Rosa Balistreri

Rosa Balistreri (March 21, 1927 – September 20, 1990) was an Italian singer and musician.Her hoarse voice charged with melancholy and strong personality made her a Sicilian icon of the twentieth century, much like the writer Leonardo Sciascia, the poet Ignazio Buttitta and the painter Renato Guttuso, who counted all three among her admirers.