Postcards from Naples Alessandra Tumolillo

• 1 Te voglio bene assaje 04:03
• 2 Chesta sera 03:20
• 3 Nenia ad Ambra 02:59
• 4 Chiammame 03:16
• 5 Nun fa male 03:19
• 6 Malafemmena 05:08
• 7 Reginella 03:23
• 8 Luna nova 03:28
• Total Runtime 28:56

Info for Postcards from Naples

Postcards from Naples is a small musical jewel born amidst the evocative alleys of Naples, Alessandra's new EP is intended to be a bridge between past and present, a journey through the colours, scents and melodies of a timeless city re-proposed by the Neapolitan singer-songwriter and guitarist in an unprecedented guitar-vocal guise.

The release of Postcards From Naples is accompanied by the new single Chesta Sera, a famous song by Nino D'Angelo about the end of a love affair that is difficult to forget. Now the melody of Chesta Sera flows between the arpeggios and keyboard of Alessandra's inseparable guitar that, together with her voice, give us a jazzy and dreamy version of this poignant song.

Chesta Sera is also added to the rich tracklist of Postcards From Naples, which travels between the unforgettable melodies of great classics such as Luna Nova, Reginella, Malafemmena and Chiammame - re-proposed in a personal and intimate guise by Alessandra - and the previously unreleased Nun fa male and Nenia ad Ambra.

"The publishing strategy is contemporary: digital, without physical support, brief (it is an EP), published in episodes online and finally completed. These are the "Postcards from Naples," the postcards from Naples that Alessandra Tumolillo has sent around the world to get noticed by those who haven't already and partly to her city to remind that when a song is a song, when a melody is a melody, a (beautiful) voice and a (beautiful) guitar can be enough, and if you add a little bit of moon, even better. Seven tracks, with three classics, one by Claudio Mattone, one by Nino D'Angelo, and two unpublished ones, almost to claim, she so young (24 years old), she so studious (graduated from San Pietro a Majella, specialized at Berklee School in Boston and at Verdi in Milan), that there is a red thread connecting Di Giacomo to the newpolitana season, passing through her beloved Pino Daniele (her father Sandro, a violinist, toured with Lazzaro Felice), who, for some reason, is not among the recorded tracks. Already sought after by cinema and TV, as well as by record companies (the EP is labeled BmG), Alessandra makes "Chesta sera" her own, searching on her guitar for a jazzy phrasing to accompany a truly free singing, full of flourishes, sighs, echoes, long filati, both roots and wings, a street urchin without a helmet but also a soul vocalist, a song of the soul, in short. Similar, in the end, is the treatment for "Chiammame," almost blues in the introduction, then developed like a ballad of the boys of the Railway (remember when His Majesty Eduardo De Crescenzo sang Mattone?): the control of the singing is important, the high notes do not aim at the sky, but at the heart, they know how to become an important detail, not a trick for larks. Bossanova even when it is not heard, manouche even when it is not heard, but above all muroliana of the caliendano rite (she does everything by herself, though), and this is heard, it makes her nobility, however, as it should be, when she manages to give a new meaning, respectful of the original, to "Reginella," very sweet, very tender, melodious; to "Luna nova," chiseled as in the last possible serenade at sea, with the six strings making the waves sound, a perfect diction, a velosian philosophy (remember the "Luna rossa" by the great Caetano); to "Malafemmena," worn with adherence despite the patriarchal-machismo message of the text. The two unpublished tracks are a lullaby for the daughter to come ("Nenia per Ambra") and "Nun fa male," a story of liberation from an unease, or perhaps just the attempt to escape a toxic relationship. Postcards from Naples, certainly: ancient, and not. But surely without oleography. And these days it is a double merit." (Federico Vacalebre, ilmattino.it)

Alessandra Tumolillo

Alessandra Tumolillo
singer-songwriter and guitarist of the BMG roster, was born in Naples to musician parents and devoted herself to musical studies from a very young age. Already a graduate of the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella in Naples, she specialized at the Berklee School in Boston and the G. Verdi Conservatory in Milan. She has performed numerous times, boasting important live collaborations – including Negramaro, Tosca, Venerus, Jake Sherman, Mario Rosini – and television with Stefano De Martino (“Bar Stella” on Rai 2) and Luca Barbarossa (“Radio2 Social Club”). Two of her unreleased songs have become soundtracks for two films produced by CattleyaLab – Rai Cinema and Opera Totale. Alessandra, who has already conquered the small and big screen with her music, is a true talent in revisiting Neapolitan classics that, through her strings, dress in an elegant modernity. At the end of February 2024 she digitally released the single Si t o ssapesse dicere, Alessandra's personal musical version of the poem of the same name by Eduardo De Filippo and the soundtrack of the opening credits of the film "Romeo è Giulietta" by director Giovanni Veronesi. In June 2024 she was the protagonist of the opening act of the first live dates in the Negramaro stadiums at the Maradona in Naples and at the San Siro in Milan, performing on the notes of Quando and Uè man! by Pino Daniele. Great emotions during the live, when Alessandra joined Giuliano Sangiorgi on stage to share a special and unique version of Napule è, involving the Maradona audience in an unforgettable moment, a perfect combination of talent, passion and love for music. Postcards From Naples is the new EP out from Friday 9 May in digital: a journey through the colors, scents and melodies of a timeless city re-proposed by Alessandra in an unprecedented guitar-voice guise.

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