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'''Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa''' [[File:Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa.jpg |340px|thumb|right|Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa]] is a folk singer born on the 17th October 1962. He is currently the only folksinger from Gudja. | '''Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa''' [[File:Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa.jpg |340px|thumb|right|Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa]] is a folk singer born on the 17th October 1962. He is currently the only folksinger from Gudja. | ||
He became captivated by ''għana'' when he used to attend folk music sessions at Bamboċċu Station in Marsascala, Ta' Ġanna and Menu's Bar in Żejtun and other venues listening to [[Ninu Galea Il-Kalora]], [[Żeppi Meli Ta' Sika]], [[Ninu Gatt Ir-Rajsu]], [[Salvu Pace Is-Sulari]], [[Leli Azzopardi Il-Bugazz]] and [[Salvu Cassar Il-Ħamra]]. At the age of twenty he began to folk sing in Żabbar with three local folksingers, Jesmond Gili Il-Lonz, Leli Scicluna Id-Dean Martin and Johnny Caruana Il-Perillu. | He became captivated by ''għana'' when he used to attend folk music sessions at Bamboċċu Station in Marsascala, Ta' Ġanna and Menu's Bar in Żejtun and other venues listening to [[Ninu Galea Il-Kalora]], [[Żeppi Meli Ta' Sika]], [[Ninu Gatt Ir-Rajsu]], [[Salvu Pace Is-Sulari]], [[Leli Azzopardi Il-Bugazz]] and [[Salvu Cassar Il-Ħamra]]. | ||
At the age of twenty he began to folk sing in Żabbar with three local folksingers, Jesmond Gili Il-Lonz, Leli Scicluna Id-Dean Martin and Johnny Caruana Il-Perillu. | |||
This was followed soon after by Dalli's first public appearance as a folk singer, at Mikiel Is-Sefsefin's bar near Tal-Ħlas in Qormi, where he participated in an improvised verse bout with [[Żeppi Falzon Ix-Xakkaj]], Nardu Tal-Gass and [[Kalċidon Vella Id-Danny]]. | This was followed soon after by Dalli's first public appearance as a folk singer, at Mikiel Is-Sefsefin's bar near Tal-Ħlas in Qormi, where he participated in an improvised verse bout with [[Żeppi Falzon Ix-Xakkaj]], Nardu Tal-Gass and [[Kalċidon Vella Id-Danny]]. | ||
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[[File:Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa thinking his next verses.jpg|240px|thumb|left|Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa improvising his next quatrain]] | [[File:Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa thinking his next verses.jpg|240px|thumb|left|Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa improvising his next quatrain]] | ||
Dalli's preferred folksinger is [[Ninu Galea Il-Kalora]] for his clear voice and ability to keep to the subject in improvised verse | Dalli's preferred folksinger is [[Ninu Galea Il-Kalora]] for his clear voice and ability to keep to the subject in improvised verse. | ||
Grezzju Dalli is a regular participant for the annual Għanafest folk festival held in the Argotti Botanical Gardens every June. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwQxxqYhws Folk singing at Trust Bar, Żejtun 2013. | * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwQxxqYhws Folk singing at Trust Bar, Żejtun 2013. | ||
Revision as of 17:04, 27 July 2013
Grezzju Dalli Il-Garawwa
is a folk singer born on the 17th October 1962. He is currently the only folksinger from Gudja.
He became captivated by għana when he used to attend folk music sessions at Bamboċċu Station in Marsascala, Ta' Ġanna and Menu's Bar in Żejtun and other venues listening to Ninu Galea Il-Kalora, Żeppi Meli Ta' Sika, Ninu Gatt Ir-Rajsu, Salvu Pace Is-Sulari, Leli Azzopardi Il-Bugazz and Salvu Cassar Il-Ħamra.
At the age of twenty he began to folk sing in Żabbar with three local folksingers, Jesmond Gili Il-Lonz, Leli Scicluna Id-Dean Martin and Johnny Caruana Il-Perillu.
This was followed soon after by Dalli's first public appearance as a folk singer, at Mikiel Is-Sefsefin's bar near Tal-Ħlas in Qormi, where he participated in an improvised verse bout with Żeppi Falzon Ix-Xakkaj, Nardu Tal-Gass and Kalċidon Vella Id-Danny.
He warms up for Maltese singer John Laus Tal-Lajżar, appreciating his lively and merry voice and rhyme, and sees in him the Maltese equivalent to Johnny Cash. Laus's folk ballad Tal-Għaġin, a tragic account of a young boy who inadvertently dies due to his mother's poisoned pasta cooking meant for others, is Dalli's favourite.
Dalli's preferred folksinger is Ninu Galea Il-Kalora for his clear voice and ability to keep to the subject in improvised verse.
Grezzju Dalli is a regular participant for the annual Għanafest folk festival held in the Argotti Botanical Gardens every June.
External Links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwQxxqYhws Folk singing at Trust Bar, Żejtun 2013.