In recent years, we’ve been witnessing a renewal of folk music in the Iberian Northwest, a movement driven by established projects like Rodrigo Cuevas in Asturias or Baiuca in Galicia. The scene continues to grow, as does the number of exponents of this neofolk, with other notable emergences such as the Galician acts Ortiga or Mondra.
Across the rest of Europe, we also find projects with a similar sensibility. This is where the Palermitan artistic collective Lero Lero enters the equation, presenting their meticulously crafted self-titled debut album in 2026.
Lero Lero evokes that Galician-Asturian effervescence, fusing ancient melodies (such as protest songs, lullabies, or pastoral chants from traditional Sicilian music) with electronic bases. To achieve this, they utilize indigenous instruments like the marranzano or Palermitan guitars, performing all their songs exclusively in Sicilian.
The album opens with «Com’haiu a fari» as an introduction, soon leading into «Franculina», a track with a dizzying cadence and a powerful sound that would fit just as naturally in a rock concert as in an electronic club.
Also standing out is «Salinai», a piece with deep sentimental weight where Alessio Bondì’s voice shines brightly, as well as «Aieri ci passava», which, thanks to its cyclical and repetitive rhythm, generates a trance-like atmosphere evoking the spirit of a rave.
Lero Lero was born with the purpose of returning to the community a heritage that had remained suspended in time. Without a doubt, this first studio work has more than achieved its goal: to rekindle the flame of Sicilian oral tradition.