Musician and multi-instrumentalist Marco Zappa was born in Locarno in 1949, and studied pedagogics and the guitar. He has a rich collection of thirty or more albums to his credit. His work, half-way between ethno-musicological research, world music and singer-songwriting, is rooted in the Italian and Anglo-Saxon alternative culture of the ‘60s. As an independent creator and producer, he has always worked in his own recording studio, with many a constant collaboration.