The ever-growing popularity and international recognition of late are an undoubted tribute to the calibre of Paolo Conte’s genius and reassuring confirmation, if ever it were needed, that the cream always rises to the top.
Yet the very nature of this self-styled genre, its resistance to any form of pigeonholing, the fine line it treads between popular and so-called serious music, all insure that, to some extent, his appeal retains a certain level of exclusivity.

A good thing too–you might say–after all who would want him any other way? The downside is that, in contrast with many of his lesser peers, there are relatively few sources of information about the artist. Sometimes even basic concert and record release details fall beyond the remit of all but the more specialised or discerning media.

In matters such as these, but not only, the Newsletter will strive to be of use to all Conte followers. Primarily concerned with keeping people informed, it will also, and perhaps more importantly, be a way of bringing together and giving a voice to all those who share our common interest. To begin with the occasional mailings will be concerned with the most crucial such as tour details and the like, but subscribers will be welcome to contribute with anything they think useful or of interest to their fellow Contephiles so that in time it will evolve to become whatever we wish to make of it.

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