caption website associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
alessandro raina -lsb- http://casadorwords.blogspot.com/ official blog -rsb- giardini fou -lrb- since 2005 -rrb- casador -lrb- since 2008 -rrb- di mirò -lrb- 2003 -- 2006 -rrb- amor 1999 -- present voghera , italy cane andaluso , city living alessandro raina solo_singer 29 june 1977 vocals , guitar singer-songwriter , indiepop alessandro raina
 alessandro raina musician , songwriter
alessandro raina

alessandro raina -lrb- born 29 june 1977 -rrb- is an italian singer/songwriter .
former journalist and wannabe writer , he embraced the path of songwriting by chance .
in 2003 , alessandro took part in the recording sessions of a track which will be later featured in the album `` punk ... not diet ! ''
by giardini di mirò , one of his own favourite bands .
right after this collaboration , the band asked him to lend his voice to the whole lp , to which he contributed also as main lyricist .
his personal style features a heavy use of metaphors , twilight-intima , literary-poetic and ethical-political inspired lyrics , with mixed references -- mainly in his italian songs -- to current events , classical mythology and history .
alessandro 's self declared references are the acclaimed italian singers -lrb- tenco , battisti , de gregori , de andré , ciampi -rrb- spiced with love for cinema and literature of the twentieth century .
his solo projects are influenced by indie-electronic moods and artists such as jeff tweedy , sufjan stevens , feist , cat power , the national , bat for lashes .
