Federico Stragà presents his new album È così. Nine songs written over the years by the singer-songwriter, with a more mature and introspective tone compared to the Stragà many remember from the days of L’Astronauta or his Sanremo duets with Anna Tatangelo. The album also includes the single Automobilisti, a song as ironic as it is romantic, performed together with singer-songwriter Fabio Concato and released in the spring.
Naturally, it also features the most recent and eponymous song “È così”, dedicated to his brother.
Produced by Valerio Carboni for Alman Music, the new album will be available in all stores and on all digital platforms starting November 7.

“Nouvelle Vague” is the second single chosen to anticipate the release of the new album project by Roman producer Papik, an international symbol of lounge and nu-jazz music, and Parisian vocalist Kelly Joyce, now an adopted citizen of Rimini and best known for her early-2000s international hit “Vivre la vie”. Following the success of the first single “C’est si bon”, this new track was selected to highlight the essence of the duo’s musical project — the dialogue between the (musical and cultural) influences of Italy and France in the carefree 1950s and 1960s, through a reinterpretation of the great French repertoire of that era.
The song “Nouvelle Vague”, here reimagined by Papik for Kelly’s voice, was originally made famous in France in 1960 by Richard Anthony and evokes the spirit of those years — the desire to take life more lightly. Its title comes from the namesake film movement that emerged in France during that time, while in Italy the Rimini-born Fellini was triumphing with “La dolce vita”. A cultural twinning that, more than sixty years later, still lives on through the film festivals “Nouvelle Vague sul Tevere” in Rome and “Dolcevita sur Seine” in Paris. Today, this new groove crafted by Papik for Kelly once again aims to be the modern soundtrack linking the boulevards of Paris and the terraces of Rome — or the beaches of Rimini and Saint-Tropez.
The single anticipates the upcoming release, under Alman Music, of the tantalizing album “Carbonara e Champagne”.

The new single by Papik and Kelly Joyce is the first preview of this new and fascinating collaboration, which aims to bring together the musical experiences and inspirations of France and Italy in the 1950s and 1960s. From Rome, the icon of lounge and nu-jazz music Papik, the “architect of groove” followed worldwide for his theme-based reinterpretations (with successful productions such as “Cocktail Martino”, “Cocktail Mina”, and the recent “Cocktail Sanremo”), takes up the challenge—encouraged by Parisian singer Kelly Joyce (best known for her international hit “Vivre la vie”)—to deconstruct and reconstruct vintage French music. Together, Kelly Joyce and Papik bring into dialogue two parallel realities from a particularly vibrant historical period for art and music. The soul of the “Yé-Yé” movement is thus stitched back together in Rome through the contaminations of La Dolce Vita. Rome versus Paris, Rimini versus Saint-Tropez. The two artists forge an aesthetic pact, blending sophistication and boldness to create an album that is both popular and refined—a journey that moves through the boulevards of Paris and the terraces of Rome, the velvet of the clubs and the sand of the Romagna beaches—without the need for translation.

Heat, the new production by pianist and composer Claudio Vignali, created together with bassist Blake Franchetto and with the extraordinary participation of Dave Weckl, one of the most celebrated drummers on the international scene. The tune was born in the midst of the pandemic, when sudden isolation forced artists to reinvent their ways of expressing themselves. "Heat" is the result of this challenge: three musicians in different places, connected only by music and by the desire to keep creating, sharing, and expressing themselves. Today, in a context of regained normality, Heat not only tells the story of that season of resilience but also celebrates the strength of artistic connections that, overcoming distances, made the birth of authentic and vibrant works possible.