Maria Carta was an Italian folk music singer-songwriter. She also performed in film and theatre and, in 1975, she wrote a book of poetry, Canto rituale .
Throughout her 25-year career, she covered the richly diverse genres of traditional music of her native Sardinia, often updating them with a modern and personal touch. She succeeded in bringing Sardinian folk music into wider popular awareness, in demonstrations at a national level in Italy as well as internationally.
