A history of Italian pop in 10 songs

In our ongoing series, we've explored the music of France, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium – and now it's the turn of Italy, from political pop to Euro houseDespite its European neighbours still clinging to lazy cliches about overbearing mamas and sinister mafiosi in a way that suggests little has changed in the 30 years between Joe Dolce's Shaddap You Face and the current run of Dolmio adverts, no country has shaped the region's aspirations like Italy. For decades, the con...

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