After the refined artistic collaboration with Fabio Concato in “Automobilisti”—enhanced by the acting participation of Gioele Dix—and the release of the title track “È così”, which marked the launch of his latest album of original songs at the end of 2025, STRAGÀ continues his journey with a song that is both deeply personal and universal.
BELLA BOLOGNA, written and composed by Federico Stragà himself, is a song that portrays a city through the disenchanted eyes of someone who lives it every day. It is not a celebratory anthem, but an authentic portrait suspended between love and disillusionment. “I grew up with the myth of Bologna,” says the artist, “a city I imagined as a symbol of freedom, culture, and fun. Living there, I discovered a more complex reality made of contrasts: on one side beauty, opportunities, and a unique atmosphere; on the other a sense of disorder and a freedom that sometimes seems to cross into incivility.”
The song is born precisely from this emotional tension: a fragile balance between charm and struggle, between belonging and distance. STRAGÀ observes Bologna with mature eyes, highlighting everyday dynamics and urban contradictions that many will recognize: collective living, respect for shared spaces, and the relationship between freedom and responsibility. The narrative also includes important references to the city’s musical tradition, from Lucio Dalla to Luca Carboni, artists who were able to capture its most authentic soul. “I understood why Carboni wrote ‘Primavera’,” explains the singer-songwriter, “but also why he spoke of a city ‘without mercy.’ Bologna is both.”

There's a special beauty in things that break and find the strength to mend themselves. In Japanese philosophy, it's called "Kintsugi," the art of soldering broken pieces with gold, transforming scars into value. It's precisely this image that inspired THE TALKING BUGS's return to the studio, as they decided to reopen the doors of their first project to breathe new life into it.
After years dedicated to individual artistic pursuits, Alessandro di Furio, Fausto Ghini, and Paolo Andrini are revisiting their 2013 debut and transforming it into a new chapter in their musical journey. Jacopo Cenesi, on percussion and drum machine, joins them as a permanent member. Together, they've released "Viewofanonsense Kintsugi Edition": not just a simple reissue, but the natural evolution of a journey that has never truly stopped, built over time together with their audience. "We still have so much to say and make people listen," the band explains. "We wanted to bring our world back to light, both for ourselves and for the many people who have asked us to keep playing over the years.
Knowing that after so long there is still someone connected to our music is a special gift." The album, remastered in 2026, preserves the essential, international indie-folk sound that has made THE TALKING BUGS a force to be reckoned with in the independent music scene. The remastering elevates the sound quality to contemporary productions without betraying the project's original soul. Enriching the new edition is "ETERNAL SUMMER," the first of two previously unreleased tracks born from the band's recent inspirations.
The single confirms the quartet's signature style: intimate and emotional lyrics in English, melodies capable of taking the listener on a sensory journey, and a production that focuses on clarity and essentiality. Accompanied by the official video, ETERNAL SUMMER represents the prelude to the definitive release of the remaster and officially marks the beginning of a new chapter for THE TALKING BUGS.
A return that not only looks to the past, but also attempts to recompose time—just like Kintsugi—transforming fractures into new beauty.

From Rome comes Nerio “PAPIK” Poggi, a true architect of international groove, known for successful productions such as *Cocktail Martino*, *Cocktail Mina*, and *Cocktail Sanremo*. Taking up the challenge is KELLY JOYCE, the Parisian artist who rose to worldwide fame with the hit *Vivre la vie*. The result is a surprising creative encounter: a contemporary reinterpretation of some of the most iconic songs from the French tradition of the 1950s and 1960s.

Melodies that have become part of the collective imagination are now revisited with PAPIK’s unmistakable style and brought to life through KELLY JOYCE’s outstanding performance. In *CARBONARA & CHAMPAGNE*, the atmosphere of vintage Paris intertwines with the cinematic and refined flair of Rome’s Dolce Vita. The spirit of the Yé-Yé movement is imaginatively stitched back together in the Italian capital through elegant arrangements and a blend of lounge, soul, and jazz influences. The artistic dialogue between PAPIK and KELLY JOYCE becomes a play of contrasts and seduction: Rome versus Paris, Rimini versus Saint-Tropez. Sophistication and lightness, charm and irony.

Anticipated by the singles *C’est si bon*, *Nouvelle Vague*, and *Les feuilles mortes*, the album is a sonic journey through Parisian boulevards and Roman terraces, the velvet of clubs and the sand of the Romagna beaches. It preserves the timeless charm of this repertoire while presenting it in a fresh, accessible yet refined form. It is an ideal toast between Italy and France, where the nostalgia of classic chanson meets contemporary groove.

A new artistic chapter for Claudio Vignali, a Bologna-based pianist and composer among the brightest voices of the contemporary jazz scene. After collaborations and tours around the world, he presents FLOW BARK, his exciting new sonic journey alongside Frank Martino (8-string guitar), Marco Frattini (drums), and rapper Devon Miles, whose presence brings a contemporary, incisive and poetic dimension to the sound. The result is an authentically “urban” work, where jazz fusion emerges with strength, elegance, and virtuosity. With FLOW BARK, Claudio Vignali delivers a mature, visionary, and surprising project capable of speaking both to jazz lovers and to new generations raised within the hip-hop universe. The track will be part of the album “Flow”, to be released by Alman Music. The album also features the extraordinary American vocalist Gretchen Parlato, a multi-award-winning artist considered one of the most influential voices in contemporary world jazz. Her presence enriches the collection with an international and sophisticated dimension, confirming the ambition and artistic scope of Claudio Vignali’s project. The journey has begun. The flow is unstoppable.