The music of Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 ranges across a spectrum of genres such as traditional folk music, metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 and various forms of electronica

Electronica

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History

"Ghana" is the traditional folk music of Malta.
1971 Joe Grech

Joe Grech

Joseph Grech, a Maltese singer, was born in Cospicua, Malta on 9 February 1934. He married Josephine née' Buttigieg on 24 September 1961. They have a daughter Marcelle, also a versatile singer. At a very early stage in his life, Joe started to play the trumpet with the Zejtun Band Club...

. The first singer to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

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Thea Garrett (winner of Malta Song for Europe 2010 - My Dream)

Morena (winner of Malta Song for Europe 2008 - VODKA)

Klinsmann (participant of Malta Song for Europe in 2007 [She Gives me Wings] and 2008 [Go finalist song])

Claudia Faniello (second runner up in Malta song for Europe 2008 who participated with the songs Caravaggio and Sunrise)

Chiara (represented Malta in Eurovision a total of 3 times, 1998, 2005, 2009)

Law of Malta : The Federal Government of Police accepts music in rural areas between 9:00 am to 12:00 am , and 3:00pm onwards

Artists

• The DOES
• Airport Impressions
• Inside Plan
• Antonio Olivari
  Antonio Olivari
  Antonio Olivari was born on 28 September 1980. He is a songwriter and composer from Ħamrun, Malta and has written songs in English and in Maltese.-Music career:...
  
  
• Arachnid
  Arachnid
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• Beangrowers
  Beangrowers
  Beangrowers are a Maltese three-piece indie rock band consisting of Alison Galea , Mark Sansone and Ian Schranz . All three were born in 1977 in St. Julian's, Malta...
  
  
• Beheaded
• Bitterside
  Bitterside
  Bitterside, founded in 2000, is an alternative, indie, pop band composed of three members, all coming from Malta. Daniel Genius is the vocalist and also a guitarist, J.J...
  
  
• BNI (Batteries not Included)
• Buggly B
• Cable 35
• Charlene & Natasha
• Chasing Pandora
  Chasing Pandora
  Chasing Pandora is a Maltese musical duo coming from Gozo. The duo consists of Melissa Portelli and Keith Anthony. Together they sing and play, songwrite and compose. Melissa is the vocalist and lyricist, while Keith Anthony is the guitarist and composer...
  
  
• Chiara
• Club Murder
• Corazon
  Corazon Mizzi
  Corazon Mizzi was born on the 11th July 1987. She is an established singer in the Maltese Islands, most noted for her winning entry in Festival Ghanja tal-Poplu 2007 with the song 'Hawn Jien', the top Maltese festival for songs written using the Maltese language.-Background:Corazon has been...
  
  
• Corkscrew (band)
• Debbie Scerri
  Debbie Scerri
  Deborah Scerri is a Maltese singer born in 1969.She represented Malta in the European Union, Malta and Cyprus Song Festival in 1994, held in Thessaloniki. She also represented Malta in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest which was held in Dublin with the song "Let Me Fly"...
  
  
• Dolls For Idols
• Dripht
• Drive
• Dying Signals
• Eleanor Spiteri
• Enzo Gusman
• Eve Ransom
• Fabrizio Faniello
  Fabrizio Faniello
  Fabrizio Faniello is a Maltese pop singer. He represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 and 2006. He is seen by many as Malta's hope in its fledgling experimental electronica scene, contributing to many international compilations and collaborating with well known artists as diverse...
  
  
• Fakawi
• Fire
• Footprints
• Forsaken
• Gillian Attard
  Gillian Attard
  Gillian Attard is a Maltese actress, singer and a famous personality on Maltese television.- Early years:She grew up in the southern town of Zejtun. Attard is able to sing in Maltese, English and Italian...
  
  
• HiddenSun
• His Project
• Hooligan
• The I-Skandal
• Inner Link
• Insurgence
• Ira Losco
  Ira Losco
  Ira Losco is a singer and was on born 31 July 1981 in Sliema, Malta.With a string of number 1 singles and albums, Ira Losco is one of the best selling artists in Malta.-Tiara:...
  
  
• Julie Zahra
  Julie Zahra
  Julie Ann Zahra was born in Malta in 1982. She is a classically trained singer who has been actively involved in music from a very young age. Julie took part in many local and international festivals, TV drama, Music videos and theatre. She has also represented her country in the Eurovision Song...
  
  
• Joe Grech
  Joe Grech
  Joseph Grech, a Maltese singer, was born in Cospicua, Malta on 9 February 1934. He married Josephine née' Buttigieg on 24 September 1961. They have a daughter Marcelle, also a versatile singer. At a very early stage in his life, Joe started to play the trumpet with the Zejtun Band Club...
  
  
• Knockturn Alley
• Lord Adder
• Ludwig Galea
  Ludwig Galea
  Ludwig Galea performed in the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2004. As one half of the duo "Julie & Ludwig", he and his singing partner , Julie Zahra, managed to qualify to the final and came 12th out of 36 countries competing. Their song, "On Again.....
  
  
• Mario Mizzi
• Mary Spiteri
  Mary Spiteri
  Mary Spiteri is a popular cabaret artiste from Malta. She was born on 25 October 1947 in Naxxar. Mary represented Malta in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmö with the song "Little Child". Spiteri finished in third place behind Ireland and the United Kingdom. 1992 was not Mary's first...
  
  
• Metrokueen (Rock Band)
• Muttley (rock band)
• No Bling Show
• Nomad Son
• The Myth (band)
  The Myth (band)
  Continuously playing since its inception in 1990 makes The Myth one of the longest standing rock bands in Malta. Formed by Dion Farrell on guitars and vocals and Mark Galea on drums, the band now also features Patrick Mifsud on bass, Etienne Farrell on guitars and backing vocals and Stefen Zammit...
  
  
• Olivia Lewis
  Olivia Lewis
  For the comic book character, see Menagerie.Olivia Lewis, born 18 October 1978, is a singer from Qormi, Malta. She has competed 11 consecutive times in the Malta Song For Europe festival, which selects the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest...
  
  
• Ray Buttigieg
  Ray Buttigieg
  Ray Buttigieg is a poet and musician.He attended Qala primary school, then the Lyceum in Victoria, Gozo. He then moved to the United States and continued his studies in New York, where he settled permanently...
  
  
• Recoil
  Recoil
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• Renato Micallef
  Renato Micallef
  Renato Micallef is a Maltese pop singer. His full name is Nazzareno Alessandro Micallef Garrett. Renato has had been active in the Maltese music scene since the age of 12....
  
  
• Renzo Spiteri
  Renzo Spiteri
  Multi-percussionist Renzo Spiteri is a versatile solo artiste and session musician who creates "a sheer mesmerising atmosphere whenever he performs" ....
  
  
• Roger Scannura
  Roger Scannura
  Roger Scannura is a flamenco guitarist and an exponent of Nuevo Flamenco.-Life:Scannura was born on Malta. His early schooling began at the Franciscan Monastery of St. Theresa where he was tutored in European history, Latin, fine art and art restoration...
  
  
• RusHouR
• Sepia
• Stillborn
• Scar
  Scar
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• Scream Daisy
• Shades of Chaos
• Slit
  Slit
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• SubEgo
  Subego
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• Tendency Charge
• The Crowns
  The Crowns
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• Tribali
• U-Bah
• Walter Micallef
  Walter Micallef
  Walter Micallef is a leading Maltese singer songwriter, born in the central Maltese town of Birkirkara. He has composed well over a hundred songs, nearly all in Maltese.-Childhood:...
  
  
• Wintermoods
  Wintermoods
  Winter Moods is a Maltese band formed in the mid-1980s. Throughout the past 25 years the band produced 5 albums, and broke local records for attendance with their 2 concerts, one on the 9th of July 2008, and the other one on the 30th of July 2010, the latest concert being attended by more than...
  
  
• Xtruppaw

Club DJ's

• Adrian V
• Alex Grech
  Alex Grech
  Alex Grech, born in Qormi on May 1, 1965, is a Maltese DJ. In 1996 he started to conduct the Radio show Reflex into the 1980s on Radju Mas. On January 2000 he moved the show to 88.7FM Maltese Capital Radio. The station closed down on 1 April 2009 and three months later, Alex Grech joined Smash...
  
  
• Alvin Gee
• Darren Lynch
• Joseph Armani
• DJ Cain
• Duncan F
• Duo Blank
• Duplex
  Duplex
  Duplex commonly means double or twofold.It may also refer to:* Duplex , a two-unit apartment building or condominium* Duplex, a common electrical receptacle with two NEMA type 5 plugs* Duplex locomotive, a type of steam locomotive...
  
  
• hysterikmaniak
• Jennings
  Jennings
  A surname of early medieval English origin , Jennings can refer to several people, places, or things :- People :*Adam Jennings, English actor and film director...
  
  
• Junior B
• Miss Roberta
• Robotnik
  Robotnik
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• DJ Ruby
• Stevie Vee
• Simon Pisani

Metal

• Twenty-Six Other-Worlds (26 Other Worlds)
• Abysmal Torment
  Abysmal Torment
  Abysmal Torment is a Death metal band from Malta formed in 2000 by Nick Farrugia. The Current line up includes Nick Farrugia - Vocals, David Depasquale - Guitars, Max Vassallo - Drums, Karl Romano - Bass and Melchior Borg - Vocals...
  
  
• Abyss
• Angelcrypt
• Apotheosis
  Apotheosis
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• Archaean Harmony
• Beheaded
• Core Frequency
• Erythuria
• Forsaken
• Item
• Insurgence
• Knockturn Alley (band)|Knockturn Alley
• Lithomancy
• Loathe (band)|Loathe
• Martyrium
• Norm Rejection
• Putrid Birth
• Sceptocrypt
• Shades of Chaos
• Slit
• Spin
  Spin (band)
  Spin is an industrial metal band from the Maltese Islands. The band was originally formed by Martin Ciappara and Simon Deguara in 1999 who released the first demo CD named Pead. The style started taking a more electronic and industrial form later on, with Eric Mangion joining in on samples, Richard...
  
  
• Stillborn
• Thy Legion
• Weeping Silence
• X-Vandals
• Halycon
• ClubMurder
• Recoil

External links

• Malta Music Online - Website sharing Maltese Music Bands' information
• Music of Malta
• MaltaVoyager
• Dance music and clubbing in Malta
• - Maltese alternative scene
• Maltese Techno and Electro Music scene
• Maltese Music Internet Radio at Malta Network Resources