I Ratti Della Sabina

I ratti della Sabina (the Sabina rats, a pun on il ratto delle Sabine meaning "the Rape of the Sabine Women") is an Italian folk rock band from Rieti. They formed in 1996. They are indicated as the successors of Modena City Ramblers's combat folk.

Band members

• Carlo Ferretti (born 1979) – drum kit, percussion
• Valerio Manelfi (born 1981) – acoustic bass, electric bass
• Alessandro Monzi (born 1977) – violin, shaker
• Roberto Billi (born 1972) – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Paolo Masci (born 1972) – bouzouki, mandolin-banjo, dobro
• Alberto Ricci (born 1968) – accordion
• Eugenio Lupi (born 1972) – electric guitar
• Stefano Fiori (born 1975) – vocals, acoustic guitar

Discography

• 1998 - Acqua e terra (water and land)
• 2001 - Cantiecontrocantincantina (melodies and countermelodies in the cellar)
• 2003 - Circobirò (Birò Circus)
• 2006 - A passo lento (at a slow pace)
• 2007 - ... sotto il cielo del tendone (under the tent of the sky)
• 2009 - Va tutto bene (All is well)

External links

• (Italian) Official website