About
Meet the Host: Gianluca Tramontana
Gianluca is a seasoned music journalist with an impressive career spanning The Guardian and MOJO in the UK and as the US correspondent for JAM in Italy. Formerly with Rolling Stone, he’s also a radio host and has crafted and presented radio pieces and documentaries for NPR and the BBC.
His dedication took him to Guantanamo Province, Cuba, where he spent two and a half years documenting changüí musical culture and its people. This effort resulted in the first and only collection of “in situ” recordings including a photo book, which received critical acclaim and was featured on the BBC, NPR, PRI, and CBC, winning multiple “Best Of” awards. His work earned a mention in Da Capo Press’s “Best Music Writing of 2009”.
Additionally, Gianluca co-created, wrote, and hosted The Outer Voices Podcast series, which focused on global stories. He has also contributed to Vineri in Romania and served as the music editor for Zembla magazine in the UK.
Assorted Articles
Keeping France’s Occitan language alive
Post-revolutionary France tried to stamp it out, but working class communities kept speaking it. Now Occitan powers a vivacious and political European music scene It’s May Day in Marseille,...
‘He has this brilliant ability to inspire’: John Otway
Fans of ‘Rock and Roll’s Biggest Failure’ have taken him from Top of the Pops to Cannes, and keep him touring constantly in his 70s. We head to a...
‘Elvis kept following me!’ Country singer Mimi Roman
She went from rodeo queen to right-hand girl of the King – but a confrontation with the Ku Klux Klan made her shy from the spotlight. Now she’s finally...
‘Our government sees it as cute but unimportant’
Post-revolutionary France tried to stamp it out, but working class communities kept speaking it. Now Occitan powers a vivacious and political European music scene Gianluca Tramontana It’s May Day...