Pietrarsa is a band emerging from the famous music ensemble from Naples, Spaccanapoli. The musical style nurtured by these excellent artists is the folk music of south Italy and the Mediterranean (tammurriata, tarantella, pizzicha and solo singing) subjected to contemporary musical rules of the world music scene.

Mimmo Maglionico , educated flutist who worked with distinguished musicians of the Naples scene, such as Eugenio Bennato and Peppe Barr, takes credit for the musical repertoire of the band Pietrarsa. He also worked with Moni Ovadia, Gilberto Gill, Angel Parra, Luis Sepulveda, composed music for television and recorded for famous labels EMI, CGD...

The author of the lyrics is Giovanni Vacca , known to wider audience as the writer of lyrics for the band Spaccanapoli and by many works in his music and literature folklore opus.

Together with his seven top musicians, Pietrarsa faithfully evokes folk rhythms of Italian farmers from Naples region, in combination with modern musical expressions, becoming one of the top world music attractions