On Thursday, 4 September, at 8 p.m., Paolo Enrico Archetti Maestri, singer, guitarist, and founder of Yo Yo Mundi, will present Amorabilia, his first solo album published by Nota, at Giardino La Nunziatina in Pisa.
The show will mainly feature songs from Amorabilia (the single La bambina che cantava Maradona, the hugely popular L'amore trova sempre la sua strada, the journey on the spice route Curcuma Zenzero, the delicate tracks Stelle nere and L'ennesima canzone sul tempo, and many others), but there will also be several songs from Yo Yo Mundi's repertoire, such as the much-loved Alla bellezza dei margini, Il silenzio che si sente and Il respiro dell'universo.
It will be an event characterised by a fascinating universe of stories of memory and love, captivating songs coloured from time to time by these extraordinary guests who, with their sensitivity, will make this show unique and unrepeatable.
On stage at the Nunziatina with Paolo Enrico Archetti Maestri (vocals and acoustic guitar), Marialuisa Ferraro (acoustic guitar and vocals) and Simone Lombardo (hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, flutes and accordion) will perform.
AMORABILIA, THE ALBUM
This is Paolo Enrico Archetti Maestri's first solo album, featuring eleven tracks and eleven poetic compositions for the book/CD (Nota, 2024). Amorabilia is a word invented from scratch. A voice that did not exist before and who knows how long it will bear the red mark of error. A term born from the encounter between the words Amore (Love) and Memorabilia, which, after a moment of suspended complicity, became a single word. Amorabilia defines, expresses and preserves eleven songs and eleven poetic compositions: almost as if they were two football teams competing on the field of creativity and imagination. Twenty-two grapes from the same bunch, twenty-two buds on the same branch, twenty-two cubs from the same mother, twenty-two sparks from the same star. ‘An act of love and deep sharing. A poetic necessity,’ says Paolo Enrico Archetti Maestri, who, backed by decades of experience with Yo Yo Mundi and a constant and passionate commitment to promoting cultural debate and the ‘beauty of the margins’, is now testing his sensitive streak in a solo authorial endeavour. Amorabilia
defines, expresses and preserves eleven songs and eleven poetic compositions: almost as if they were two football teams competing on the field of creativity and imagination. Twenty-two grapes from the same bunch, twenty-two buds on the same branch, twenty-two cubs from the same mother, twenty-two sparks from the same star. ‘An act of love and deep sharing. A poetic necessity,’ says Paolo Enrico Archetti Maestri, who, backed by decades of experience with Yo Yo Mundi and a constant and passionate commitment to promoting cultural debate and the ‘beauty of the margins’, is now testing his sensitive streak in a solo authorial endeavour. Amorabilia is the fruit of this work, a project rather than a goal, in which songs and poetic texts converge in skilful harmony and symbiotic nourishment. Playing with him are: Susanna Roncallo on guitar and vocals, Simona Colonna on cello and vocals, Cecilia Lasagno on vocals and harp, Maurizio Camardi on duduk and soprano sax, Enrico Pesce on piano, Elisa Testa on vocals, Andrea Assandri on percussion, Luca Garino on bass tuba, trombone and trumpet - to name but a few - and of course, scattered here and there - but together in one song! -, all the artists of the Yo Yo Mundi collective. This album was mixed - by Dario Mecca Aleina - in Dolby Atmos, a rarity in the world of Italian independent artists.
This project was realised with the contribution of NUOVO IMAIE.
