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At the end of last year, top-shelf San Francisco reissue label Superior Viaduct rereleased the first three albums by Sicilian-born musician Franco Battiato. His name might not ring a bell for many ...

One of Italy’s most eclectic and experimental pop singers, Franco Battiato, died 18 May aged 76. He had been ill for some time. Born in Acireale, Sicily, the Italian singer-songwriter, composer, ...

Though hugely popular as a singer-songwriter in Italy, he never stopped experimenting. He composed for movies, opera and ballet, directed films and painted. By Gaia Pianigiani Franco Battiato, one of ...

Franco Battiato, Italian music icon and household name, passed away on Tuesday at his house, a castle in Sicily. He had been suffering with Alzheimer’s since 2019, when he withdrew from the public eye ...

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Italian popular singer Franco Battiato died today, Italian media report. He was 76, and had been ill for a time. Battiato died in his home in Milo, close to Catania. He had been born on 23 March 1945, ...

With his operatic performance-cum-radio play Miscontinuum released as an album earlier this year, the Mouse On Mars man takes Nick Hutchings on a trawl of his favourite avant-garde and experimental ...