«Pulcinella bella» (feat. Mimmo Epifani)

Single

release date: January 05th 2024

recording label: T.S.A. Total Sounding Area

“Pulcinella bella” is a song inspired by the carnival mask of Alessandria del Carretto, a small village of 355 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza. It is a very engaging song, in fact it is a sort of upbeat pizzica in Renanera sauce, but the big surprise is the artist with whom Unaderosa and Antonio Deodati chose to collaborate. This is maestro Mimmo Epifani, from Puglia from San Vito Dei Normanni, who is considered by critics to be one of the best musicians and connoisseurs of ethnic music at an international level for the technical innovations of improvisation applied to his instrument, the mandolin, as well as for the technique of the “barber's mandola”.
The meeting between Renanera and Mimmo Epifani took place in September 2023, when they shared the stage of a concert performing their respective live shows. They liked each other! “Pulcinella bella” had already been written by Renanera and maestro Epifani appreciated it very much, so he embellished the song with his mandolin and his unmistakable mantric nursery rhymes. Mimmo Epifani's long musical career includes collaborations with great artists such as Roberto de Simone, Massimo Ranieri, Eugenio Bennato, with whom he founded the Taranta Power movement and then Antonio Infantino, Caterina Bueno, Matteo Salvatore, Ambrogino Sparagna, Avion Travel, Peppe Servillo , Pietra Montecorvino, José Barros, Danilo Rea, Rita Marcotulli, Fabrizio Bosso, Roberto Gatto, Furio Di Castri, Xavier Girotto and Fausto Mesolella, with whom he took care of the arrangements of some of his numerous recordings. He was one of the protagonists of Notte della Taranta, he set music to many feature films and participated in film productions as an actor.

TRACK CREDITS

lyrics: Concetta De Rosa - Mimmo Epifani

music: Concetta De Rosa

produced by Antonio Deodati and Unaderosa

recording, mix and mastering by Antonio Deodati @ Total Sounding Area Studio - Lagonegro (PZ - Italy)

arrangiaments: Antonio Deodati

Unaderosa: vocals

Mimmo Epifani: mandola, mandolino and vocals

Antonio Deodati: synths, saz baglma, loops

Alberto Oriolo: violin

Marilena Gragnaniello: backing vocals

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