Bandiera Bianco

Song of the Day 09/20/2022

Bandiera Bianca by Franco Battiato

Franco Battiato was born in Sicily in 1945, raised in a municipality called Ionia which no longer exists. When Battiato was two years old, his father abandoned the family, immigrating to New York City to become a truck driver. This put a damper on things. 

With minimal help, his mother struggled to take care of him; dist…