After the official presentation of Cara Forlì with all its official program that sees Morgan, Iva Zanicchi and Skiantos among the guests in the program, here are some statements of the artists immediately after the presentation of the bill of September 3rd and 4th in Piazza Saffi. in Forli.

Iva Zanicchi excited to be in Forlì to duet with Moreno Il Biondo and bring his rich repertoire said: “For us Emilia Romagna Mia is the best, it is our anthem and we cannot but be grateful to Secondo Casadei and all his family for This beautiful music for dancing and singing, now known everywhere. When I am abroad I do not fail to sing it, presenting it as the anthem of my country and I assure you that it is always highly appreciated”, thus confirming the worldwide reputation of Romagna Mia.

Morgan immediately chimed in and added: “It’s an honor for me to be able to pay tribute to the great maestro Secondo Casadei, father of Romagna Mia, who exported soft music around the world and to be able to duet with the great The orchestras of Romagna will strengthen a cultural and musical heritage that deserves to become a Unesco World Heritage Site like other musics in the world “with a really large-scale proposal that really deserves to be pursued by the entire Romagna folklore movement together with the institutions.

Finally, there is a comment from Skiantos as they will also take to the stage of Cara Forlì through their historical producer Oderso Rubini, who also remembers the legendary Freak Antoni as the author of a soft song. In fact: “The story that binds the Skiandos to the smooth starts from a long way back, although discontinuous and variously formulated: Fabio” Daddy Bestia “Testoni plays smooth before founding the Skiandos and returns to us during his first posting…. Roberto” Freak Antoni “Then in 1985 he did a big interview for Frigidaire called “Who’s Afraid of Raoul Casadei?” which, according to some, helps to remove him from the vacuum of the genre … later sends him some specially written texts, one of which, Tango della dedication, will be set to music and performed live for years by Raul himself. The other, Solitary hearts, was recently released by Osteria del Mandolino on the album of the same name … finally on the last Skiando album “God owes us some explanations” the band once again explored the smooth genre with “Without Shame”. .. disgusted!” thus reminding us thanks to Oderso Rubini, who will curate for the Emilia-Romagna Region the screening of the documentary on the plain in the exhibition rooms dedicated to the posters of Maestro Secondo Casadei, of the close bond between Skiantos and Liscio.

Meanwhile, the new edition of the Italian Independent Videoclip Award has started which, like every year, will award the best video clip of the year, awarding it to Mei di Faenza which will return from October 1 to 3. Last year Colapesce & Dimartino were awarded.

While the entries are pouring in with truly original and meaningful videos, the entries close on August 31st, the specialist video and social media journalist Fabrizio Galassi with his work team selects like last year the best video clips on the occasion of Cara Forlì (September 3 and 4 ) to award, with a jury of journalists, a special award from Il Liscio nella Rete, won this year by Edgar, indie pop singer-songwriter from Savignano sul Rubicone, the best smooth music video of the year.

“It is a reality that still has great importance today that it represents through the many and diverse local TVs that exist mainly in the North of the North, a territorial identity outside the mainstream circuits that is still able to grind hundreds of video clips for hours and hours television for the public. who is still passionate about artists and local music for fun and entertainment,” states Fabrizio Galassi. “Among the hundreds of videos presented we will select some of the most representative and then one of our jury experts will vote for the best one to be awarded in Forlì with a Special Award from Il Liscio nella Rete.”

Finally, while working for Cara Forlì, there will be other surprises, such as prizes and awards and special news related to the field of Romagna folk music and the great maestro Secondo Casadei.