There are places that seem to have been created to become a stage: Gli Orti di San Pietro, for example. We are in Sassari (4 July 2024) and we are returning from the third and final evening of the experimental and electronic music festival “AbbaBIT”.
Soft lights among the olive trees, an almost enchanting atmosphere, Rodrigo Gallardo the international guest of the event: the perfect ingredients for moments of pure magic.
Known as the greatest exponent of folktronica music in South America, the Chilean artist Rodrigo Gallardo conquered everyone with his musical project and his talent. Crossing geographical and cultural borders, Gallardo combines ancestral rhythms with modern sounds, mixes traditional South American and Andean melodies with electronic bits, an unexpected and perfect combination.
The only date in Sardinia of the European tour is that of Rodrigue Gallardo to AbbaBIT#2024an evening organized in collaboration with the “Primizie degli orti” festival. Impossible not to dance. True, but not only.
Getting carried away by positive feelings was clearly spontaneous, even for those who were there and did not even hint at dance steps. If you dig a little deeper, you will discover that Rodrigo's music is not just entertainment. The lyrics of his songs are in fact full of meaning and messages, they are mainly a request to the world not to lose attention towards issues that just cannot be forgotten.
“Water of the earth
They want to take me away
The owners of the world
The servants of evil
The gold of this century
The light of the valleys
Let those rivers die
It's the end of the willow”
The celebration of encounters, energy and sharing, the request for sensitivity through hymns to nature.
There are no boundaries where there is art, the margin of light that leaves room for wonder does not go out. Between tradition and innovation, the photograph of Rodrigo Gollardo's passage to Sassari will remain impressed.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM