XXXI The Review of song writing - Tenco 2006 will take place as usual at the Teatro Ariston Sanremo 9-10-11 November 2006.

Tenco Awards were awarded to Willy De Ville and Bruno Lauzi, two artists profoundly different stylistic approach as well as in experience, to confirm the broad spectrum of choices Club Tenco who have long considered the author in his song broadest sense. Figures De Ville Lauzi and may be associated with perhaps only one characteristic: that of being not only singers but also valuable interpreters of other people's songs. From New York to New Orleans from Paris Central America, Willy De Ville (the real name is William Boray), faithful to his gypsy soul, has

always ranged also between genres. Party territories almost punk, arrived to join the American rock matrix suggestions, spices, from Latin music, from blues, R & B, country, from Tex-Mex.

That is the most authentic music of the Americas (central and north above) in a very fertile interbreeding. De Ville's voice, like his wrinkled face, was able to be comfortable, romantic and passionate in every genre visited. Some of his compositions, as Demasiado Corazon, without ever reaching the general public, however, have become known beyond the circle of his admirers, but De Ville in time succeeded in a difficult and fascinating as that of making its with vein very original and inventive tracks that have entered between the classics of popular music such as Hey Joe and stand by me.

A safe bet, and also a creative genius who, in her case, requires the same gift of talent that fits the composition itself. There are many albums of "Pirate" to be passed to the history of the best music in decades, Le Chat Bleu in Coup De Grace, by Backstreets Of Desire "Crow Jane Alley, titles that have allowed him to gain a reputation in Europe, and particularly in Italy. All this managed to escape the snares of the record industry to maintain their creative autonomy in the name of music: his, hot and hypnotic as a voodoo ritual, a noble and passionate as the roses that launched his public. Tenco Prize goes to a nearly thirty year career (from first album Cabretta behalf Mink De Ville, 1977, until the DVD Live in the Lowlands, published recently) continued with the heart and soul.

Lauzi Bruno is one of the historic leaders of the Italian singer-songwriters, one of the characters in the early sixties have radically altered the writing and interpretation of the song in our country. Classmate of Monty Python, just a passion with him that the new American music in the Fifties arrives in Italy and especially in his Genoa.

It is especially attracted by the American songwriter and jazz, but soon is also affected by the French chanson and music of Brazil (whose language recalls, inter alia, the Genoese dialect). From these influences and mediandole with a taste of his own for a tune-style Italian, but restrained, mild, never dull, Lauzi began to write important songs. Outstanding ability to use a lyrical language daily clashes with the language of courtly and stale Italian song until then, a language which is the focus on the real facts of life and society. Among the best known examples of return and poet.

Songwriter joins the efforts of a translator (for example, from Brel, Vian, Aznavour, Moustaki, Vinicius De Moraes, Roberto Carlos, Djavan, Paul Simon, ...) but also the pure interpreter, a voice that he called " a railroad car full of orchids. " Lauzi sang songs of many colleagues (and others have written them), by Lucio Battisti (Love dear love beautiful, and several others) Paolo Conte (Genoa for us, wave upon wave, ...), but was author in turn for others, in some cases with considerable success, just think of Little Man and You Are The Universe by Mia Martini.

And again: songs for children (The Tortoise and Johnny Dachshund all), the activity as a cabaret (thanks to a sharp ironic never dormant) and as a writer and poet altogether. Tenco Prize goes dutifully to a diverse artistic career in musical choices in roles as a path to some extent counter.

Recall that the Awards are the highest awards Tenco Club Tenco, attributed to the career of artists (especially international) by the Steering Committee of the club, unlike the Targa Tenco, assigned instead to a large panel of journalists (well 135) to the best Italian recordings the season. Vinicio Capossela, Simon Cristicchi, Lucilla Galeazzi and Magoni Petra & Ferruccio Spinetti are the winners of the Targa Tenco 2006, the historic and prestigious awards from the Club Tenco based on voting by more than a hundred journalists. This is by far the most extensive Italian jury in music, this year further extended by including, among many other music critics of the last generation. Vinicio Capossela won the award for best album of the year with Unlimited Protector, with very wide margin over the other finalists, namely, in order of preference: Samuele Bersani with The aldiquà, Baustelle with the mob, Frank Sinatra with Calypsos Pino Marino Water, electricity and gas. Wherever Protector is widely regarded as the disk of consecration to Capossela, who was also a path to his credit already very interesting, just started the Tenco Prize, even before his debut album. A Lucilla Galeazzi has been winning in the section on disks in dialect through Love and steel, which is stated on the order of Enzo Avitabile Sacro Sud, 2006 Live and direct the South Sound System, St. Rocco's Rave nests of 'Arac and Rumi Lu, aka Louise Cottifogli. The recognition Lucilla Galeazzi rewards a long career spent in the service of folk and popular song, which began with the famous voice of Joan Marini Quartet. The "work first" was won by Simon dramatically with Cristicchi Manufacturer of songs, which has distanced, always in order of preference, the album of the same name I do not want Clara, Marco Fabi (The choice), and finally, ex aequo Two singer-songwriters: Valentina Lupi (I will not be Little Red Riding Hood) and Simona Salis (Christionada de mei). After the consensus of the public arrives for Cristicchi also endorsed the criticism, the Club Tenco already anticipated in early 2005, its inclusion in the exhibition "Rome Hamilcar" organized in Rome with the local The Place, then the success of the first I would sing like Biagio, the song that made him popular. For the disk Magoni Petra & Ferruccio Spinetti, Music naked 2, was a real plebiscite in the category for best actress. The other finalists were behind her in order: Roberto Angelini with Pongmoon. Dreaming of Nick Drake, with Peppe Barra Matina, Andrea Parodi with Midsummer Night in Sardinia, Giuliano Palma & the Bluebeaters with Long playing. Magoni Spinetti and thanks to this victory will be present for the third consecutive time the "Review of song writing." Their original proposal based only on voice and bass is proving a big success in France. Contributed to the Targa Tenco as usual albums of Italian song writing of last season (so, for this edition, that published between August 2005 and July 2006). Since this year has been abolished plaque for Best Song and was also introduced a new voting mechanism, which provides a first vote to determine the finalists and then a second decree among these winners. The intent is to have the results shared and representative as possible.