Luca Bassanese

Luca Bassanese is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, writer, and musician. In 2015, Bassanese won the MEI Plate 2015 as best folk music artist, the Recanati Musicultura Award and the Certificate of merit for the Civil Commitment. Bassanese is regarded as an influential singer and songwriter in the genre of new Italian folk music. His lyrics use unconventional language, often described as satirizing poeticism, to denounce what he feels are the contradictive actions of his country.