Oct. 8 – The Puglia Sounds, an intense three-day music festival dedicated to different musical styles from Puglia, including jazz, reggae, fold and rock, begin today to end on Wednesday in London. Among the performing artists: Emma Marrone, Nicola Conte, Sud Sound System, Radiodervish, Erica Mou, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Mama Marjas, Livio Minafra, Nidi d’Arac, La Fame di Camilla, Serpenti, Populous and Larssen. Tonight, Koko, one of the most well-known London venues, where artists such as Noel Gallagher, Amy Winehouse and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have performed, will host: Erica Mou, a young but already famous singer produced by Sugar; Emma Marrone, the recent winner of the Sanremo Festival; Nicola Conte, a famed Italian jazz player; Sud Sound System, with their immediately recognizable mix of dialect and reggae; and the dj Larssen, who will perform during the after-show. Tomorrow, the festival will be held in Dingwalls, where Livio Minafra, winner of the Top Jazz Award, will perform a piano solo, alongside the Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Mama Marjas and Miss Mykela, who will be accompanied by the British band Sista Women in Reggae. The latter will present the We Ladies project, produced by Adrian Sherwood. Populous will close the night off with a dj set produced by the Berlin company Morr Music. On Wednesday, also at the Dingwall, the electro pop duo Serpenti and the pop-rock group La Fame di Camilla will open the show, followed by Radiodervish and Nidi D’Arac, who will propose an experiment between traditional and experimental music from Puglia.
