(Aug. 7) – The music of Apulia will have a major role in the 20th edition of the Sziget Festival, that started yesterday in Budapest. “The Best European Major Festival” 2011: thanks to the collaboration between Puglia Sounds and L’Alternativa, Erica Mou, Mama Marjas, Serpenti, Fabryka, Insintesi, One Way Ticket and Iohosemprevoglia will perform on the new Puglia Sounds / Mambo Stage. The special stage will be, in fact, added to the 23 main stages of the Festival, with the aim to promote the Apulian music and encourage cultural exchanges among Italian and international artists. From today, the new stage at the Sziget will host performances by some of the most representative artists of the new music scene in Apulia, in an explosion of sounds and different musical genres. On stage, today, the Insintesi and their dub that meets the Apulian ‘pizzica’, followed by the explosive reggae of the Marjas Mama and Miss Mikela. On Thursday, the One Way Ticket, band from Bari, accompanied by Marcia Stano, voice of the Jolaurlo, then the pop rock group IoHoSempreVoglia. Friday will be the day of the Serpenti and their electro pop, and Saturday space to the electro indie of the Fabryka and to the singer-songwriter Erica Mou. The Puglia Sounds / Mambo Stage, active every day from 11.00 to 17.00, will also host live shows of other international and Italian bands, such as I Ministri, Bud Spencer Blues Explosion! and Management del Dolore Post Operatorio. (Red)
