Cantacronache is a popular Italian

Italy

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 band formed in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 in 1958 by Fausto Amodei

Fausto Amodei

Fausto Amodei is an Italian folk singer-songwriter and musicologist. He was born in 1935 in Turin.-Biography:Amodei started his musical career founding, in 1958, the music band of Cantacronache. In his songs he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by the French singer Georges Brassens...

, Michele Straniero, Giorgio De Maria, Emilio Jona, Sergio Liberovici, and Margot.

They were important in the Italian folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

revival movement of the 1950s as one of the first such groups to use complex lyrics addressing social and political topics. Their modern sound helped them gain popularity among the youth of the Italian separatist movement.