Alessandro Raina

Who is Alessandro Raina?

Alessandro Raina is an Italian singer/songwriter.

Former journalist and wannabe writer, he embraced the path of songwriting by chance. In 2003, Alessandro took part in the recording sessions of a track which will be later featured in the album Punk... Not Diet! by Giardini di Mirò, one of his own favourite bands. Right after this collaboration, the band asked him to lend his voice to the whole LP, to which he contributed also as main lyricist.

His personal style features a heavy use of metaphors, twilight-intima, literary-poetic and ethical-political inspired lyrics, with mixed references – mainly in his Italian songs – to current events, classical mythology and history. Alessandro's self declared references are the acclaimed Italian singers spiced with love for cinema and literature of the twentieth century.

His solo projects are influenced by indie-electronic moods and artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Sufjan Stevens, Feist, Cat Power, The National, Bat for Lashes.