Strina: Quartetto Areasud

A new release from Quartetto Areasud. "Strina", the single's music video, is online from November 17 on the Mhodì Music Company / Comusì label.

A processional musical style told through images and the warmth of places. The music video was premiered at the Tinni Tinni Arts Club in Catania.

A melting pot of people and music captured in the streets of Paola, in the province of Cosenza, anticipating the release of the Catania-based band's new album, recorded between Sicily and Hungary. At the heart of the video: the emotions and customs of the South, united with the work of musical research between tradition and contemporaneity.

The members of Quartetto Areasud: Franco Barbanera (flutes and bagpipes), Giampiero Cannata (bass and mandola), Maurizio Cuzzocrea (chitarra battente and vocals), Mario Gulisano (percussion, vocals, and jaw harp), with the collaboration of Vincenzo Cuzzocrea (accordion) and Marco Carnemolla (sound and mixing).

Strina is an augural song that aims to unite what has been with what is to come. At a time when hatred prevails, the track wants to bring strine (traditional well-wishing songs) and peace into homes, starting from Southern traditions and arriving at contemporary sounds.

The choice of filming location was no accident. "I lived much of my life in this town and we were warmly welcomed", explains Maurizio. "Local community organizations helped us produce the video, including the volunteer association Brave Ragazze and the Margini festival", adds Mario Gulisano.

Quartetto Areasud

Founded in 2010, Quartetto Areasud performs traditional music linked to Sicilian and Calabrian cultures, territories that have been at the center of the Mediterranean for centuries. The instruments used are exclusively from the traditional repertoire, but the performance of the pieces leaves room for personal interpretation and that process of permanent composition and re-creation characteristic of oral tradition music.

The four musicians come partly from the world music groups Nakaira and Oi Dipnoi, with whom they have participated in numerous tours on the major international circuits. Alongside a rich repertoire of tarantellas, where zampogna (bagpipe) and friscalettu (cane flute) are the undisputed protagonists, there are ritual songs, tales, and serenades that tell a piece of common people's history.