Ramblin' Times: refined arrangements for voice, guitar and fiddle for the best songs, from pop to folk and traditional folk music from Celtic area.

Chris Barnes: Guitar, Voice - Antonio Curiale: Fiddle, Viola d'Amore

A small preview of the debut album of Ramblin' Times !!!

Sun Shines Down (Chris Barnes)
The Broken Pledge (Irish reel)
Travellers Tune (Ocean Colour Scene )
The Butterfly (Irish Slip Jig)

Sun Shines Down - The Broken Pledge - Travellers Tune - The Butterfly

Ramblin' Times: refined arrangements for voice, guitar and fiddle for the best songs, from pop to folk and traditional folk music from Celtic area.

Chris Barnes: Guitar, Voice - Antonio Curiale: Fiddle, Viola d'Amore

A small preview of the debut album of Ramblin' Times !!!
The Shearing (Trad Scottish song)
The Pigeon on the Gate (Irish reel)
Manu’s delights (A. Curiale)

The Shearing + The Pigeon on the Gate + Manu’s delights

HORA LAUTAREASCA (Roumanian Trad.) – Performed by Lautari (Anima Antica 2004) 
Dedicated to Bucharest lautareasca music (also known as "de mahala", i.e. slum, or "Gypsy lautareasca"'): a substantial, vibrant, stunningly original music, at least in its "classic" period around the 1960s, which its performers (lautari, sg.: lautar, i.e. professional popular musician) believed - and still do - to be too subtle to be understood by just anyone. In fact, they had created it for musicians' sessions, which gave them the opportunity to display their prowess without the fear of shocking anybody by excessive novelty. After a while, the lautari began playing it for those capital city dwellers they thought capable of understanding it too, then also offered it to ordinary people, in slightly simplified versions. Step by step, lautareasca music gained popularity, and for some time became the favorite music of outcasts from every ethnic group in Wallachian cities.

Lautari Group are: Giovanni Allegra (Double Bass, Mandolin, Voice); Puccio Castrogiovanni (Accordion, Mandolin, Mandola, Voice); Roberto Fuzio (Guitar, Voice, Tamburello); Antonio Curiale (Violin, Castanets).
Recorded Live by Emmanuel Maccarrone, S. Michele di Ganzarria (CT) - Italy, 1993.


Hora Lautareasca

BRETON GAVOTTES (Padrig Sicard) – Performed by Nakaira (Mediterranean Sound Waves, 2003)
This tune was composed by Padrig Sicard and was played by Kevin Burke and Michéal Ó Domhnaill on their album called "Portland." Padrig is a renowned Breton musician, collector, folklore archivist and teacher, playing violin and bombarde. Gavottes are dance tunes which are typically notated in 12/8 or 4/4. As with most Breton tunes, the time signature seems less important than the rhythm with which the tune is meant to be played. 
Padrig Sicard’s original composition inspired me in arranging these Breton Gavottes with a unique and harmonious combination of both folk and contemporary elements. The “traditional” double meter fits well within the frame of the vivid “swing” rhythm characterized by an intense syncopation. The origin form of “Gavotte” is maintained through the presence of the two main eight-bar musical phrases which are repeated in variations by the sequential dialogue between the violin and the bombard (double-reed wooden instrument of the Renaissance and Baroque era), while an uncomplicated counterpoint is being interwoven with the harmonic accompaniment of the Irish bouzouki and the imposing ostinato of the electric bass.

Nakaira Group are: Antonio Curiale (Violin, Viola, Oud); Gianpiero Cannata (Bass, Cittern, Vocals); Franco Barbanera (Clarinet, Gaita, Whistles, Ney, Bombarde); Angelo Liotta (Irish Bouzouki, Bodhran); Nektarios Galanis (Greek Bouzouki, Oud, Mandolin, Frame drums); Mario Gulisano (Ethnic percussions, Voice)
Recorded by Salvo Condorelli, Catania - Italy, Sep. - Nov. 2003.
Mixed by S. Condorelli, M. Gulisano and N. Galanis


Breton Gavottes

MOLTO LONTANO (P. Capizzi) – Performed by P. Capizzi Quintet (Non Solo, 2010)
An original composition by a friend of mine, fingerstyle guitarist Paolo Capizzi, inspired by the celtic landscapes of Scotland and Ireland.

Paolo Capizzi “Non Solo” group are: Paolo Capizzi (Acoustic and Classic guitars); Antonio Curiale (Violin, Viola, Bodhran); Fulvio Farkas (Indian Tablas, Gatham); Fabrizio Licciardello (Electric Guitar); Rosaria Torcitto (Accordion); Salvo Mammoliti (Cello); Marcello Mammoliti (Flute)
Recorded by Antonio Torresi, SharkLair Recording Studio, Catania - Italy, 2010.
Mixed by Antonio Torresi, Paolo Capizzi


Molto Lontano

Ducino Kolo (Trad Serbia) - Performed Live by Nakaira (Musiche a danzare tra Oriente e Occidente, 2000)
A traditional dance from Serbia.

Nakaira Group Live are: Antonio Curiale (Violin, Oud); Angelo Liotta (Irish Bouzouki, Bodhran); Vincenzo Virgillito (Double Bass); Fulvio Farkas (Indian Tablas, Frame drums, Darbouka, Davul, Dzarb); Carmelo Salemi (Clarinet, Didjeridoo, Ocarina, Friscalettu)
Recorded Live by Emmanuel Maccarrone, Metropolitan Theatre, Catania - Italy, 24/01/2000.
Mixed by Emmanuel Maccarrone, V.Virgillito


Ducino Kolo

Khosid Wedding Dances (Roumanian Trad.) – Performed Live by Nakaira (Musiche a danzare tra Oriente e Occidente, 2000) – ♫ 06:29.57

Nakaira Group Live are: Antonio Curiale (Violin, Oud); Angelo Liotta (Irish Bouzouki, Bodhran); Vincenzo Virgillito (Double Bass); Fulvio Farkas (Indian Tablas, Frame drums, Darbouka, Davul, Dzarb); Carmelo Salemi (Clarinet, Didjeridoo, Ocarina, Friscalettu)
Recorded Live by Emmanuel Maccarrone, Metropolitan Theatre, Catania - Italy, 24/01/2000.
Mixed by Emmanuel Maccarrone, V.Virgillito


Khosid Wedding Dances

The Judge Dilemma - The Horsebeans porridge - Farewell to Eirinn – Performed Live by Nakaira (Musiche a danzare tra Oriente e Occidente, 2000)
A traditional set of Irish tunes.

Nakaira Group Live are: Antonio Curiale (Violin, Oud); Angelo Liotta (Irish Bouzouki, Bodhran); Vincenzo Virgillito (Double Bass); Fulvio Farkas (Indian Tablas, Frame drums, Darbouka, Davul, Dzarb); Carmelo Salemi (Clarinet, Didjeridoo, Ocarina, Friscalettu)
Recorded Live by Emmanuel Maccarrone, Metropolitan Theatre, Catania - Italy, 24/01/2000.
Mixed by Emmanuel Maccarrone, V.Virgillito


Judge Dilemma's set

OROLOGI SOLARI (Lautari original tune) – Performed by Lautari (La casa di Icaro, 1993)
This instrumental piece was composed during a rehearsal of Lautari group in 1992 and became definitely a tune that was included into the recording.

Lautari Group are: Giovanni Allegra (Double Bass, Mandolin, Voice); Puccio Castrogiovanni (Accordion, Mandolin, Mandola, Voice); Roberto Fuzio (Guitar, Voice, Tamburello); Davide Calvo (Celtic Harp); Giuseppe “Picchio” Manzone (Friscalettu, Chalumeaux, Recorder, Voice); Antonio Curiale (Violin, Castanets).
Studio Recording by Franco Lazzaro, Catania - Italy, 1993.


Orologi Solari

Lautari Group are: Giovanni Allegra (Double Bass, Mandolin, Voice); Puccio Castrogiovanni (Accordion, Mandolin, Mandola, Voice); Roberto Fuzio (Guitar, Voice, Tamburello); Davide Calvo (Celtic Harp); Giuseppe Manzone (Friscalettu, Chalumeaux, Recorder, Voice); Antonio Curiale (Violin, Castanets).
Studio Recording by Graziano Lacagnina, Michele Gagliano
Arte Suono Studio - S. G. La Punta - Sicily - 1990

Tarantella della morra

This is a Polka composed by David Meredith, a musician from Wales, but living in Flanders (Belgium). - Here I play with Yorkshire's Ceilidh Band named "Doctor Peacock".

Paul Young: melodeon, guitar, caller
Antonio Curiale: fiddle
Chris Barnes: guitar
Phil Bates: drums
Web: www.doctorpeacock.co.uk

Bar the Door at Midnight

Traditionals set of jigs played by Doctor Peacock Ceilidh Band from Yorkshire.

Paul Young: melodeon, guitar, caller
Antonio Curiale: fiddle
Chris Barnes: guitar, voice
Phil Bates: drums
Web: www.doctorpeacock.co.uk

Mug of Brown Ale + Thunderhead + Stan Chapman's

Music has been part of my life since I was eleven years old. I come from Sicily and, as befits a country of its cultural diversity, during years I focused my interests to know the musical traditions of Mediterranean area. After studying classical violin, my interest in folk-ethnic music brought me in search of a new repertoire and play music with a personal style. In fact my formation becomes rich in the years by influences from the musical traditions of other cultures, also as a result of my travels (South India, Celtic Area, Middle East and North Africa, Mediterranean area and Balkans). Also in my original compositions my music style is folk/ethnic influenced by different cultures.

So I played in the Italian folk scene since 1990 in groups such as Islands, Lautari, Nakaira, Keltwind, ZeroZen: this led me to play at major venues across Europe with gigs in UK, France, Italy, Spain, Austria and Germany.

Now in UK from 2011, I play with Doctor Peacock Ceilidh Band – and starting a new project named “SideWinds”: it wants to explore the boundaries of folk-acoustic music through trad and own original compositions, or by authors whom in the style inspire themselves to the tradition of folk music, reinterpreting and renewing it. Characteristic feature of the band's sound is the Viola d'Amore, a string instrument, played in Europe in the 1700s, with 5 resonating strings.

Feel free to contact me if you are interested in any aspect of my music (collaborations, gigs, jamming, live concerts, cd compilations, remixes an so on)

INSTRUMENTS PLAYED:

Violin, copy of Rogerius (1875 c.a.)
Viola d’Amore (5 - resonating strings viola) handmade by Regula Weidmann (2003)
Aegyptian Oud (12 strings arabian lute) handmade by Ibn Al Mashriq (1992) 
Viola

My Youtube channel is:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AntonioCurialeMusic

Antonio Curiale

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