Music of Malta

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While Maltese music today is largely western, traditional Maltese music includes what is known as "għana" (pronounced as aana). This consists of background folk guitar music, while a few people take it in turns to argue a point in a singsong voice. The aim of the lyrics, which are improvised, are to create a friendly yet challenging atmosphere, and takes a number of years of practice to be able to combine the required artistic qualities with the ability to debate effectively. A very interesting fact is that the improvised tune is normally sung in an Arabic Mode with quarter tones while the accompaniment is in Tonality, i.e. in a Western European Mode.

Other Maltese music is folk music with emphasis on guitar and tambourine, instrumental music called daqqaqa. Wind band music, with strong Spanish and Italian influences (mainly between the Maltese Italians), are also popular at each annual village or town festival (festa).

• Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest

[edit] Popular Maltese folk songs

• Maltese Calypso

[edit] Popular Maltese folk, mainstream and underground artists

• Frans Baldacchino "il-Budaj" (għannej)
• Fredu Abela "il-Bamboccu" (għannej)
• Mikiel Abela 'il-Bambinu" (għannej)
• Etnika (folk/jazz band)

• Arachnid [1]
• Beangrowers
• Beheaded
• Bitterside
• BNI (Batteries not Included)
• Buggly B
• Charlene & Natasha
• Chasing Pandora[2]
• Chiara
• Club Murder
• Corkscrew (band)
• Debbie Scerri
• Dripht
• Drive
• Dying Signals [3]
• Eleanor Spiteri
• Enzo Gusman
• Fabrizio Faniello
• Fakawi
• Fire
• Forsaken
• Gillian Attard
• HiddenSun
• Hooligan
• The I-Skandal
• Inner Link
• Ira Losco
• Julie Zahra
• Lord Adder
• Ludwig Galea
• Mary Spiteri
• Metrokueen (Rock Band) [4]
• Muttley (rock band)
• The Myth (band)
• Olivia Lewis
• Ray Buttigieg
• Recoil
• Renato Micallef
• Renzo Spiteri
• Roger Scannura
• RusHouR
• Sepia
• Stillborn[5]
• Scar
• Scream Daisy
• Shades of Chaos[6]
• Slit
• SubEgo
• Tendency Charge
• Tribali
• U-Bahn
• Walter Micallef
• Wintermoods
• Xtruppaw

[edit] Popular Maltese Club DJ's

• Adrian V
• Alex Grech
• Alvin Gee
• Darren Lynch
• Joseph Armani
• DJ Cain
• Duncan F
• Duo Blank
• Duplex
• hysterikmaniak
• Jennings
• Junior B
• Miss Roberta
• Robotnik
• DJ Ruby
• Stevie Vee
• Simon Pisani

[edit] Maltese Metal Bands

• Abysmal Torment
• Abyss
• Angelcrypt
• Apotheosis
• Beheaded
• Core Frequency
• Forsaken
• Loathe
• Martyrium [[[7]]]
• Norm Rejection
• Putrid Birth
• Sceptocrypt
• Shades of Chaos[[[8]]]
• Slit
• Spin
• [Stillborn[9]]
• Weeping Silence]
• X-Vandals

[edit] Maltese Young Artists

• Sophie Debattista
• Kylie Coleiro
• Dario Bezzina
• Christabelle Borg
• Thea Saliba
• Domenique Azzopardi
• Danica Muscat
• Eastwind

[edit] External links

• MaltaVoyager - music available for download
• SubEgo, voice and acoustic guitar music duo formed in Malta by Bianca Caruana and Adrian Camilleri
• Basement - Dance music and clubbing in Malta
• [10] - Maltese alternative scene
• [11] - Maltese Techno and Electro Music scene
• Technologic Events

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Morena (winner of Malta Song for Europe 2008 - VODKA)

Klinsmann (participant of Malta Song for Europe in 2007 [She Gives me Wings] and 2008 [Go finalist song])

Claudia Faniello (second runner up in Malta song for Europe 2008 who participated with the songs Caravaggio and Sunrise)