Global Ear: Palermo (opens in new tab)

To accompany his report in The Wire 509, Alexander Samuels compiles an annotated playlist drawn from Palermo's disparate yet increasingly interconnected underground music scene. From the 1970s through to the early 90s, Palermo was one of the bloodiest places in southern Europe, as a war between its mafia and the ultra-violent Corleonesi faction cost more than a thousand lives and turned parts of the historic centre into a no-go zone for non-locals until the mid-90s. Within this context, subcu...