Music

..... Beyond 'O Sole Mio'

Italian singers / Italian music in brief

Some Americans seem to equate Italian music with O Sole Mio and Funiculi Funicula.Meaning no disrespect to these great songs, Italy has a popular music tradition that provides strong competition to popular and rock music from other countries such as the United States and England.

I would divide Italian popular music into four different categories (that overlap to some extent).

• Melodic music
• Italian Rock
• Singer-songwriters (Known as "cantautori" )
• Their own styles