Franco Commisso, an emerging Italian artist, talks about his latest song "Mai, mai ormai," [Never, Never by Now]. The interview covers subjects like his early start in music, competing at age three, and his performing in Korea. Video provided by PA 74 Music.

Franco Battiato sings about love philosophically. It's useless to have regrets, since we can't go back in time.

Permeating the song are images of a Sicilian beach in the hot summer and the waves that could carry you out to sea.

Tozeur is a city in southwestern Tunisia, near the Algerian border. The train line referred to in the song was originally built for the king in the early 1900s when Tunisia was still a French protectorate. More info about the song here.

Francesco goes about explaining philosophy to children using a jar. Philosophy is like magic, but while magic involves objects, philosophy involves ideas.

Is the jar full or empty? Let's see what Francesco and the kids have to say about it.

Francesco Renga's love song "Angelo" won the 2005 edition of the highly prestigious Festival di San Remo, then in its 55th year.

Francesco Gabbani performs the hit that won at the Festival di Sanremo in 2017. It's also a great song for workouts.

There are too many plays on words in this song to describe here, but one stands out in particular: e state (and you stay) and estate (summer). The song pokes fun at Italians on vacation, all the while being very Italian itself. Yabla Italian wishes you a great summer. Buona estate!

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.

Francesca Vitalini describes her training in journalism and her work for a newspaper in Garbatella, a neighborhood of Rome.

What kinds of jobs does a journalist do? Francesca explains what her job entails.

Besides working as a journalist, Francesca is involved in some international projects for sustainability. Here, she tells about a hospital in Gaza.

"Sunshine for Palestine" has set in motion an innovative project for teaching the latest scientific theories to young people, and it has been enormously successful.

Francesca and Marika are sitting in a park conversing, using the verb potere (able/can). Why not join them?