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[[File: | [[File:Joe Vella Il-Bokser 9 Awissu 2013 Iż-Żejtun.jpg|290px|thumb|left|Joe Vella Il-Bokser folksinging in Żejtun, 9th August 2013.]] | ||
Joe Il-Bokser performed in Għaxaq on 2 August 2013, during an event organized by [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]] and at the Brooklyn Bar on the 9th August. His visit to Malta was openly welcomed by both the folksingers and enthusiasts alike. | Joe Il-Bokser performed in Għaxaq on 2 August 2013, during an event organized by [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]] and at the Brooklyn Bar on the 9th August. His linguistic content in the vernacular contains of a more Semitic element than current spoken Maltese. | ||
His visit to Malta in 2013 was openly welcomed by both the folksingers and enthusiasts alike and he was invited to folk sing all over the country. | |||
Revision as of 16:41, 10 August 2013
Joe Vella Il-Bokser
was born in the rural village of Manikata on the 2nd of August 1951, and started folk singing at the age of thirteen on his father's farm under pomegranate and carob trees in the same Maltese village.
He emigrated to Sydney, Australia as a young man. He became Australia's super middleweight boxing champion in 1976, hence his nickname, when he beat Fiji-born Alipate Korovou at the South Sydney Rugby League Club. He lost the same title to Korovou in 1977. He later took the occupation of a taxi driver.
Vella started folksinging in 1977, with Ninu Galea Il-Kalora and Salvu Galea Tal-Kalora, and then sang with Loretu Vella Tas-Siċċu and Saver Bonanno Tal-Manikata.
Joe Il-Bokser performed in Għaxaq on 2 August 2013, during an event organized by Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar and at the Brooklyn Bar on the 9th August. His linguistic content in the vernacular contains of a more Semitic element than current spoken Maltese.
His visit to Malta in 2013 was openly welcomed by both the folksingers and enthusiasts alike and he was invited to folk sing all over the country.
External Links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx7khrxdBD0&list=UUW-9O9Dj7cR0_vAd8-HzDSQ Folk singing at the Brooklyn Bar, Żejtun 9th August 2013.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rECeXMf2ZD0 Folk singing session in Sydney.