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He recalls following ''għana'' as an eight year old either on Xandir Malta television and on the Rediffusion service. The Sunday morning routine was to hear the seven o'clock mass in the Tarxien Parish church and then call in a local traditional teashop, which has a radio set with a speaker hanging in one corner. The timing was perfect, for as soon as he used to walk in, the weekly ''għana'' morning broadcast would commence. | He recalls following ''għana'' as an eight year old either on Xandir Malta television and on the Rediffusion service. The Sunday morning routine was to hear the seven o'clock mass in the Tarxien Parish church and then call in a local traditional teashop, which has a radio set with a speaker hanging in one corner. The timing was perfect, for as soon as he used to walk in, the weekly ''għana'' morning broadcast would commence. | ||
When Busuttil was fifteen, he was encouraged by [[Salvu Pace Is-Sulari]] and [[Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu]] to folk sing and he did at the Vittoriosa Stars Football Club bar premises in Birgu, which at the time were tended by Ċensu It-Toto. The folksingers that made up the improvised verse set up were [[Fredu Micallef Il-Kampjun]], [[Salvu Cassar Il-Ħamra]] and [[Żaren Is-Slejs]]. | When Busuttil was fifteen, he was encouraged by [[Salvu Pace Is-Sulari]] and [[Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu]] to folk sing and he did at the Vittoriosa Stars Football Club bar premises in Birgu, which at the time were tended by Ċensu It-Toto. The folksingers that made up the improvised verse set up were [[Fredu Micallef Il-Kampjun]], [[Salvu Cassar Il-Ħamra]] and [[Żaren Is-Slejs]]. | ||
When still at trade school he began participating in improvised verse bouts with more established folk singers, on Rediffusion and at the Bamboċċu Station in Marsascala, together with [[Joe Vella Il-Bokser]], Ċ[[ikku Degiorgio Tal-Fjuri]], [[Salvu Galea Tal-Kalora]] and [[Żeppi Meli Ta' Sika]]. | |||
Busuttil is currently the only active folksinger from Tarxien. | |||
Revision as of 16:03, 3 August 2013
Joe Busuttil Il-Bużu
is a folk singer from the town of Tarxien. He was born on the 29th September 1965 and his occupation is a tradesman carpenter, having obtained the City & Guilds certificates. When still in elementary school Busuttil won a competition for writing the best quatrain in Maltese.
He recalls following għana as an eight year old either on Xandir Malta television and on the Rediffusion service. The Sunday morning routine was to hear the seven o'clock mass in the Tarxien Parish church and then call in a local traditional teashop, which has a radio set with a speaker hanging in one corner. The timing was perfect, for as soon as he used to walk in, the weekly għana morning broadcast would commence.
When Busuttil was fifteen, he was encouraged by Salvu Pace Is-Sulari and Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu to folk sing and he did at the Vittoriosa Stars Football Club bar premises in Birgu, which at the time were tended by Ċensu It-Toto. The folksingers that made up the improvised verse set up were Fredu Micallef Il-Kampjun, Salvu Cassar Il-Ħamra and Żaren Is-Slejs.
When still at trade school he began participating in improvised verse bouts with more established folk singers, on Rediffusion and at the Bamboċċu Station in Marsascala, together with Joe Vella Il-Bokser, Ċikku Degiorgio Tal-Fjuri, Salvu Galea Tal-Kalora and Żeppi Meli Ta' Sika.
Busuttil is currently the only active folksinger from Tarxien.