Biography
Tinturia are a Sicilian music band, founded in 1996 in Raffadali,Sicily in the Agrigento neighbourhood, and led by singer/melodicist Lello Analfino.
They are popular in Sicily since their debut album, Abusivi (di necessità), which featured many of their signature songs, such as Jovanotto, Occhi a pampina and La donna riccia, a rewrite in Sicilian language of an old Domenico Modugno song. Many of their music pieces are sung in Sicilian language as well.
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Their music also featured in the Italian movie "Nati stanchi" by comedians Ficarra & Picone. Their most recent album, Nessuno è perfetto (per fortuna), came out in 2005 and showed a strong, rock-oriented, change from their earlier works, also featuring a larger usage of Italian language.
They released a live album entitled Io sto qui in 2007.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.