Re Niliu

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Re Niliu is an Italian band, made up of Sergio di Giorgio and Ettore Castagna. They have been performing since 1979 and have documented the zampogna tradition, part of the music of Calabria, their native region. Their lyrics are sometimes in Calabrese as well as Albanian or Greek.

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  • Surian, Alessio. "Tenores and Tarantellas". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp. 189 - 201
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