Paola Turci
A few weeks later, her song "E mi arriva il mare" performed with Riccardo Cocciante, hit the Italian playlists.
[6] Despite the traumatic consequences of the accident, a few weeks later Turci decides to fulfil her professional commitments, continuing exhibiting in numerous concerts.
In autumn 1993 Turci sings "Io e Maria" written by Luca Carboni,[7] a song that approaches, for the first time in Italy, the theme of a sapphic liaison.
During the same period, she participates with other artists to a collective experience called Innocenti evasioni, a Lucio Battisti tribute where she re-interpreted the song "Ancora tu".
This album also included a cover of Luigi Tenco's, "E se ci diranno", re-arranged to empathize a rock character.
Following the success of Oltre le nuvole, in 2000 Turci was asked to try again the same formula for a new album Mi basta il paradiso, where, together with covers, there are a number of previously unreleased songs such as "Sabbia bagnata"[9] and "Saluto l'inverno" both singles written together with her friend, the singer Carmen Consoli.
The third single of Mi basta il paradiso was "Questione di sguardi", a cover of Faith Hill's "This Kiss".
Questa parte di mondo marks the change to a more intimate musical experience, where this work of art shows a new artistic dimension.
In this album the singer interpreted the most significant songs of her career with intimate and mature arrangements and her unmistakable captivating vocal colours.
Turci subsequently declared that, through this album, she wanted to put an end to all she did until that moment in order to be free and allocate time to new projects.
The 2005 saw the release of her 15th album, Tra i fuochi in mezzo al cielo where the singer collaborated with Carlo Ubaldo Rossi for the production.
The repertoire of this performance goes from her songs to reinterpretation of other famous artists such as Léo Ferré, Caetano Veloso, Domenico Modugno, Patty Pravo, Francesco De Gregori and Chavela Vargas.
In the same year Paola Turci was the artistic director of the Venerelettrica International Female Rock Festival in Perugia and she awarded the singer of C.F.F.
e il Nomade Venerabile, Anna Maria Stasi, as the best voice of the Festival (she declared to the Corriere dell'Umbria on 4 March 2006: "I saw the performance of the C.F.F.
In 2008 she is back in the Ariston theatre supporting, with Marina Rei, Max Gazze competing in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Il solito sesso".
[19] Social commitment is again the focus of the 20 December fundraising event, the Watoto Festival at Brancaccio theatre in Rome where the Roman artist, performs together with Fiorella Mannoia and Noemi for Kenyan children.
The album includes an Ivano Fossati cover, "Lunaspina" performed with Fiorella Mannoia, and seven new songs written for Turci by 7 famous singers namely: Carmen Consoli, Nada, Marina Rei, Chiara Civello, Naïf Hérin [it], Grazia Verasani and Ginevra Di Marco [it].
In May 2012 Turci participated in Stile libero a radio broadcast of R101 in a hilarious contest, Maffoni & Lontani Conoscents promoting together with several Italian singers the song: "We are the Maffons" – a parody of "We Are the World".
In the album there are two other unreleased songs: "Questa non è una canzone" and "Quante vite viviamo" written with Marcello Murru's contribution.
Her sensitivity, in particular concerning children, has led her to engage herself in several volunteering experiences, namely: in Viet Nam with the NGO Ucodep and in Haiti with the Francesca Rava Foundation.
