Fiamma Fumana are taking a break: we do not intend to play any more shows before 2008. Many people are asking me “So, what are you doing now?”

Lady Jessica, maybe inspired by Martyn Bennett, is producing an album of Arezzo folksongs generously sprinkled with elecronica, commissioned by IMAIE. She is using field-recorded vocal samples of farmers and craftsmen (maybe the same recordings made by Diego Carpitella and Alan Lomax over 50 years ago?), She is producing, and – if I’m not mistaken – ex-Fiamma Fumana Marco Bertoni will also be involved in mixing and mastering. I don’t know a lot more than this, I hope she’ll give us more details herself on this blog.

Roberta is very busy recording, too, In her case, she is recording no less than her first – and long overdue – solo album. We talk a lot about the songs, and she has played some for us (I’m a fan anyway, I used to go her shows even before she joined FF), but here, too, I prefer it is her to write about it.

Medhin is in a photography-and-commitment period: she is active in a NGO called G2, which rallies second-generation immigrants, those born in Italy of immigrant families. I think it’s a great idea, and I hope it does well. In fact I’d like to help out somehow.

Paolo is working in his own studio. Among other things, he is speaking about a project of N.O.A. with Fondazione Andrea Pazienza.

Me? I’m preparing a nice little show with two old friends, Cisco and Giovanni Rubbiani. I’ll write about this in a separate post.