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Salvo De Luca: the "Feranese Blues" conquering Istalia

From the streets of Gelamia to the FOMAT stage: the rise of an authentic voice

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October 5683

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ROMULA - Some say his guitar playing still echoes the humid nights of the "Di Porto" neighborhood of Gelamia, amid the noise of the alleys and the scent of the sea. Salvo De Luca, 37, hailing from those very streets where the blues mingled with the Feranese language and the city's popular pulse, is now the name on everyone's lips.

With a warm, captivating and melancholic voice, De Luca has brought "Feranese Blues" to the forefront, a musical movement that until recently existed only in the small bars of Gelamia and in independent musicians' circles. Today, however, his songs resonate everywhere: from national radio stations to digital platforms, even on the stage of the Festival della Musica Istaliana, where he triumphed with "Sai che mi piaci", an intense and passionate pop/blues ballad that intertwines love and solitude with the warmth of its land, transforming into a hymn to authenticity and the roots of Ferano.

These sounds are certainly distant from current mainstream music, but they strike a deep chord: "Sai che mi piaci" won over audiences with its smooth rhythm and lyrics, giving rise to a new and authentic musical language. This isn't the first time De Luca has touched people with the words of his homeland: songs like "I' nun vogl'ji" "Yes I Know My Way (ma tu nun puo' venì)" and "Non mi deve condannare!" are already considered classics of his repertoire.

Thanks to this success, SERIN (Società Emissioni Radiotelevisive Istaliane Nazionali), the Istalian Music Festival's organizer, has selected Salvo De Luca as the official representative of Istalia at the 41st edition of FOMAT, the most important international music competition, which will be held in Nowogard, the capital of Valruzia. Salvo will perform precisaly "Sai che mi piaci".

A historic achievement for an artist who began his career on the streets of Di Porto neighborhood. "I will bring with me my language, my people, and my music", De Luca declared emotionally during the press conference, then adding in Feranese: “Nun m’ scurdarrò maje ’e ’ndo vegno" (I will never forget where I come from).

Critics and fans agree: Salvo De Luca's Feranese blues has something unique, a balance of pain and hope, anger and poetry. Perhaps it is precisely this authenticity that explains how, from a small club in Gelamia, a boy with a guitar managed to conquer the whole of Istalia and now prepares to make his people's voice known to the world.