Not just music, but also the words to tell it. Locus Focus is part of the Locus festival’s cultural weaves
Beside music played, this year Locus Festival decided to improve Locus Focus, the moments of cultural deepening with writers, journalists and public interviews with the festival artists.
The direction of the program is entrusted to Nicola Gaeta (writer and music critic), Enzo Mansueto (poet, literary and musical critic) and Vittorio Bongiorno (writer and musician) who will lead meetings with some prominent personalities of music and narrative applied to music, including:
SIMON REYNOLDS, american author of classics like “Post Punk” and “Retromania”, one of the most important music critics in the world;
MICHAEL ZADOORIAN, famous Detroit writer whose book “In viaggio contromano” inspired Paolo Virzì’s film “Ella & John” and the last “Beautiful Music”;
GEOFF DYER, English cult writer and author beloved by jazz proselytes.
And again: Luca Conti (Director of Musica Jazz), Alberto Campo, and Alberto Castelli.
Largo Mazzini will be the meeting place for this, a delightful little square in the historic center of Locorotondo, a stone’s throw from the main stage.
Programma
Saturday 21th of july – h 19 – largo Mazzini, Locorotondo
POST-PUNK 1978-2018: Forty years of music, culture and society.
Decades of music in the writing of Simon Reynolds.
With Simon Reynolds, Vittorio Bongiorno, Nicola Gaeta and Enzo Mansueto.
Sunday 22th of july – h 18 – Casa Locus, via Giannone, Locorotondo
WRITING MUSIC – A workshop with Simon Reynolds.
Free entry with reservation RSVP
Friday 27th of july – h 19 – largo Mazzini, Locorotondo
MOTOR CITY IS BURNING: musica, adolescenza e rivolta a Detroit.
The author Michael Zadoorian is told through his novels “The leisure seeker” and the recent “Beautiful Music”.
With Michael Zadoorian, Vittorio Bongiorno and Alberto Campo.
Saturday 28th of july – h 19 – largo Mazzini, Locorotondo
IL MODO DI DIRE ADDIO: the legacy of Leonard Cohen
A talk with Francesco Bianconi of Baustelle. With Enzo Mansueto.
Sunday 29th of july – h 19 – largo Mazzini, Locorotondo
THE OUTSIDE WORLD: Words, music, places through the imagery of Geoff Dyer’s narration
With Geoff Dyer, Vittorio Bongiorno, Nicola Gaeta ed Enzo Mansueto.
Sunday 5th of august – h 19 – largo Mazzini, Locorotondo
CONSCIOUSNESS: new and old scenarios in the black music of the beginning of the millennium
With Alberto Castelli e Nicola Gaeta
