Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Lucano
This song is an ode to the region of Basilicata, also known as Lucania, in the southernmost part of Italy. Some of the lyrics go by very very quickly, which is why it's classified as advanced. Still, the refrain is slower and clearer, so why not give it a whirl, even if you're a beginner!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Jovanotti sings about an eternal Saturday night, where people dance and have fun. When you think it's over, it starts up again... What he's really trying to say is open to interpretation.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Biagio Antonacci wrote the song "Vivimi" for Laura Pausini in 2004. "Vivimi" is tricky to translate, as it can mean "share life with me" or "experience me" or "live me."
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Annalisa's "Una Finestra tra le Stelle" [A Window Among the Stars] was one of the top songs at the 2015 Sanremo Festival. The video was filmed at a famed Veneto villa, Villa Mosconi Bertani, where Valpolicella wine is produced.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Nek sings a simple song about how people are made to love one another, despite everything. The song came in second at the Sanremo Festival.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Elisa covers Luciano Ligabue's 2014 song "A modo tuo" (In Your Own Way). Ligabue's song describes his concerns about his own daughter's growing up. Elisa's "A modo tuo" has been a huge hit.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Paola Turci first sang "Bambini" at the 1989 Sanremo Festival. The song is an indictment of child exploitation and an atypical song for Sanremo. She's joined by Marina Rei in this video.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Nino Buonocore, a Neapolitan singer-songwriter, performs his love song, Scrivimi [Write to Me]. Buonocore wrote the song in 1990 and it has had tremendous success ever since.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Tiziano Ferro's breakup song, "Troppo Buono" ("Too Good"), was released on his 2011 album, L'amore è una cosa semplice (Love Is a Simple Thing).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this song from 1979, Lucio Dalla sings of two young people who wish they could change their lives for the better.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Roman
Francesco De Gregori's inspiration for La donna cannone [The Cannonball Lady] came from a newspaper article about a circus performer who quit the circus for love.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here is Tiziano Ferro with another breakup song. This is from the album Nessuno è solo (Nobody Is Alone), 2006
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Vasco Rossi in his hit song Un senso sings about the meaning of life. He's accompanied by an orchestra in Reggio Emilia's Teatro Municipale.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michele Zarrillo sings L'elefante e la farfalla [The Elephant and the Butterfly] at Rome's Auditorium in 2014. It was in 1996 that Zarrillo first sang this beautiful ballad.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Ligabue wrote the love song Tu sei lei (You're Her) for his wife. The video was filmed largely along the Tiber in Rome.
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