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Mondo Sono - Télérama.fr. Google Maps. Samarra. Propriétaire d'un studio de légende, Cosimo Matassa vient de s'éteindre.

Samarra

Il fut l'un des principaux artisans de l'éclosion du rythm'n'blues de la Nouvelle-Orleans. Fils d'un immigré italien, Matassa se passionne très tôt pour la musique de Crescent City et ouvre un magasin de disques au lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale. The New York Music Project: Help Map The City In Song.

Since its founding, New York has been an evergreen inspiration for musicians, from Gershwin to Dylan to the Beastie Boys.

The New York Music Project: Help Map The City In Song

"Empire State of Mind," Jay-Z's love letter to the city, is just the latest, and perhaps greatest, in a long line of New York-inspired songs. But one day -- maybe soon, maybe not -- someone else will come along and pen a ditty about the city that never sleeps that will fully-encapsulate life in the five boroughs and Jay-Z's will be a worn-out standard, played while fans shuffle out of the new new Yankee Stadium.

So in honor of the long and vast history of New York in song, we're extremely pleased to introduce the Huffington Post New York Music Project. La carte de France des chansons. Samarra. Mondo Sono, le tour du monde en musique - Musiques.