Difference between revisions of "Ramon Psaila tal-Għasli"
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He carries his maternal family nickname ''Tal-Għasli'', from the Misraħ Il-Bjar in the lower part of town in Żejtun. The family were bakers, operating from within the households and supplying a substantial area of the town with their daily bread. | He carries his maternal family nickname ''Tal-Għasli'', from the Misraħ Il-Bjar in the lower part of town in Żejtun. The family were bakers, operating from within the households and supplying a substantial area of the town with their daily bread. | ||
Psaila grew up in an ''għana'' environment, through the ''għana tal-banju'' sung by his mother Katarin and her own mother Mari tal-Għasli. He recalls | Psaila grew up in an ''għana'' environment, through the ''għana tal-banju'' sung by his mother Katarin and her own mother Mari tal-Għasli. He recalls exchanging verses with his mother, when still as an eight-year-old. | ||
''Issa ż-żmien qed jagħmel tiegħu | |||
''Lejn wiċċek tħares fil-mera | |||
''Rasek baxxutha fuq il-banju | |||
''Ommi ma, kemm inti kerha''. | |||
And she replied: | |||
''Tajjeb lilek qed nisimgħek | |||
''Il-kliem mhux immerih | |||
''Ħalli jiena nkun kerha | |||
''L-aqwa li ġibt lilek sabiħ''. | |||
The wine shop that he used to | |||
He is related to [[Anġlu Chetcuti s-Sabu]], through the Bużakkaq family and with [[Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni]], through his father. | He is related to [[Anġlu Chetcuti s-Sabu]], through the Bużakkaq family and with [[Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni]], through his father. | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 10 September 2013
Ramon Psaila tal-Għasli, also known as Ir-Ruman taż-Żejtun
is an improvised verse folk singer. He was born on the 27th September 1965 and hails from Żejtun.
He carries his maternal family nickname Tal-Għasli, from the Misraħ Il-Bjar in the lower part of town in Żejtun. The family were bakers, operating from within the households and supplying a substantial area of the town with their daily bread.
Psaila grew up in an għana environment, through the għana tal-banju sung by his mother Katarin and her own mother Mari tal-Għasli. He recalls exchanging verses with his mother, when still as an eight-year-old.
Issa ż-żmien qed jagħmel tiegħu
Lejn wiċċek tħares fil-mera
Rasek baxxutha fuq il-banju
Ommi ma, kemm inti kerha.
And she replied:
Tajjeb lilek qed nisimgħek
Il-kliem mhux immerih
Ħalli jiena nkun kerha
L-aqwa li ġibt lilek sabiħ.
The wine shop that he used to
He is related to Anġlu Chetcuti s-Sabu, through the Bużakkaq family and with Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni, through his father.
In Għanafest 2013 he folk sang with Raymond Buttigieg Il-Basli, Raymond Laferla r-Ruman and Karmenu Borg Ġannarija.
Psaila is active on the local circuit.