Pippo Pollina hails from Palermo, Sicily. His canzoni come from a place where a song has to tell something, otherwise it will not carry, will not cut. In the 1980s he left Italy and crossed Europe being a street musician, singing on squares, in alleys, restaurants. Lucerne became his landing point. Comrade singer-songwriter Linard Bardill heard him and brought him on board. After that, Pollina set his own course: Cantautore, chansons, singer-songwriter, South, North, books, records, alle those endless roads. Konstantin Wecker, Georges Moustaki and Charlie Mariano crossed his route. His new album «Fra guerra e pace» is about war and peace, fear, loss, hope, love and humanity. Pollina comes to the FLOSS with acoustic guitar, voice, a whole lotta presence plus Sicilian salt and pepper.
