It is almost impossible to talk about Modena City Ramblers and understand their aesthetics and production without having an idea of the Italian socio-political situation of the early ’90s, when the collective was founded in the heart of the Emilia Romagna region. Ideologically left-winged, they could wisely combine words of strong social denouncement with traditional Irish music, auto-proclaiming themselves as a ‘combat folk’ or ‘patchanka Celtic’ band.
It is often said that the third group’s album is that of maturity, and this is certainly true for Modena City Ramblers and their “Terra e libertà” (1997), their first work written and recorded in a totally professional manner, the result of several weeks of continuous studio work. On a stylistic level, some song start to show a little contamination from Latin music, with their lyrics containing various references to famous writers such as of Luis Sepúlveda (Chile), Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Spain) and Daniel Chavarría (Uruguay). Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the absolute peaks of the entire Modena City Ramblers’ career!
First LP reissue ever, on red coloured vinyl!
Tracklist:
Side A:
1.Macondo Express
2.Il ritorno di Paddy Garcia
3.Il ballo di Aureliano
4.Remedios la bella
5.Radio Tindouf
6.Marcia Balcanica
7.Danza infernale
Side B:
8.Qualche splendido giorno
9.Transamerika
10.Lettera dal fronte
11.L’ultima mano
12.Cuore blindato
13.Don Chisciotte
14.Cent’anni di solitudine
15.L’amore ai tempi del caos
