Traditional music is as varied as the language and its dialects, where each region has one or more traditional styles, such as the tenors of Sardinia, the Tarantella of Apulia, etc.

Here is a nice site featuring the lyrics of hundreds of Italian songs, in Italian and in French: bellaitalia.free.fr. A forum is dedicated to music and also to Italian culture, including cuisine 🙂

Read about contemporary Italian music: link

See also Italian radio stations on the internet

Traditional Neapolitan music

  • Eugenio Bennato, Italian singer and musician, singer-songwriter.
  • Spaccanapoli, Neapolitan band, songs in the local language, music combining “new-age” and traditional sounds.
  • Renzo Arbore, the classics of Neapolitan songs