Before embarking on his solo career, singer/songwriter Francesco Renga spent 13 years with the band Timoria, whose first incarnation had formed when the members were still in high school. After releasing seven albums with them, Renga decided he wanted to strike out alone, releasing his solo debut — self-titled and on Universal, the label that also housed Timoria — in 2001, that same year entering one of its songs, "Raccontami," into the San Remo Festival, where he won the critics' newcomer...