Lou Dalfin is an
Italian folk and
folk-rock/
folk-punk
Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. It was popularized in the early 1980s by the Pogues in England, and by Violent Femmes in the United States. Folk punk achieved some mainstream success in ...
group focused on preserving and modernizing the traditions of
Occitania
Occitania ( oc, Occitània , , or ) is the historical region in Western and Southern Europe where the Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes still used as a second language. This cultural area roughly encompasse ...
. Founded in 1982 by
hurdy-gurdy
The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a vi ...
master
Sergio Berardo, the band combines traditional
Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...
sounds with modern rock instrumentation.
Musicians
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Sergio Berardo - voice,
ghironda
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Dino Tron -
accordion,
organetto,
bag pipe
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...
*
Riccardo Serra -
drums
*
Gianluca Dho -
bass
*
Enrico Gosmar -
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
*
Luca Biggio -
sax
*
Mario Poletti -
mandolin,
bouzouki
The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...
Discography
* En franso i ero de grando guero (1982)
* L'aze d'alegre (1984)
* W Jan d' l'eiretto (1992)
* Gibous, Bagase e Bandí (1995)
* Radio Ousitania libra (1997)
* Lo viatge (1998)
* La flor de lo Dalfin (2001)
* Sem encar ici (2003)
* L’òste dal Diau (2004)
* L’òste dal Diau - International Version (2004)
* Al temps de festa en Occitania (DVD, 2005)
* I Virasolelhs (2007)
* Remescla (2009)
* Cavalier Faidit (2012)
* Musica Endemica (2016)
External links
Official websiteLive in Turin
Italian musical groups
Occitan music
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