Thursday, May 6, 2010

Modena City Ramblers

The Modena City Ramblers were formed in 1991 by a group of friends that wanted to play traditional Irish music.

The first to join were Alberto Morselli, Giovanni Rubbiani and Alberto Cottica (still in Lontano da dove), Chris Dennis (formerly a member of Nomadi), Filippo Chieli, Franco D'Aniello and Luciano Gaetani from 'Abazia dei folli. On Saint Patrick's Day in 1991, during a concert in a pub in Modena, they chose the name Modena City Ramblers.

The name was an homage to Dublin City Ramblers, an Irish band.
MCR website
MCR fan page

Bella Ciao
The song Bella Ciao was sung by the left-wing anti-fascist resistance movement in Italy, a movement by anarchists, communists, socialists and other militant anti-fascist partisans. The author of the lyrics is unknown, and the music seems to come from an earlier folk song sung by riceweeders in the Po Valley.

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