| Franco Fabbri (San Paulo, Brasil, 1949) has been the
guitarist, singer and composer of the Italian group
"Stormy Six", since 1965. He was among the
founders of the International Association for The Study
Of Popular Music (IASPM) as well as one of its
presidents.
His most recent book is Album Bianco. Diari musicali 1965-2000, Arcana, 2001. He writes for the journal and newspapers Musica/Realtà, l'Unità, Carnet. He is one of the hosts of the Rai (Italian State Broadcasting Company) program, Radio Tre Suite. He lectures at the University of Turin. |
As a scholar he is
known especially for his work on the relationship among
music, technology and the media (Elettronica e musica,
Fratelli Fabbri, 1984; Il suono in cui viviamo,
Feltrinelli, 1996), on song analysis (in Fabrizio De
André. Accordi eretici, Euresis, 1997; Mina.
Una forza incantatrice, Euresis, 199; and in Enciclopedia
della musica, Einaudi, 2001), and for his essays on
musical genres, published in various books and
international journals (World Music; Politics and
Social Change edited by Simon Frith, Manchester
University Press; Encyclopaedia of Popular Music of
the World, Popular Music, Atlante del
Novecento, edited by L. Gallino, M. L. Salvadori, G.
Vattimo, UTET).