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Macha Gharibian - Phenomenal Women

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: February 21, 2025

Although it may sound like a past-due cliché thing to say and contrary to popular belief, in these days and age, Music carries still that strength and power strong enough to create a semblance of unity, within the disconnected society we are living in.

A perfect example of the aforementioned statement comes from pianist, singer/songwriter and composer Macha Gharibian, somebody able to create, through Gharibian's brand new album called Phenomenal Women, not only a sonic bridge between cultures and countries (the artist sings in 5 different languages, English, French, Portuguese, Armenian and Arabic) but also to spread a strong feminist shout about abuses, sexism and inequality that women around the world have to live on their own skin every day.

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Notte - Piero Perelli

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: February 16, 2025
One of the best skills, for a drummer, any drummer, it is to feel the emotions running through their veins and translate them instantaneously into vibes, sounds that can go up and down in scale, depending by what the soul of the drummer is telling to. That instinct, that immediate passage of feeling between the mind and the arms is the most pure and untamed one, because it cannot be measured or controlled. It's raw, genuine, because it emerges in an unplanned manner and that is what makes drumming being very often not only being the backbone part of a song or a composition, but also its very core.
 
Somebody that has for long used drumming as a vehicle to express and explore in music feelings, imageries, memories and so much more, it is the Italian drummer Piero Perelli, an artist that has made an enormous name for himself within the music business by working with some of the biggest names not only in Italian music, like Vinicio Capossela, Edoardo Bennato and Andrea Bocelli, but also with the cream of the Worldwide Music, like Eddie Vedder, Dana Fuchs and Glen Hansard, among others.
 

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Marton Juhasz - Metropolis

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: February 09, 2025

It's never an easy task, for any musician, to be able to merge diverse music genres in an almost faultless style, especially when playing in a free-form way.

Although no music artist would ever doubt their own skills and talent, for the Hungarian drummer Marton Juhasz must have been a special, pleasant surprise what he was able to accomplish through the release of Juhasz brand new record, called Metropolis.

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Tommy Castro And The Painkillers - Closer To The Bone

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: February 05, 2025

It's very comforting to know that, in 2025, there are still those who play the Blues by respecting the original standards, just as the American guitarist and singer-songwriter Tommy Castro and his The Painkillers compadre-in-arms so brilliantly do, any given time.

Truth to be told, Castro is someone that for over 30-plus years had already gained the respect and admiration of Blues and R&B aficionados and fellow equally esteemed colleagues everywhere, by chiseling strong studio albums and highly memorable live performances, reaching huge popularity and fame not only in his native United States but also in many other countries in the world.

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House Of Sticks - Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: January 26, 2025

Music, as an art form, supposes to bring joy in people's life. Of course, there are different ways that one's joy gets expressed, either through an openly aesthetical way, like dancing, laughing or smiling, for example or in a more pensative, soulful one, where people would absorbe lyrics and music within a song, using them as a healing tool to bring serenity in their lives.

Whoever had the opportunity, like our website, to follow closely the artistic rise of a collective like Thorbjørn Risager And The Black Tornado in the last 15-plus years, must have realised by now that every time the Danish band releases a new record, that is a moment of true joy, for any respectable music lover.

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Eugene - Sydereal (EP)

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: January 19, 2025

It's rather a heart-warming feeling to acknowledge that even in 2025, there are still artists in the Music Wide World that still appreciate the ground breaking contribution to 70's Rock Psychedelia of an inspired, although very emotionally fragile artist like Roger Keith Barrett, better known as Syd, guitarist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of one of the most loved Rock bands of the last century, Pink Floyd. 

Although Barrett's short-lived career in the music industry was heavily corroded by heavy usage of drugs and mental illness, it's indisputable that Syd Barrett had a very singular approach to song-writing and performing style, employing also a generous use of echoes, feedback and distortions in his compositions, with some truly surprising results.

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Fabrizio Poggi - Healing Blues

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Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Published: January 12, 2025
Blues is one of those music genres about which many experts and artists have provided their own definition, or translated their vision of Blues by portraying it in a more updated way, often taking away, though, the essence and the origin of the genre itself and partly, what it used to stand for.
 
Rather fortunately, the Italian Grammy-nominated Harmonica Blues Maestro and singer/songwriter Fabrizio Poggi has, instead, always maintained, throughout his illustrious career, a sense of loyalty towards Traditional Blues and/or Gospel, adhering to their sonic standards with huge respect for their tradition and history, receiving enormous accolades from the music press, fellow music artists and fans from all over the world. 
 

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