Bar Italia, Yīn Yīn, Parbleu, I Hate my village, The Bluebeaters, Dov’è Liana, Materazi Future Club, Bassolino, Massimo Silverio, Emma Nolde, Nebula, La musica di Forte, Maladé, Postino, Santamarea, Thomas Umbaca, Ninotchka, Cristiano Metrangolo, Ninfa Giannuzzi and Valerio Daniele are the already confirmed guests of the 18th edition of Coolclub‘s SEI Festival. Characterized by the claim “Perdersi per Ritrovarsi“, from June 21st to August 30th, also this summer the event will offer its musical journey around Salento. Since 2006, in fact, SEI (acronym for Sud Est indipendente) has been bringing the most interesting sounds of the Italian and international scene in the whole province of Lecce, offering the public a wide and varied overview of music from punk to singer-songwriter, rock to ska, folk to upbeat rhythms, electronic to the new Italian scene.

Anticipation grows for the unmissable return to Melpignano(Friday, August 9th) of CCCP – Fedeli alla linea. Among the stops of the most eagerly awaited summer’s tour started in Bologna, absolutely could not miss the small Griko town to which the band is deeply attached because of the incredible story of the tour in the Soviet Union told in the recent movie “Kissing Gorbachev” by Andrea Paco Mariani and Luigi D’Alife. Forty years after the first EP, “Ortodossia”, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Massimo Zamboni, Annarella Giudici and Danilo Fatur will take the stage at the AMelpignano arena in Antonio Avantaggiato Square. Also in Melpignano but in Piazza San Giorgio will arrive the Canadian artist Rufus Wainwright(Friday, July 19th). Described by Sir Eltohn John as “the greatest living singer-songwriter,” he will present a solo show (piano and voice) in which the audience will be able to be carried away by melodies steeped in folk tones and flashes of traditional American song. Instead, in theAmphitheater of the Archaeological Park of Rudiae in Lecce, a city that was first Messapian and then Roman, known above all for being the birthplace of the father of Latin literature Quintus Ennius, Dardust, one of the world’s most listened to and appreciated Italian musicians and producers, will perform a piano solo concert(Saturday, August 3rd) and singer-songwriter, singer and guitarist Massimo Silverio, who writes and sings in Cjarniel, a minority language of the Carnic Alps(Sunday, August 11th).

The festival will open as early as Friday, June 21st, at Garofano Vigneti e Cantine in the Tenuta Li Monaci in Copertino with a sunset sound walk among the rows of vines and a concert by Neapolitan pianist, composer and producer Bassolino. As every year, many are the dates hosted among the terraces, atrium and moat of the Castello Volante of Corigliano d’Otranto, which this year will host two international evenings between indie rock and post-punk, funk and traditional Asian music, cumbia and afrobeat with the Beach Fossils U.S. band and the anglo|italian trio Bar Italia(August 12th), Parbleu, an excursion of equatorial groove, and the quartet Yīn Yīn, which lives artistically on a tropical island between Europe and Southeast Asia(Tuesday, August 13th). In the ancient fortress also the final of the Sei d’Autore contest (June 28th and 29th), Emma Nolde, La musica di Forte and Santamarea (July 20th), Nebula (July 21st), Maladé (July 26th), the ska and rocksteady’s masters The Bluebeaters (July 27th), the Florentine indie singer-songwriter Postino (July 28th), the French Dov’è Liana(July 31st), the return of the La Crus and the Ninotchka (August 7th), the new projects of the people of Salento Ninfa Giannuzzi and Valerio Daniele(August 8th) and Cristiano Metrangolo(Thursday, 22th). To celebrate Ferragosto the SEI will move to Specchia with I Hate my Village and Materazi future club. In Lecce on August 30th, pianist Thomas Umbaca will also perform. The program will be further enriched by other concerts, book presentations, meetings and workshops for adults and children.

Designed, produced and promoted by Coolclub, the SEI Festival is realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Region of Puglia, the sponsorship of the Lecce Province and the municipalities of Lecce, Corigliano d’Otranto, Melpignano and Specchia, of the Creative Apulia Productive District and of Assomusica with the support of Garofano Wines and in collaboration with Castello Volante, TicketMaster, A.R.Va srl, Razmataz Live and other public and private entities.

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Since 2006, SEI – Sud Est indipendente Festival, one of the most important festivals in the musical agenda of all southern Italy, has brought to Salento the most interesting sounds of Italian and international music, offering the public a wide and varied overview of music from punk to songwriting, from rock to ska, from folk to upbeat rhythms, from electronic to the new Italian scene. In the various Salento locations, which have hosted the festival in the first sixteen editions, have featured international artists such as Kings of Convenience, Lee Ranaldo, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cat Power, Suzanne Vega, Peter Hook & The Light, Skatalites, Joan as Police Woman, Thurston Moore Group, Goran Bregovic & Wedding and Funeral Band, New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, Zion Train, Leeroy Thornhill, Shame, Finn Andrews, Patrick Watson, J.P. Bimeni & The Black Belts, Giant Sand, Hollie Cook, Gogol Bordello, Mad Professor, Bombino, Russell Leetch (Editors), Arab Strap, Black Midi, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Redi Hasa, the Italian Baustelle, Calcutta, Franco126, Mannarino, Avion Travel, Negrita, Lo Stato Sociale, Brunori Sas, Be Forest, Dente, Nada, Niccolò Fabi, Calibro 35, Diaframma, Any Other, Lorenzo Kruger, Venerus, Ariete, Francesco Bianconi, Cristina Donà, Cristiano Godano, Paolo Benvegnù, Roberto Angelini, Bud Spencer Blues Explosion, Coma_Cose, Galeffi, Eugenio In Via di Gioia, Andrea Poggio, Siberia, Canova, Colombre, Giorgio Poi, Bugo, Daniele Silvestri, Cosmo, Verdena, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, Vallanzaska, Teatro degli Orrori, One Dimensional Man, La Municipàl and many others from Puglia, Italy and the rest of the world. Since 2009 it has been supported (through various measures) by the Region of Puglia and since 2017 it has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture’s Single Fund for Performing Arts among festivals worthy of support. In 2017 and 2018, the Festival is also funded by SIAE’s Sillumina call for proposals.

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After the long-awaited announcement of the unmissable return of the CCCP – Fedeli alla linea, in concert on August 9th at the AMelpignano arena, the previews of the 18th edition of CoolClub’s SEI Festival continue, characterized by the claim“Perdersi per Ritrovarsi“. Friday, July 19th(9:30 PM – Ttcket 40 euros – single unnumbered seat) always in Melpignano, but in Piazza San Giorgio, Rufus Wainwright will arrive. Described by Sir Eltohn John as “the greatest living singer-songwriter“, the naturalized Canadian American artist returns to Italy for two unique and special dates. Indeed, in the Griko town and in Fiesole, the singer-songwriter will present a solo show (piano and voice) in which the audience will be able to be carried away by melodies steeped in folk tones and flashes of traditional American song. Presales for the exclusive live show, organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Melpignano, are available in the Dice and TicketMaster circuits.

Praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality”, Rufus Wainwright has distinguished himself on the music panorama as one of the finest vocalists, songwriters and composers of his generation. Each concert takes on the appearance of a small sonic treasure chest from which sounds embrace more classical sonorities, blending with scenes from the folk and pop traditions come out. A versatile minstrel who juggles the facets of his soul with passion and honesty, highlighting melodramatic overtones, but also definite sounds through an amiable and refined fusion of different musical genres. 2023 was the year in which Wainwright, son of folk artists, embarked on a journey to rediscover his family’s musical roots, giving birth to the album Folkocracy, which also features numerous folk duets with artists like Chaka Khan, John Legend, Anohni and others.

Born in New York and grown in Montreal, Rufus Wainwright has released ten studio albums, three DVDs and three live albums to date , including the Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, named to the GRAMMY® . He collaborated with artists like Elton John, Burt Bacharach, David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell and many others. He wrote two operas and numerous songs for film and television. For several years he has been working on his first musical of John Cassavetes’ Opening Night for the West End with Ivo van Hove, which is scheduled to debut at the Gielgud Theater in March 2024.

All summer long, SEI, a festival conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub, realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Region of Puglia with the support of Garofano Wines and in collaboration with numerous public and private entities, will offer its musical journey around Salento.

There is time until Saturday, June 15th to participate in the third edition of SEI D’Autore, a contest dedicated to young Apulian singer-songwriters promoted by Coolclub‘s SEI Festival. In fact, the project is intended to promote the discovery of new talent by giving the opportunity for eight female artists under 30 (singers, songwriters and authors – in whole or in part – of the songs) to perform to conquer the SEI stage. After an initial selection, in fact, the final of the competition – which will be held on June, Friday 28th and Saturday, 29th at the Castello Volante of Corigliano d’Otranto – will designate a winner who will be inserted in the lineup of the 18th edition of the Festival characterized by the claim “Perdersi per Ritrovarsi”. The first two editions were won by Adastra (2022) and Stain (2023). Throughout the summer the SEI, a festival conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub, realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Region of Puglia with the support of Garofano Wines and in collaboration with numerous public and private entities, will offer its musical journey around Salento. Among guests already confirmed, waiting for the full lineup, there are CCCP – Fedeli alla Linea, Rufus Wainwright, Beach Fossils, La Crus, Bar Italia, Yīn Yīn, Parbleu, Bassolino and Ninotchka.

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Beach Fossils, Yīn Yīn, Bar Italia and Parbleu: after the announcement of the concerts of Rufus Wainwright (July 19th) and the CCCP – Fedeli alla linea(August 9th), the previews of the 18th edition of CoolClub’s SEI Festival continue, featuring the claim“Perdersi per Ritrovarsi“. On Monday 12th and Tuesday, August 13th(info and presales Dice – Ticketmaster) the Castello Volante of Corigliano d’Otranto will host two international evenings not to be missed among indie rock and post-punk,funk andtraditional Asian music, cumbia and afrobeat.

On Monday, August 12th (9:30 PM – ticket 25 euros + dp) Sei Festival will host, for the first time in Puglia, the U.S. band Beach Fossils and the Anglo|Italian trioBar Italia.Formed by Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton, the name of this project is inspired by the famous London bar, paying tribute to the city’s rich music and cultural scene. The band mixes post-punk, lo-fi, dream-pop and shoegaze, with an experimental approach that combines rough vocals and emotional and scratchy sounds. To follow, directly from Brooklyn, the indie rock of the Beach Fossils. The quartet will offer, among others, the songs of “Bunny“. The fourth album, released in 2023 by Bayonet Records, encloses the entire emotional world of frontman Dustin Payseur and represents an evolution of the band’s sound over the years, drawing elements from the strident melancholy of “What a Pleasure,” the lush arrangements of “Somersault,” and the gritty, post-punk-inspired pieces of “Clash the Truth”.

On Tuesday 13th August (9:30 PM – ticket 17 euros + dp) the evening will welcome the band Parbleu, an excursion of equatorial groove with the union of cumbia, psychedelic Afro-Caribbean rhythms and French-style retro style. Andres Balbucea and Andrea de Fazio are leading an enigmatic ensemble of musicians in which energetic expanses of disco, futuristic funk and cinematic jazz fusion are awash in warm vibrations of Caribbean dub, Latin tropical and sunny afrobeat. On stage there is also Yīn Yīn quartet, which lives artistically on a tropical island between Europe and Southeast Asia. After “The rabbit that hunts tigers” (2019) and “The age of aquarius” (2022), the third album “Mount Matsu” was released in January, a kaleidoscope of sounds and influences, occupying a no-man’s land between Khruangbin and Kraftwerk, Southeast Asian surf music and psychedelia, stax soul and mutant 80s disco, city pop and Japanese instrumental folk.

Throughout the summer the SEI, a festival conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub, realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Region of Puglia with the support of Garofano Wines and in collaboration with numerous public and private entities, will offer its musical journey around Salento.

There is time until Thursday, May 30th, to subscribe for“Lasciami qui“: from Monday, June 3rd to Wednesday, June 12th, at the Castello Volante of Corigliano d’Otranto , the 18th edition of CoolClub’s SEI Festival, characterized by the claim“Perdersi per Ritrovarsi“, is hosting a free community theater workshop curated by actress, author, educator and cultural worker Alessandra De Luca. The work will start from the lyrics of the songs by CCCP – Fedeli alla linea, guests of the festival on August 9th in Melpignano, which because of their poetic valence and poetic poignancy easily lend themselves both to be used theatrically and to stimulate a background of memories, recollections and emotional identifications in anyone who approaches them, even in those who, not knowing them, listen/read them for the first time. The participants will be invited, through the playful and communal practices of theater art, to manipulate lyrics and words, each of which will be like a drawer that opened will give life to small personal stories or large public stories, to the point of constructing a cartography that is emotional and sensory, bul also historical and cultural. The seven meetings(June 3|4|6|7|10|11|12 – 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM) will conclude on Thursday, June 13th at 8:00 PM with a traveling return among the halls and terraces of the Castello Volante. The workshop is free and open to all (professionals and ordinary people, even without any experience in theater). Registration via an online form expires Thursday, May 30th at 12 PM.

Actress, author, educator, cultural worker, Alessandra De Luca lives and works between Salento, where she was born, and Rome. In addition to strictly artistic activity, she pulls over the commitment to community empowerment projects through artistic practices and workshop pathways aimed especially at adolescents or groups of people at risk of social exclusion. She is the creator and curator of socio-cultural projects with schools and universities and with organizations, associations and institutions especially in Rome, Lazio and Puglia. She is a graduate of acting from “Silvio d’Amico”, the National Academy of Dramatic Art of Rome. She is a master’s degree graduate with honors from Dams of Roma Tre University. She works as a performer and educator for the Koreja Theater in Lecce and also collaborates with the Cranpi company in Rome and the Opera Prima Association. She is the actress and co-author of the project “Fake Folk” and the show “Heroides”, as well as the author and actress of “Bandiera Bianca”, winner of the Calandra Prize 2022. She curates the readings in Goffredo Fofi’s “Bancarelle” column for Rai Radio 3 Since 2021, she has been artistic director of the “Audience Revolution” project. For the Fondazione Roma Tre Teatro Palladium, she coordinates the projects “Metamorphosis” and “R.E.T.E.”, funded by the European Union. She is involved in the projects “Viva – Tante belle cose” and “Reach Out.” For eight years she has been collaborating with the Palladium Theater of Roma Tre University in various roles, Including the coordination of training internships. She participated in the European projects “Aida” and “Complicities” and debuted in Paris with “Les Chevalier de Charlemagne.” She is author of the wise “Le identità degli spettatori” and she participates in film projects, narrating audiobooks. She organizes the Cinema del Reale Festival in Salento and the Attraversamenti Multipli Festival in Rome.

Throughout the summer the SEI, a festival conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub, realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Region of Puglia with the support of Garofano Wines and in collaboration with numerous public and private entities, will offer its musical journey around Salento. Among the guests already confirmed are CCCP – Fedeli alla Linea, Rufus Wainwright, Beach Fossils, La Crus, Bar Italia, Yīn Yīn, Parbleu, Bassolino and Ninotchka.

Info
3331803375 – www.seifestival.it