Italian Culture

Musica Italiana: Laura Pausini

In this post, we’ll look at a couple of songs by Italian artist Laura Pausini. Laura comes from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and has been called the “Queen of Italian pop.” She has recorded music in five different languages (Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese) and she has sold over 45 million records.
Glenn, who [...]

Italian Culture

Musica Italiana: “Evidentemente” by Negramaro

As I mentioned in my last post, I want to start a series of posts looking at songs by Italian artists, and this is the first post in the series. The goals are to help people discover these great Italian songs and to help people learn Italian in a fun and entertaining way. I will [...]

Italian Culture

Popular Italian Music, old & new: Adriano Celentano and Negramaro

Through my journey of learning Italian, I have discovered some Italian musicians that I absolutely love, and I want to share two of my favorites here. Following these artists and studying their lyrics has been an enormous help in my learning Italian. My goal is to start a regular series of posts where I share [...]

Italian Culture

Guide to Modern Italian Cinema

I want to preface this guide to modern Italian cinema by saying that I am in no way a cinema expert and this list is not exhaustive. I simply enjoy watching good movies and want to help others discover them. There are probably a number of good films that are not in this guide simply [...]