'A Maronna t'accumpagna', between Dostoevsky and Naples, a song of peace and love for people

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October 9, 2023 - 19:10

'A Maronna t'accumpagna', between Dostoevsky and Naples, a song of peace and love for people

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“A' Maronna t'accumpagna”, the new single by Acronimo Costanzo & Macrè Ensemble, is available from today in digital distribution and on the radio.

“A Maronna t'accumpagna,” an eighteenth-century phrase that literally means, “May you walk protected by the light of the Madonna.”

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It's the farewell my grandparents would give me every time I was about to leave the house, and it inspired the song. At the time, I saw the streets as a safe, joyful place, where I could make friends and play for hours with a ball without a care in the world. In the video, I wanted to convey just how much beauty can still be found on the streets today, in contrast to the tragedy of recent tragic news events. I'm referring in particular to the murder of the young musician Giogiò, and the violence suffered by two little girls in Caivano, a stone's throw from where I lived as a boy (Frattaminore) before moving to Lucca. Losing your life, experiencing suffering, on the streets or in the neighborhoods of your own city is intolerable. "If love is true, live harder one evening," I sing in the song, precisely to emphasize that if we are moved by love and respect for others, our lives won't suddenly end in one night. For Maronna to accompany us and bring us safely home, we must, to paraphrase Dostoevsky, "Education saves the world." The hope is that humanity is moved by profound altruism, and that we return to coloring the streets with joy, as if we were celebrating a championship every day." The author asserts with conviction.

Antonio “Acronimo” Costanzo is a primary school teacher in Prato but has a visceral bond with Naples. The choice to sing in the language of Partenope, after so many albums in Italian, strongly testifies to this: “In this project I want to return to the sounds of my land that gave birth to extraordinary artists such as Eduardo De Filippo, Pino Daniele, Renato Carosone, who were able to innovate and enrich us”. The song, on the Suono Libero Music label and editions, which follows the previous “Passame 'e parole”, sees the Neapolitan singer-songwriter once again accompanied by the multi-instrumentalist Diego Ruschena, also author of the arrangements, and by the saxophonist Renzo Cristiano Telloli, with his precious sax inserts that dialogue with the melody of the song.

The artist has recently published the book “Strambe storie alla luna” (ed. Porto Seguro) with Angela Onorato and is working on the recording project, the first entirely in Neapolitan of his production, which consists of four albums, and which will be published by 2024.

Article published on October 9, 2023 - 19:10 PM - Editorial Staff