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Sicilian Women Folksongs
In this album Matilde Politi unveil aspects and sounds from the Sicilian tradition, that are forgotten and never exported abroad: it is the singing of the women of ancient time, hidden in the shadow of the woods and forests, where the water springs fill the caves of a little known Sicily.
The voice is the protagonist of the songs, sometimes accompanied by guitar, or accordeon and violin, mandolino or jews harp, frame drum or tamburino; sometimes the voice remains alone, resounding like the aunt's voice from the past telling us a story, a sung story that tells the troubles of a woman, Genuveffa: she was a saint for the people, becouse of her way to support the injustice and struggle caused by dominant patriarchal culture.
Matilde Politi – voce, chitarra, tamburello
Simona Di Gregorio – voce, organetto, tamburello (in tracks 1, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Alessandro Puglia – violino, mandola (in tracks 6, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Sebastian Torres – chitarra (in tracks 6, 11, 16)
Gabriele Politi – mandolino (in track 3)
Martino Passanisi – marranzano (in tracks 5, 10)
Registrato nella Sala Giuseppe Leopizzi – Arci Tavola Tonda, Palermo in settembre 2018
Registrazione ed editing – Emanuele Bignardelli
Mixaggio e mastering – Maurizio Curcio
Foto di copertina Guido Acquaviva
Felmay Records 2020