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In December 2012 Cutajar released a folk ballad in memory of former Labour prime minister Dom Mintoff, during a folk singing session held at the Rialto in Bormla and in 2013 a folk ballad in honour of new Labour Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. | In December 2012 Cutajar released a folk ballad in memory of former Labour prime minister Dom Mintoff, during a folk singing session held at the Rialto in Bormla and in 2013 a folk ballad in honour of new Labour Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. | ||
Kelinu is probably the most travelled ''għannej'' in | Kelinu is probably the most travelled ''għannej'' in history. He visited Australia on five occasions, - the first time when a mere eighteen year old - with improvised verse bouts in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. In Australia he has folk sung with [[Ġużeppi Camilleri Jimmy Tal-Fjur]], [[Żaren Attard Il-Bukaċċ]], [[Leli Sultana Il-Moni]] and [[Ġużeppi Azzopardi Ras Il-Bagħal]]. | ||
He has also visited Toronto,Canada and Detriot, United States twice and another occasion in the United Kingdom on the invite of the Klabb tal-Maltin in London, where he sung with [[Fredu Abela Iż-Żejtuni]]. | He has also visited Toronto,Canada and Detriot, United States twice, where he folk sung with [[Karmnu Xuereb In-Namru]] and another occasion in the United Kingdom on the invite of the Klabb tal-Maltin in London, where he sung with [[Fredu Abela Iż-Żejtuni]]. | ||
[[File:Mikiel Cutajar fatt dwar il-Perit Mintoff Diċembru 2012.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Cover of folk ballad on former Labour Prime Minister Dom Mintoff.]] | [[File:Mikiel Cutajar fatt dwar il-Perit Mintoff Diċembru 2012.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Cover of folk ballad on former Labour Prime Minister Dom Mintoff.]] | ||
Revision as of 07:14, 3 August 2013
Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar
also known as Kelinu, is currently one Malta's foremost folksingers. He was born in Żejtun on the 3rd September 1963.
The nephew of renowned folksinger Mikiel Abela Il-Bambinu, he is giving frequent performances that he personally organizes in several locations in Malta, including Ġnien Kottonera in Bormla, Ħal Għaxaq parish square together with the Santa Marija Band Club and Tarxien parish square, with the Banda tad-Duttrina.
Kelinu has the exceptional status of presenting għana in its three main models; improvised verse, high-pitched and folk ballad. He has sung with the major folksingers of the older generation, including Ninu Galea Il-Kalora and Żeppi Meli Ta' Sika and his contemporaries, amongst them Frans Baldacchino il-Budaj.
In his line-up for the improvised verse model he regularly lines up with Jesmond Galea Tal-Kalora, his son Ronaldu Cutajar Tas-Superstar, Frans Cachia Il-Budaj Tas-Siġġiewi, Joe Busuttil Il-Bużu and Joe Grech Ta' Raħal Ġdid.
Rare Xandir Malta file footage features Kelinu together with his uncle, Anġla Mifsud Iċ-Ċalija and Żaren Mangion Il-Folfol, all four from Żejtun.
He also accepted several challenges for singing bouts with Frans Cassar Il-Bloqq, including those at the Birkirkara Band Club and in Qormi.
Cutajar has also written and folk sung several ballads, including two about prize horses Isard du Pont and Invetro de Burgh, one in honour of veteran folksinger Pawlu Seychell Il-Għannej, another entitled It-Tbatija tad-Dinja and one It-Traġedja ta' Ħal Għaxaq, which recalls the fireworks factory explosion in Għaxaq on the 15th February 1970, which left five dead.
In December 2012 Cutajar released a folk ballad in memory of former Labour prime minister Dom Mintoff, during a folk singing session held at the Rialto in Bormla and in 2013 a folk ballad in honour of new Labour Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.
Kelinu is probably the most travelled għannej in history. He visited Australia on five occasions, - the first time when a mere eighteen year old - with improvised verse bouts in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. In Australia he has folk sung with Ġużeppi Camilleri Jimmy Tal-Fjur, Żaren Attard Il-Bukaċċ, Leli Sultana Il-Moni and Ġużeppi Azzopardi Ras Il-Bagħal.
He has also visited Toronto,Canada and Detriot, United States twice, where he folk sung with Karmnu Xuereb In-Namru and another occasion in the United Kingdom on the invite of the Klabb tal-Maltin in London, where he sung with Fredu Abela Iż-Żejtuni.
External Links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMAJp7CYHaA Kelinu singing the high pitched model.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyJMYSxT75A Kelinu with il-Budaj, Kalora and Ta' Sika in 1996.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDQYbJRMJ30 Xandir Malta file footage.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5qG6Nme0yE Younger Bar, Qormi September 2012.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_A8zXTFmpw
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNtwbrXagwY Challenge with Frans Il-Bloqq.