Rosa del Sud is our tenth album since 1995, and is dedicated to the Sicilian singer Rosa Balistreri.
We wanted to follow a way bit 'different from the usual, to celebrate the great and unfortunate artist, we have in fact extrapolated her voice from old songs, almost all made with few resources, and we have inserted in original compositions that highlight its modernity and the poetic. Her voice, obviously did not need anything, expresses everything without a single instrument but it seemed important to contribute in our own way, alongside all those who work to the rediscovery of Rosa Balistreri, artists, associations and foundations in Sicily. In 2011 we dedicated the album "Sangu ru Poeta" to the great Sicilian poet Ignazio Buttitta, arousing so much interest that a publishing house in Sicily having to republish a book now out of print, exactly as happened with the Arab poets of Sicily to which we have devoted three CDs.

many Italian and foreign musicians have participated in the recording sessions as always we performed all the recordings in our studio and all the musicians are provided free to the realization of this project.

rosa BALISTRERI: voice
bob SALMIERI: Ney, baglama, soprano, sopranino sax, cigar box guitar, percussions, programmations
marwan SAMER: Voice, oud
andrea PULLONE: Classic, battente, semiacustic guitars
maurizio PERRONE: Doublebass, electric bass
francesco MATTERA: Drums
gianfranco DEZI: Trumpet, flugelhorn, cornetta
ferruccio PRINI: Trombon
carlo COLOMBO: Congas, percussions
pakhi adhicari KALIPADA: tablas
giacoma ALLOTTA: Voice in track n. 6

ignazio BUTTITTA: Introduces Rosa in track n. 1

Original music: Bob Salmieri