Author: Porretta Soul Festival

Porretta Soul Festival, a fairy tale turned into reality

I started listening to Soul, or rather Rhythm & Blues as I liked to call it, listening to Bandiera Gialla the legendary transmission by Arbore and Boncompagni. It was the golden age of that music, the mid 60’s.

Peter Guralnick about Porretta

Everyone tried to tell me. Graziano tried to describe it to me and of course I had already heard of Porretta from Solomon Burke, Dan Penn, Michael Toles and Rufus and Marvel Thomas.

Giorgia at Porretta Soul Festival

At the 1994 edition, a very young Giorgia arrives in Porretta, accompanied by her father Giulio’s band, Io Vorrei La Pelle Nera.

Chiambretti at Porretta Soul Festival

In 1995 a memorable edition of the Porretta Soul Festival was held. That year there was an incredible cast and among the audience, intrigued by the fame that the festival was beginning to have, even Piero Chiambretti

Zucchero at Porretta Soul Festival

The bond between Zucchero and Porretta started in March 1987, when Adelmo Fornaciari was producing his first album of pure Rhythm & Blues in Italian at the Fonoprint studios in Bologna.