His last album Blue Sea Bay was only released a few months ago but, never one to rest on his laurels, Freddie Portelli is back with another album. Nostalġija is Portelli’s latest offering, a new collection of songs inspired by the festive season and as was the case with his more recent album releases, once again with the aim of raising funds for a good cause. In fact, all proceeds from the sale of this album will be donated to the Malta Community Chest Fund. Nostalġija featur

Further to the two albums he released last year, the popular Maltese artist Freddie Portelli is back with a brand new album entitled Blue Sea Bay. As with 2014's Gej il-Maltemp and Il-Kbir ghadu gej, the proceeds of which were donated to Puttinu Cares and Dar tal-Providenza respectively, all proceeds from Blue Sea Bay will go to a registered charity, which this time will be the Hospice Movement. The title track is inspired by the village where Portelli was born 71 years ago,

Mention Malta and rock ‘n roll in the same sentence and the name Freddie Portelli usually follows, and with good reason too. A local icon with a career that now spans close to five decades, Portelli will perhaps always be remembered for classic tunes such as Viva Malta, Ħallini, Se jkolli nemmen, Ma Kellekx Tort and Għal Dejjem, to name but a few. There is however, much more to Malta’s King of Rock ‘n Roll than simply those evergreens, proof of which is the prominent profile

With the winter season slowly creeping in, the gig schedule at Django's Jazz Bar is all set to pick up the pace and welcome live music lovers into its cosy space in Valletta. Further to a good number of memorable summer gigs that have helped attract a growing audience to the place, Django's will be offering up its basement stage on Saturday, November 15 to none other than Massacre House Party. Following a highly successful performance at this year's Notte Bianca, where they t

The man’s gigs are known to be quite lively events, but Freddie Portelli’s latest storm is the one he sings about on his new single. Ġej il-Maltemp (A storm is coming) marks a distinct departure from Portelli’s familiar rock ’n’ roll timbre. Instead, the song embraces a subtler style, drifting along a spaghetti Western guitar-punctuated backing riff over which the veteran singer narrates his way through a long list of tragic events and situations that have negatively impacted