During his career, Milo Manara met many people from the cultural scene, not just Italian. His ability to pack exciting portraits had already been highlighted with a beautiful and well-known illustration that paid tribute to the late Andrea Pazienza, cartoonist that Milo appreciated so much. In 2018 he was asked to illustrate some singers and songwriters who made the history of the Sanremo folk festival and the short gallery you see testifies to the suggestion that the portraits of Manara can evoke.