Love & Thunder is a collective of musicians, a meeting of collectives, a communication project. Under this name, derived from Stella Burns’ song, Italian artists with an international perspective come together, dedicated to alternative music – especially folk, but with attention to all the nuances of the genre. Despite the involved songwriters releasing records for different labels and being managed by different booking agencies, Love & Thunder presents and represents everyone with the organization of festivals, the publication of compilations, the distribution of records and videos, creating a diverse overall identity, a music scene, a moment of meeting and collaboration. The project, which can only be in constant mutation, testifies to the existence of an alternative to the so-called independent scene, a resistance to trends and a push towards research and experimentation.