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Fabrizio De André

(Fabrizio De Andre)

One of Italy's most popular and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters of the 1960s and '70s, Fabrizio De André was born in 1940 in Genoa to a wealthy businessman who supported anti-fascist causes that meant the family had to seek hiding during World War II. He started to play the guitar as a teenager and began releasing folk albums of social commentary in the 1960s. His music was influenced by American jazz, singer-songwriters such as Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan and the traditional forms of Italian and French folk singing. He collaborated with several other artists including...