Italy’s new talent Pierdavide Carone, young singer songwriter from the finals of talent show ‘Amici’ on Italian television, appears in this video clip of his new song “Mi piaci, ma non troppo”- “I like you, but not too much”. The Italians were hoping for a video that reflected the irreverent nature of the song and are lamenting the banal and predictable content of this one. Which is particularly unfortunate because Pierdavide is more interesting than this. Check out his funky new song above.

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Italian singer Giuliano Palma’s new single, “Nuvole Rosa” or “Pink Clouds” features Melanie Fiona and is perfect for a summer song number in the Mediterranean. Melanie Fiona is enjoying some success on the pop-soul scene at the moment, with such songs as “Give it to me right” and “It kills me”. This piece between Palma and Fiona is fun but we don’t get a lot of vocal collaboration between the two. Still, something catchy for a summer cocktail.

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The new album from veteran Italian singer, Mina, features a beautiful duet with Seal. Mina’s new album, called ‘Caramella’ has had its Italian release this week, with the songwriters on board making the difference. According to reports, Seal knew of Mina and was happy to collaborate with the singer, also known as the “Cremona Tiger”. The song is the only English track on the album, and was written by Seal and Pam Sheyne, who also writes music for Christina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson.

The rest of the songs are a who’s who of the Italian music scene, with two others duets appearing. The first is between Mina and Giorgia and comes from the 2007 album, ‘Stonata’, and the second duet is with Lucio Dalla from 2003. Listen to the Mina-Seal duet after the jump.

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Eros Ramazzotti was snapped while relaxing in a hotel in Miami! The Italian singer who held a recital at the L. Knight Center just a few days ago still looks gorgeous (he’s pushing fifty) but if I were him I would shave off that stubble which, in my opinion, does not become him at all!

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For weeks rumours were rife that Italian singer Giusy Ferreri was about the release a new, mysterious single from her latest album Fotografie; even her official website took a guess at its title! But now after Giusy Ferreri’s tv interview which was aired just a couple of days ago, the secret is no more a secret: the new single is Amore Ciao, the song written by Luigi Tenco in 1967.

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Italy’s talent show ‘Amici’ concluded this week, with some tough competition from the final four candidates who competed for the victory. With most of the competitors already gaining record contracts and entre to other projects, victory on the ‘Amici’ show was the icing on the cake. Above is a video of Italian singer Emma Marrone who won the contest, in front of Loredana, another rock singer with her own individual style.

Other finalists included tenor Matteo, who brought the critics virtually to their feet with his rendition of Nessun Dorma, and Pierdavide - a quirky Italian singer-songwriter who loves performing his own work. You can forget X-Factor - these performers have done the hard yards and gone through the Amici school under some tough criticism and competition, being mentored along the way.

I’ll be frank and say that I really think Loredana should have won. Her voice, presence and style just totally blew me away and hopefully she’s not non-commercial enough for us not to see her on the scene in the future. I doubt you’d find her happily taking her place on television at the Sanremo festival because she is what you’d called an artist. Below are videos of the other finalists and a couple of their performances from the Amici finale this week.

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Former Italian supermodel and now French first lady Carla Bruni is known as one of the most sophisticated high profile ladies in the world. In fact, she has had to wear the title of ‘trophy wife’ more than once by Sarkozy detractors. But this photo is one of those moments when all of us normal women in the world who don’t have access to high class stylists and the best of the beauty business can breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, we can gloat, dammit.

That gloating is at the expense of this very unfortunate up-close shot of Carla Bruni. We’re not sure exactly what happened to produce a photo of this kind (too much botox is the word on the street), but it could have started with the use of excessive makeup the morning it was taken, and seeing it you can understand how Sarkozy might want to swap his trophy wife for Chantal Jouanno.

Relieved gloating aside, we publish this photo just in case you needed proof that the beautiful people of the world are very normal people, too. And that I might not live eternally with the shame of the plenty of ugly and embarrassing photos my parents keep of me - may they always stay buried in that cardboard box!

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Gigi d’Alessio and Claudio Baglioni perform a duet as part of Baglioni’s world tour, “Un solo mondo”, which started on March 6th in Atlantic City. The Italian singer’s tour is already sold out, but if you’re lucky enough to have tickets, you’ll catch some great live performances from this Italian poet, including his classic “Questo piccolo grande amore”. Baglioni’s next performances in March are in Montreal and Toronto.

After the jump, you’ll find the Baglioni-Alessio duet live performance on Italian television, called “Avrai”. It’s a song dedicated to Baglioni’s son, and is one of the many songs that has had worldwide success. Baglioni is an Italian singer-songwriter who has consistently produced great melodies throughout his musical career. He is touring with a team of multi-instrumentalists, and the song “Avrai” is one of the feature songs of the “One World” tour. See the duet in the video after the jump.

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In a long interview granted to Telepiù magazine, Italian singer Gigi d’Alessio whom we have recently seen in a prime-time show on Italian television talked at a length about family and success. It warms your heart through and through - said the singer- when people on the street come up to you and greet you as if you were an old friend! It saddens me that my parents are not here to share all this with me. They died before I had my first really big success.

Gigi D’Alessio and her girl friend Anna Tatangelo are expecting their first child together (fourth for D’Alessio).

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Claudio Baglioni is starting his 2010 One World Tour on March 6 in the US, and Italians get to hear his new single “Un po’ d’aiuto”, or “A little help”, on the radio. The song is part of a successful enterprise for Baglioni with his QPGA project. The Italian singer-songwriter has compiled a book, film, concert and double CD in one package.

“Un po’ d’aiuto” is one of the 52 songs the Italian crooner has included on his musical project which has a central theme of first, and then lost, love. The song is the second single from QPGA, and has been made with the collaboration of up to 70 artists. It’s a rock ballad, in similar style to Baglioni’s famous “Questo piccolo grande amore”.

The One World Tour starts in the US and Canada, before moving to Verona, Italy in April and then on to the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and Spain, before concluding in the UK at the Royal Albert Hall in May. After the jump you’ll find a video of “Un po’ d’aiuto” and Baglioni’s classic “Questo piccolo grande amore” from the 1985 Sanremo festival; which we first posted as a live version for one of our Italian love songs with a short translation.

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Italian singer recently come to the fore, Nina Zilli, put in a good performance at the 2010 Sanremo festival, winning the “Assomusica” prize. The prize is awarded to the best live performance in the young stars category, and you’ve only got to hear the voice of the 27-year-old from Piacenza to think what the show might have been like. Above is Nina’s latest single and her song from Sanremo, “L’uomo che amava le donne” or ‘The man who loved women’. See after the jump for Nina Zilli’s live performance from Sanremo 2010, and keep your ears open for her in the soundtrack to Ferzan Ozpetek’s new film, “Mine Varganti”.

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From 24 February to 30 May, a great restrospective dedicated to an important Italian singer and poet Fabrizio De André will take place at the Ara Pacis in Rome. The exhibition, set in one of the most central (and beautiful) area of Rome will give the public the unique opportunity to get a closer look at Fabrizio De André ‘s extraordinary work: multimedia installation will take visitors through the most important stages of his career; making them explore the ever -expanding universe of this talented artist from Genoa. Organised by the Colettivo Studio Azzurro which has collected all his works, the exhibition ” Fabrizio De André. La mostra” starts 24 February in Rome, a week after what would have been De André ’s 70th birthday.

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