"Who does not love the blues has a hole in the soul" is an old saying by an unknown hand engraved on the wall of an old record store in Mississippi. We came to mind in the midst of thousands of people crowded the square in Castel San Pietro Terme (paesone between Bologna and Imola) for the first weekend in June of Castel San Pietro in Blues, the festival for fourteen years offers interesting music, often to debut in Italy.
after midnight when no one wanted to go from the square it was realized that there in the spa town no one has a hole in your soul.
had to be a party and they did, some even favored the entrance free, but in any case, the enthusiasm with which the concerts were greeted showed interest in music that manages to drag to entertain. The evening of Friday, a sort of preview in the Hall of the medieval castle, saw the performance of English Eddie Martin, singer, guitarist and harmonica player of high school, rigorous in its proposal for a blues sound, able to communicate with people who filled the small theater, so much so that many were left out.
Martin in the afternoon then had a meeting with the public in which he talked of his own music (called by critic Matthew Gaccioli ), what it means to be a bluesman in third millennium, with wide availability and simplicity. In the evening the stage of the square has seen the first part of the party with the British Martin Harley and the Hill Country Revue , American band to debut in Italy.
thirty-six alternates to the acoustic guitar lap slide guitar (the guitar on his legs held in a horizontal position), Harley (joined by Jay Carter Pete Swatton bass and drums) has enthused by tracks engaging, high-impact rimtico and presented with clear voice .
Far field sound for Hill Country Revue (pictured Scarpante Stefano), a band formed just over a year ago by Cody Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars (visitors to the festival two years ago) but here he played the bass and washboard, joined by Daniel Robert Coburn harmonica and lead vocals, guitar Kirk Smithhart Edward Cleveland and battery.
With a cross between southern rock and acoustic blues of "hills", the Hcr have dragged the ability to vary the repertoire, including songs from "Make a move", the bell'esordio disk last year, and some covers. End with the inevitable between jamsession all artists.
opened Sunday afternoon with the presentation, the castle keep, the Angels lost the Mississippi "the book (Meridiano Zero publisher) to Fabrizio Poggi, great harmonica player who has put on paper a way to 'voices' (from A to Z of Albama Zydeco) in the world of blues. A book to be savored.
In the evening concert with the Americans Jason Ricci, harmonica player and singer, and the duo of Peter Karp and Sue Foley . A goblin on the scene that is generous in over ninety-minute concert, Ricci and his band New Blood (with whom he recorded the recent "Done with the devil"), has proposed a very rocking blues, almost pyrotechnic with the harmonica as if it were used in only a guitar, well supported by a quartet knit. Karp and end with Foley, who with "He Said, She Said", the disc released in the spring by Blind Pig reached the summit of the top ten U.S. blues.
Both guitarists, he is a singersongwriter of experience, she was a singer, perhaps too soft for an outdoor concert, brought a refined repertoire, with Niles and Mike Catapano Terratico low battery. After the exciting Ricci, the duo set the mood by listening to tones than to open air festival, and perhaps this is their limit, but there have been applause . As for the long Final jam with all the actors on stage. Castel San
Peter maintained his vocation to the blues and the wish that the appointment is not being overwhelmed by the cuts that are tearing down the culture.
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rating 8
gianni gherardi
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