Singer-songwriter Umberto Bindi truly knew how to write a tune. Yet, even with a warm and inviting vocal, his own recordings of his songs never seemed to be the ones that took off. His 1959 debut ...

Compositions made from the 1960s through the ’80s to soundtrack films and ads have found new homes on hip-hop tracks and compilations. New artists have been inspired, too. By Finn Cohen One day in the ...

Italian music of the 1950s and 60s brought a ‘scent’ of the West to socialist Yugoslavia without the political baggage. A swing carousel, a cluster of children, and the sound of Adriano Celentano’s ...