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Gianni Maroccolo & Hugo Race - The Vigil

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: June 13, 2025

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Ci sono dei dischi speciali che nascono per caso e forse, anche grazie a segrete dinamiche celesti. Cio' che rende detti dischi ancora piu' speciali avviene quando due artisti, appartenenti a due diversi macrocosmi musicali, riescono a sposare i loro rispettivi stili, facendoli confluire in un contesto comune dove possono applicare sperimentazioni musicali che unificano due mondi musicali diversi, facendoli diventare un tutt'uno.

Quale sia stata la molla che ha spinto a collaborare due celebrati artisti come il bassista, multi-strumentalista, produttore e compositore di colonne sonore cinematografiche italiano Gianni Maroccolo e il chitarrista australiano dei Bad Seeds, nonche' cantante, autore e frontman del gruppo Post-Punk The Wreckery, Hugo Race, a scrivere e registrare un disco in combutta chiamato The Vigil, non ci e' dato saperlo ma chiunque dei due avesse proposto questa collaborazione musicale, ci aveva visto davvero lungo sin dall'inizio.

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Michael Arbenz Meets Andy Sheppard - From Bach To Ellington - Live

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: June 10, 2025

It's rather refreshing, in the contemporary music establishment, to hear a live recording of artists where the music takes complete and solely centre stage and it's not contaminated by screams, singalong and applauses of crowds halfway of a performance, leaving said crowds instead to soak in the atmosphere, creativity and extemporaneity that is generated by that magic called music.

That magic is something that our website was able to capture on From Bach To Ellington - Live, a sumptuous live album by British saxophonist Andy Sheppard and Swiss pianist and composer Michael Arbenz, two highly esteemed authorities in the current Jazz scene.

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Robert Cray Band - Live At Royal Festival Hall, London, 6th June 2025

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: June 08, 2025

In the current music scene, there are very few artists capable to maintain a constant high level of quality into their live performances through decades of touring.

The reasons can be many and, most importantly, subjective to not only the individual skills of an artist or a band, but also to their lifestyles and general attitudes in everyday's life.

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