ZIRINGAGLIA

streetsongs – tziganeswing – klezmersouls - tarantelle and umza umza music

At the end of Summer ’96 it was bound to happen that a group of strange musicians coming from here and there in Apulia (South of Italy) should meet. 
Half buskers and half researchers they share an immense love for popular music coming from coloured traditions, influenced by mediterranean and rom culture.
Ziringaglia stands for an ideal caravan of gypsies, tramps, happily melancholic or melancholically happy stray-men whose music and lines fascinate for the harshness of their melodies, in a theatrical atmosphere like a circus. 
All music and songs are composed by Ziringaglia, carefully based on the characterisation of purely acoustic instruments. 
It is possible to dance to their tunes as well as to listen to them in a serene mood. Joyful and skilful they are well-matched as they link a rhytm section which gets on very well to soloists who assure a strong impact on stage. 
They perform indifferently on big stages as well as in theatres and pubs which are for the occasion transformed into their natural habitat : the street. 
The band:

Kino Fiore - guitar & voice
Loredana Perrini - voice & bells
Carlo Mascolo – trombone
Roberto Piccirilli - violin
Giovanni Chiapperini - accordion & percussions
Pippo Casamassima - doublebass  
Aldo Grillo - popoular-oriental percussions 

A SHORT CUT ABOUT ZIRINGAGLIA

Like a "tzigane caravan", among circus, theatre and music, since 1996 try to show the spirit of a mediterranean people, with original compositions and traditional instruments for an acoustic, coloured and rhytmical sound, sweet and poetical melodies and funny scenes. It' possible to dance to their tunes as well as to listen to them in a serene mood. Who tries to define in one word their music, he/she has to be succeed in containing these ideas: streetsongs- tziganeswing-klezmersouls-tarantelle and umza umza music.