Pitura Freska
Encyclopedia
Pitura Freska was a reggae
music group based in Venice
, Italy
, consisting of "Sir" Oliver Skardy (Gaetano Scardicchio, the group's leader), Francesco Duse, Cristiano Verardo, Marco Forieri, and Valerio Silvestri. The name is a slight corruption of the Italian
phrase pittura fresca ("wet paint").
The band was formed in 1989 and was disbanded in 2002, after selling over half a million records
. Their repertoire included many songs in Venetian language
, as well as in Italian.
Their greatest hit was "Papa Nero
" ("Black Pope"), which made it to the 1997 Sanremo Music Festival.
Reggae
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music group based in Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, Italy
Italy
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, consisting of "Sir" Oliver Skardy (Gaetano Scardicchio, the group's leader), Francesco Duse, Cristiano Verardo, Marco Forieri, and Valerio Silvestri. The name is a slight corruption of the Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
phrase pittura fresca ("wet paint").
The band was formed in 1989 and was disbanded in 2002, after selling over half a million records
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
. Their repertoire included many songs in Venetian language
Venetian language
Venetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken as a native language by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy, where of five million inhabitants almost all can understand it. It is sometimes spoken and often well understood outside Veneto, in Trentino, Friuli, Venezia...
, as well as in Italian.
Their greatest hit was "Papa Nero
Papa Nero (song)
"Papa Nero" is a song by the Venetian reggae band Pitura Freska, with lyrics in the Venetian language.It was performed at the 1997 Sanremo Music Festival, and became very popular throughout Italy...
" ("Black Pope"), which made it to the 1997 Sanremo Music Festival.