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'COWBOY DISCO': THE UNEXPECTED CONNECTION BETWEEN COUNTRY AND DISCO.

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 In an interview with Spanish music website  JENESAISPOP , published last week, Parcels talked about the term ' cowboy disco ' and how it defines their latest album 'Day/Night'.  Cowboy disco seems to be the defined genre for the band's second album (their first new project since their self-titled debut in 2018). The term alludes to a disco-funk sound and country or folk lyrics. In the interview, Jules gave as an example their single Theworstthing. The lyrics on this song are gloomy and moving, while the groove drives it to disco.  Some of the feelings and lyrics on this album portrait a dramatic melancholic and sadness, that better relates with country and folk.  What the term shows is the union of the two genres with an evident setting, Australia: Jules Crommelin says in the interview that this album was written before the pandemic, missing and remembering Australia while the band was in Berlin. The closeness to the countryside that exists in Australia drove Parce

CYRANO BY FRANCESCO GUCCINI.

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In 1996 the Italian singer and songwriter Francesco Guccini published Cyrano as one of the songs from his album D'amore, di morte e di altre sciocchezze. The track, written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Beppe Dati and Guccini, has aged as one of the best cantautori pieces.  In it, Guccini transforms in Cyrano, the famous protagonist of Edmond Rostand 's drama, to do social criticism and ends up making one of the most moving declarations of love to Rossana, Cyrano's lover.  His interest on literature is not unusual; he is a poet and has written other songs about other magna opera, like about Don Quixote .  1. Cyrano de Bergerac: Cyrano is the perfect Romanticism's hero (even if the play is from 1897). His big nose moves him away from the society, which makes fun of him. Consequently, Cyrano has learnt to defend himself with bravery, haughtiness and courage.  He is in love with Rossana, his cousin,but he's afraid of telling that he loves her. Meanwhile, Rossana loves  Christ