Vinicio Capossela - Abbandonato (Los ejes de mi carreta)

What this video is

Released in July 2012 as a single from Rebetiko Gymnastas (La Cùpa/Warner, June 2012), this video sits at a remarkable cultural crossroads: Vinicio Capossela, one of Italy's foremost literary singer-songwriters, adapts a canonical Argentine folk song by Atahualpa Yupanqui — itself drawn from a Uruguayan poem about a cart-worker's solitude and resilience — and reframes it through Greek rebetiko instrumentation…

Why it matters

A landmark example of Mediterranean-Latin folk fusion in Italian cantautore tradition. The song bridges Italian literary songwriting, Greek rebetiko urban underground music, and Argentine folk — a triangulation rarely achieved in popular music video form. The video documents a living ensemble…

The director

Born Turin, Italy, 1974. Independent filmmaker and documentary director. Trained at EICTV film school in Cuba (1999). Career spans social documentary, music film, and reportage across 30+ countries. Notable works include Dust, the Great Asbestos Trial (David…