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George Maimone We found a new author and want tenercela close. Gabrielle Grasso is good and his debut was expected from us, since we listened to the record of Joseph sews, where Gabriel is co-author of most of the songs. Even in this case, and we repeat, the only defect that we find in the album is its brevity. Passes in a moment, but leaves its mark, because Gabriel is able to switch between moods and emotions, to make us laugh, get angry and beat without ever miss a shot. A one cover ("Alfonsina y el mar"), a traditional song ("'A Pinnula"), two tributes to two great singers such as Mercedes Sosa and Rose Balestrieri, but the other seven songs are his sack of flour, a sack excellent flour, of what is wrong with bran.
are now too many signals arriving from Sicily to not start that we can now dare to speak the Sicilian Renaissance, if not the Sicilian school, only to watch the last two years staying away from the logic of the charts we can stack one on the CD of Carmen, who with "Elektra" has triumphed last Club Tenco, the first woman to win the Plate for the album of the year, then those of Charles Mason, of Ma'aria Valeria Cimò, Joseph sewing, Mario Venuti, the Akkura, Pippo Pollina, Fabio Abate, Corns, not to mention that the Elixir, winner of the Targa Tenco 2009 debut, they have the singer and author of Palermo and even without counting all the other names populate the scene and that we have not mentioned.
of 2010 arrives Gabriella Grasso, his record is not a surprise because we were waiting, but so is the maturity and the beauty of the pieces presented. There is a unifying theme, But there is an idea: the encounter and the clash between tango and traditional Sicilian music, a meeting / clash resulting in a surprising combination, as set out in the presence of the Argentine bandoneon Marisa Mercado.
It begins with "You" is a chronicle of the vitriol of the music business. We do not know if there is someone behind the discography real or not, but sure to be found of the features of dozens of characters like this: "You, who was selling deodorant / herbicides with leavening agents / dyes with brushes attached, you / you were head of supermarkets / salami and sold without offering you / / .... / always hot on his ass / and your IVIS a fugitive / careful that if you close the budget to go home / I feel strong and powerful / deciding on my prsente you / but I still write and do not know if you'll be there instead. "Indent well right between songs like" Vincent, I kill you "of Fortis, governing the accounts with the discography (want to remember as "umbrellas" for Garfunkel or the famous verse "Flack you write, write songs, you write that more and more you're good at is' the Danish", but the discussion would be long).
"The art of making" move completed the shot. We are in another disk, to another room, in another mood, but we are always inside the world of Gabriella, a world that does not need the screaming tones to express does not need to speak up, but needs instead of the colors and the colors of his palette are shaped by sensabilità. "I have nothing now to say or do / the only thing I can say is kiss / make love for hours and redo / words in the wind looking for you, only you. / It takes art to be able to make / do well is knowing how to love / making art does not mean sing / sing but it is you, only you. " Almost a manifesto, at a rapid pace, with a cascade of words that pursue and swoop down to tell a love story of passion burning.
"Andrea" changes again, it slows down the pace, relies on bandoneon and violin and love to tell another: "The sea lies / and I am coming to get you / silent and winding / my hand as the bride / imagine your smell / fresh and tender salt knows / small and kind / I'll wait if you want to reach. "followed by" And I'm right with you ": bouzouki, bass and maranzano way to tell in a lighthearted love "I could eat you, as a cold dish for dinner / lunch with, appliances rose a well-stuffed. / I'd eat you, just waiting for you to say / your dinner is served already and I'll be right with you. "Dedicate fun.
Di" Alfonsina y el mar "we could not speak, so is the famous song by Ariel Ramirez and Felix Moon made famous by Mercedes Sosa and then sung thousands of times by other performers is the poignant story of Alfonsina Storni, the famous poet who lived in Buenos Aires, but the original Italian Swiss, feminist and supporter of women's civil rights, was a "single mother". A friend of Garcia Lorca and other famous writers, died in 1938 decided to plunge into the Mar de la Plata.
"Valencia", the song that follows, is one of the most beautiful of the album, until compares favorably with the previous milestone. Despite an odd rhythmic forcing Gabriel to perform miracles just to stay in time, but in this its asymmetry as "Hispanic" is much of the charm of the song: "I'm coming to get you, with lotus flowers and a purple / blue I come to take notes of tango and virtue. " Not always in the balance lies the genius. "Valencia" with his cajon, violin and bouzouki, but is unbalanced genius.
"'A Pinnula" from the repertoire of Rosa Balestrieri, is overwhelming and fun. You may find, if you will, a direct line to "'A window of Carmen Electra and not just in language use siciliana. But for the fun and entertaining way to look at this humanity varies. Except that the use of a difficult language to verbal and without accelerators Camilleri, can pose a problem understanding. And we close, alas too soon with "Nicaredda", another piece of great value. Strong voice, but velvet, fine guitar harmonies (made in Denis Marino) and the cello to soak Tiziana Knights of melancholy and sweetness to the song. Here too, the language difficulties and the failure to translate the book take away something, but very little. There remains the feeling of regret after this gentle lullaby feel kind of hard to fade away, leaving you in the mouth only a desire to restart it again.
You can always go wrong, none of us has licked the butter the paper for having the vision (as did the stroleghe to my country), but the presence of Gabriella Grasso is not small time and hear about her. Currently there is an album of songs, different, brilliant and well-defined: that engage and attract and keep you firmly in their minds. "Fall" as a gift, a great Christmas gift.
Gabriella Grasso
"fall"
Universal - 2010
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Musicians:
Gabriella Grasso (vocals, guitar, mandolin)
Denis Marino (guitar, greek bouzouki, mandolin)
Marisa Mercado (bandoneon)
Alessandro Cortese (fiddle)
Puccio Castrogiovanni (mandolin, mandola, marranzano)
Giuseppe Finocchiaro (piano)
Virgillito Vincent (bass)
Marcello Leanza (soprano sax, flute)
Ivan Cammarata (trumpet)
Tiziana Cavaleri (cello)
Alessandra Tense (cajon and percussion)
Gabriella Grasso lyrics and music (except "Alfonsina y el mar" Ariel Ramirez and Felix Luna and "'A Pinnula" by anonymous)
Arrangements by Gabriella Grasso and Denis Marino
Photo of Michele Maccarone, Giannicola Lanzafame, Giorgio Cecchetti. Designed by Orazioarena@hotmail.com
"A special thanks to my fellow musicians with whom it is always a pleasure to share the great feeling of music"
Tracklist 01. You
02. The art of making
03. Andrea
04. And I'm right with you
05. Alfonsina y el mar
06. Valencia
07. Light as the wind
08. 'A Pinnula
09. Nicaredda