Naples has been sung, recorded and mythologised for generations. Yet behind the public image lies a musical ecology of workshops, rehearsal rooms, experimental artists, small venues and knowledge transmitted between people. This book turns toward that less visible city.
Its subject is not simply a catalogue of famous names. It is the relationship between musical invention and the conditions that allow it to survive: institutions, cultural memory, small venues, economic pressures and the artists whose work rarely reaches the spotlight.
Written from the perspective of a musician, composer and producer formed by this environment, the work invites readers to approach Naples as a living cultural system rather than a museum of familiar images. The result is both a personal testimony and a critical inquiry into the future of its music.