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Music news
january 2007
Monday 26 january -
Echoes of War climbs up to number 2 on the Songs of the Times charts, more than 1.200 protest or topical songs on Neil Young's website Living with War Today.
Saturday 13 january -
FL celebrates his birthday at 56th Street with a bunch of friends. Among the many performers, Andrea Luciani, Francesco Sullo, Luca Frappola and Marco Campanari.
Saturday 6 january -
The California Stars 'n Bars Revue plays at Lian Club, a very cool club in San Lorenzo, Roma.
december 2006
Thursday 28 december -
First round of sessions at Alfa Music studio to record a mini-album of FL Italian songs with Gianluca Galletti (electric guitar), Andrea Grossi (bass), Daniele Pomo (drums). Three songs are recorded today: Via da Te, Terre Lontane, Tutto Va Bene. Sessions will be resumed in late January to complete the project with 3 other songs.
november 2006
Friday 17 november -
A bunch of friends gathers together and billed as the California Stars n' Bars Revue they perform a spirited and lively set of Neil Young's songs at Lettere Caffè, a nice little club in Trastevere, Roma. The line-up is spectacular with one lap-steel guitar (Stefano Frollano), one piano (Joe Slomp), one lead guitar (Gianluca Galletti), a rhythm section (Daniele Cialente on drums and Giorgio de Caroli on bass), an army of acoustic guitars and six singers (Joe, Luisa Capuani, FL, Andrea Luciani, Massimo Rossetti, Alberto Mieli). You can almost hear the impressive harmony-vocal wall-of-sound just watching the pix!
october 2006
Friday 20 october -
Tonight a rare "unplugged" show of the Francesco Lucarelli Quartet at Lettere Caffè in Roma. Newspaper "Il Messaggero", presenting the event in the entertainment & live shows section, talks about the two projects FL is currently recording.
Thursday 12 october -
On the October issue of Italian monthly rock mag JAM FL is mentioned for charting with his own songs on "Songs of the Times" the special section of Neil Young's official website.
Monday 9 october -
Stefano Frollano has recently released his own first solo record. A self-produced effort, SF alternates 'West Coast' ballads and pop songs. Italian singer Ada Montellanico, Jeff Pevar and James Raymond are among the guests of the album. Pevar and Raymond are also involved in the sessions of FL's forthcoming "English" album. Frollano's record features FL on "Higher & Higher" (vocals) and "Just For A While" (tremolo guitar).
Monday 2 october - After the acoustic demo of Echoes of War, another FL song has been selected among the "Songs of the Times" on Neil Young's official website. It is Watching the Show, a scorching electric ballad about the war in Yugoslavia recorded live in studio years ago with Sandro Strano on drums, Stefano Frollano on lead guitar and a bass player whose name we forgot. We had never played together before (and - alas - never after) this session and this take is the recording of the second time we ever played the song together.
settembre 2006
Tuesday 5 september -
"Echoes of War" climbs up to #13 among the "Songs of the Times" on Living with War Today, the section of Neil Young's website dedicated to his new album and to topical songs.
august 2006
Thursday 17 august -
"Echoes of War" has reached #26 on Neil Young's official website.
Click here to listen to it.
Wednesday 9 august -
FL is proud to announce that his song "Echoes of War" has been added to Neil Young's Living with War Today website.
The song is currently in the "New Listings" section of the Songs of the Times
page.
july 2006
Wednesday 19 july -
If you LOVE real music and you care for it, you should visit Hemifrån website.
"Hemifrån" is an independent A&R, promotion and marketing company,
based in the heart of Sweden, specializing in, as they call it, "gut music".
This is the kind of music you can feel in your guts, no matter if it's
power pop, soft singer-songwriter, heavy rock, blues, gentle westcoast-
pop, country, AOR, jazz, americana, electronica or just plain, simple,
good ol´ r'n'r.
"Hemifrån" is run for by the love of music and has introduced several American artists to the European
and Scandinavian audiences in the last years: Laura Allan, Kip Boardman, brothers Faris & Salim Nourallah,
Beyond Reach (featuring two former members of Ozark Mountain Daredevils), Bob Cheevers, Little Blue (featuring the
talents of Jeff Pevar) and others.
june 2006
Friday 30 june -
FL is featured on the sound-track of "La Trentunesima Ora" with "The Sunset Song" (a song from his forthcoming album, released here in an alternate mix) and two instrumental fragments: "Prime Feedback" and "Quasar Beat". The Italian band Kirlian Camera contributes two original songs.
Produced by Winner Picture and by Hyper_House, and directed by Marco Cerilli, "La Trentunesima Ora" (original screenplay by Sandro Battisti, Francesco Cortonesi, Giovanni De Matteo and Marco Milani) is probably the first 'connectivist' movie ever.
april 2006
Tuesday 25 april -
Giorgio's wedding. Here's the band after a toast to the good ol' pre-wedding days. All the best to Giorgio and Rosamaria!
march 2006
Friday 24 march -
A photo of FL playing with Billy Talbot in Brescia, during their Fall tour of Italy, was published on issue 101 of Broken Arrow, the Neil Young Appreciation Society quarterly magazine. Click here to learn more about the NYAS and subscribe to their wonderfully produced mag.
january 2006
Tuesday 31 january -
On Feb. 8th, Govinda will open for FL at Locanda Blues in Roma.
Govinda is a new interesting band on the roman scene and they are about to complete their debut album.
december 2005
Tuesday 20 december -
During the show Patchanka, Radio Popolare Network broadcast a special segment about Billy Talbot. Recorded in Sarzana, on November 19th, the Billy Talbot segment features an exclusive interview and two songs from the Juxtap concert. FL (guitar, harmonica and vocals) does a guest appearance on "I Don't Want to Talk About It". You can find this version here.
november 2005
Tuesday 15 november -
Tomorrow FL will begin his Italian tour with Billy Talbot, long-time bass player with Crazy Horse, the historical band of Neil Young. FL will open for Talbot at Naima, Forlì (16 november), at Dietro Le Quinte, Brescia (17 november) and at Juxtap in Sarzana (19 november). Last show at Jailbreak in Roma, on Sunday 20 november, during the special music party "Neil Young Day".
Tuesday 8 november -
We're back on the road! First stop tomorrow at Locanda Blues in Roma. On Friday do not miss the
live webcast from a local record megastore:
starting from 9.15 pm (local time) we will be playing some Neil Young covers.
october 2005
Friday 21 october -
On November 12, Neil Young will turn 60. In order to celebrate Neil's birthday, FL and his band will take part
to some local events.
On November 11, they will play a showcase at Messaggerie Musicali megastore in Rome.
There will be a live webcast starting from 9.15 pm (local time).
Also on the bill, tribute-band Young & Old.
On November 12, FL and his band will pay a musical homage to Young
playing at Cantina Mediterraneo in Frosinone.
Then on November 20, they will perform at the Neil the Young Day.
The concert will take place at Jailbreak in Rome and it will also feature a rare and intimate acoustic performance by Billy Talbot,
bass-player of Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
Thursday 20 october -
After a short 'live' abstinence, to greet the birth of Alessandro, FL, Gianluca, Giorgio and Daniele will be back on stage.
Locanda Blues will host the band on November 9.
There will be some nice surprises: don't miss this gig!
september 2005
Thursday 15 september -
"On Sunday September 11th, thanks to the Fest Committee and the availability and professionality of the Artists involved, we were finally able to host the final concert of the 3-day music festival dedicated to the memory of Massimo Urbani, postponed because of the rain.
Everybody could appreciate the songs of Francesco Lucarelli and the show performed by Roberto Ciotti. The crowd filled the square and warmly attended the concerts, applauding the excellent performances of Francesco and Roberto.
Our deepest appreciation goes to these two artists for their musicianship and for giving us the chance to repeat the cancelled concert."
(from the website dedicated to Massimo Urbani).
august 2005
Saturday 27 august - It is very likely that FL & his band will play in Vienna next year during a mini-European tour.
In the meantime, after the warm reception in Hungary and the exciting show, september looks promising with 2 new dates: on sept. 4 the band will play in Passo Corese
and on sept. they will be at the Mattatoio of Testaccio in Roma. On sept.11 they will open for Roberto Ciotti in Camerata Nuova, after the original date was postponed because of heavy rain.
Thursday 4 august - It is very likely that FL & band will play in Wien (Austria) the day before or after their concert in Hungary (Aug. 18th).
More details later.
july 2005
Wednesday 27 july - On August 21, FL and his band will open for Italian bluesman Roberto Ciotti
during a three-day festival to honor the memory of the late Massimo Urbani, alto sax master and one of the greatest
Italian jazz players.
Tuesday 12 july - During the recent Crosby, Stills & Nash Italian tour, FL has been discussing
with the band about possible contributions to the project of original English songs he is about to finish. It is very likely we will have good news and nice surprises in the fall.
Monday 4 july - After the gigs at Villaggio 700 Sapienza
(on the bill with Cristina Donà, Statuto, Flaminio Maphia) and at Villa Gordiani, the date
of the first FL full-band show abroad has been confirmed. The concert will take place on August 18 at the Hétrétország Festival in Oriszentpéter, Hungary.
FL & his band will share the bill with local Neil Young cover-band Neil Young Sétany.
may 2005
Saturday 14 may - Rockin' in the Free World, the Italian web-site dedicated to Neil Young,
has published a long interview to FL.
february 2005
Thursday 3 february - Gig confirmed at Il Locale,
the famous live club of Rome, cradle of a new generation of singer-songwriters. FL and his band will be performing here on March 16.
january 2005
Sunday 23 january - FL and his band play debut gig at Alpheus in Rome.
Special guest: Stefano Fedele from Udine. Also on the bill: Uniplux and Ritho Pagano.
Wednesday 19 january - After the show at Politecnico, FL, Giorgio de Caroli and Daniele Cialente do a guest appearance at Radio Casbah,
the show hosted by Enrico Capuano on Teleambiente. During the show they broadcast "Fai Che Sia Così"
(from the FL band demo) and FL plays a live acoustic and edited version of "Tutto Va Bene". Short interviews with Daniele and FL.
The show will rebroadcast on Teleambiente and Teledonna.
Monday 3 january - Another birthday. This time I celebrated it rehearsing with my band. Photos
december 2004
FL & band club dates 2005 to be announced soon.
november 2004
FL is currently rehearsing with Daniele Cialente (drums), Gianluca Galletti (lead guitar)
e Giorgio de Caroli (bass).
The four musicians are working on a show focused on FL original songs (in Italian) and probably a couple of covers. Luisa Capuani will
add her class and style to the show.
Each song features the influences brought to the table by each member of the band and the sound they create
has a unique blend of colors.
october 2004
FL is recording four original tunes at AlfaMusic studio in Roma for a demo of Italian songs.
See some photos from the sessions.
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