UARAGNIAUN is the name of a group of musicians who repropose old traditional popular music from the South of Italy , in particular songs collected in the hinterland of Puglia , the Alta Murgia area. UARAGNIAUN is the old name of GARAGNONE which is a big rock of the Alta Murgia. According to an old legend , this rock was cut by the paladin Roland’s sword. The group was founded 25 years ago by Maria Moramarco , Luigi Bolognese and Silvio Teot. Even coming from different musical experiences t...
UARAGNIAUN is the name of a group of musicians who repropose old traditional popular music from the South of Italy , in particular songs collected in the hinterland of Puglia , the Alta Murgia area.
UARAGNIAUN is the old name of GARAGNONE which is a big rock of the Alta Murgia.
According to an old legend , this rock was cut by the paladin Roland’s sword.
The group was founded 25 years ago by Maria Moramarco , Luigi Bolognese and Silvio Teot.
Even coming from different musical experiences they have studied mediterranean popular harmonies getting to an original musical style. Maria Moramarco , the lead singer of the group has made field researches and recorded lots of old songs handed down orally from past generations , acquiring rare musical materials that she interprets and produces in her group performances .
She has been in contact with other researchers and popular music performers such as Otello Profazio,Ambrogio Sparagna, Daniele Sepe, Piero Ricci. The group , together with other musicians has given performances in Italy and abroad . UARAGNIAUN is a group open to the collaboration of other musicians who give their musical creative contributions that enrich the musical performances of the group .
Currently the group has got four musicians :
Maria Moramarco : the lead voice and guitar
Luigi Bolognese : guitars , mandola , bouzouki , chorus
They play Puglia folk songs, tarantelle from the Gargano , folk songs of Murgia towns , pizziche from Salento and also well known folk songs taken from Sicilia , Puglia and Basilicata traditions. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
