IF # 22 - Music and Migration

Today’s playlist ties together past and present songs about people on the move. 

We'll start with Italy as a country of emigration, and will circle back to current stories of immigration to Italy.

A musical journey from folk songs such as "Mamma, dammi 100 lire" singing of Italians migrating to America on ocean liners, to the rap "Lampedusa lo sa" by Assalti Frontali denouncing the tragic conditions of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to get to Italy, and Europe. 


  • 12:06pm L'abbigliamento di un fuochista by Francesco De Gregori e Giovanna Marini on Titanic
  • 12:09pm Titanic by Francesco De Gregori on Titanic
  • 12:14pm Mamma, mamma, mamma dammi cento lire by Lucilla Galeazzi on Ancora bella ciao
  • 12:19pm Il treno by Vinicio Capossela on Canzoni della cupa
  • 12:24pm Amara terra mia by Radiodervish on Amara terra mia
  • 12:28pm Dai monti della Savoia by Fabrizio De André on Effedia: sulla mia cattiva strada
  • 12:31pm Rosa by Brunori Sas on Poveri Cristi
  • 12:36pm Precario è il mondo (feat. Raiz) by Daniele Silvestri on S.C.O.T.C.H.
  • 12:41pm Cervelli in fuga by Luca Bassanese on L'amore è sostenibile
  • 12:43pm Grande sud by Eugenio Bennato on Grande Sud
  • 12:46pm Mamagranda by Modena City Ramblers on Radio Rebelde
  • 12:52pm La notte più lunga by Carmen Consoli on L'abitudine di tornare
  • 12:56pm Pane e coraggio by Ivano Fossati on Pane e coraggio
  • 12:59pm Lampedusa lo sa by Assalti Frontali on Profondo rosso
  • 1:07pm Attraverso l'acqua (feat. Francesco De Gregori) by Enzo Avitabile on Lotto infinito
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