Fabrizio Cammarata & The Second Grace
Palermo, Sicily, Italy | INDIE
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"'Rooms', indeed opens spaces, is almost worldmusic and grows while listening. A recommendation!" Take 5 - MDR Figaro, public radio (D)
“extraordinary songs of a heartwarming beauty”... “This is world music in the true, best sense [...] with arrangements, in which consistently a sympathetic love to the detail can be felt”
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (D) on “Rooms” (Jan 12)
"exotic flair... a really nice surprise" Gaesteliste.de (D)
"...international topclass. ... a terrific album" Titel Magazin (D)
“A beautiful and compelling worldmusic record”
Caleidoscoop, muziek der verbeelding. Online reviews, blog. (NL)
"Rooms is like a pure chocolate bar you cannot get enough of"
Koen Nederhof - Festivalinfo.nl (NL)
"beatified the Italians that appear and grow around the world. If there are good guitars, warm sound and Californian songs in that world, even better. beatified Fabrizio Cammarata..." L'internazionale (I)
"a fantastic album, of composition quality, interpretative gift and extraordinary good taste... ten episodes of which you could not call a single one less than (very) beautiful”
Federico Guglielmi, Il Mucchio (I) about “Rooms”
"The young man has a powerful and very expressive voice, his songs are musical diamonds full of melody, meaning and emotion".
Shakenstir.co.uk (UK)
"charming ballads (...) His voice, sometimes pleading (…) sometimes smoothing (…), fits perfectly with the lush arrangements and rhythms that draw their inspiration from the four corners of the world".
La Libre.be (BE)
"At first glance ‘Rooms’ seems a rather plain album, but give it a second chance and it will surprise you in a very pleasant way. And it has to be said: the man has a magnificent voice".
Indiestyle.be (BE)
"Sicilian Fabrizio Cammarata is certainly the most un-Italian singer-songwriter... The singles ‘Alone & Alive’ and ‘All I Know’ need time to convince the listener, but once you reach that point they won’t ever let you go".
Zizo Magazine (BE)
"A lord of the world and always in love with different places. We hope Portugal has touched Fabrizio and we look forward for a justified come back" Palco Principal (PT) about Fabrizio Cammarata-show in Porto.
"Each song is mixed extraordinary well with sounds and rhythms from Africa, India and even Cuba. However the Latin essence is there, in the way he sings, in his lyrics and, of course, in his appearance which will not be indifferent to the Portuguese hearts" Le Cool Lisboa (PT) - Various - IT, DE, BeNeLux, PT
"'Rooms', indeed opens spaces, is almost worldmusic and grows while listening. A recommendation!" Take 5 - MDR Figaro, public radio (D)
“extraordinary songs of a heartwarming beauty”... “This is world music in the true, best sense [...] with arrangements, in which consistently a sympathetic love to the detail can be felt”
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (D) on “Rooms” (Jan 12)
"exotic flair... a really nice surprise" Gaesteliste.de (D)
"...international topclass. ... a terrific album" Titel Magazin (D)
“A beautiful and compelling worldmusic record”
Caleidoscoop, muziek der verbeelding. Online reviews, blog. (NL)
"Rooms is like a pure chocolate bar you cannot get enough of"
Koen Nederhof - Festivalinfo.nl (NL)
"beatified the Italians that appear and grow around the world. If there are good guitars, warm sound and Californian songs in that world, even better. beatified Fabrizio Cammarata..." L'internazionale (I)
"a fantastic album, of composition quality, interpretative gift and extraordinary good taste... ten episodes of which you could not call a single one less than (very) beautiful”
Federico Guglielmi, Il Mucchio (I) about “Rooms”
"The young man has a powerful and very expressive voice, his songs are musical diamonds full of melody, meaning and emotion".
Shakenstir.co.uk (UK)
"charming ballads (...) His voice, sometimes pleading (…) sometimes smoothing (…), fits perfectly with the lush arrangements and rhythms that draw their inspiration from the four corners of the world".
La Libre.be (BE)
"At first glance ‘Rooms’ seems a rather plain album, but give it a second chance and it will surprise you in a very pleasant way. And it has to be said: the man has a magnificent voice".
Indiestyle.be (BE)
"Sicilian Fabrizio Cammarata is certainly the most un-Italian singer-songwriter... The singles ‘Alone & Alive’ and ‘All I Know’ need time to convince the listener, but once you reach that point they won’t ever let you go".
Zizo Magazine (BE)
"A lord of the world and always in love with different places. We hope Portugal has touched Fabrizio and we look forward for a justified come back" Palco Principal (PT) about Fabrizio Cammarata-show in Porto.
"Each song is mixed extraordinary well with sounds and rhythms from Africa, India and even Cuba. However the Latin essence is there, in the way he sings, in his lyrics and, of course, in his appearance which will not be indifferent to the Portuguese hearts" Le Cool Lisboa (PT) - Various - IT, DE, BeNeLux, PT
“Like A Juliet, a song that could be defined as a perfect abat-jour melody. However, it creates so much light. Like A Juliet is one of the sweetest and most embracing indie-melancholic melodies of the last 5 years.” - XL di Repubblica (I)
“Like A Juliet, a song that could be defined as a perfect abat-jour melody. However, it creates so much light. Like A Juliet is one of the sweetest and most embracing indie-melancholic melodies of the last 5 years.” - XL di Repubblica (I)
“first class popsongs” - Reeperbahnfestival.com/blog (D)
“first class popsongs” - Reeperbahnfestival.com/blog (D)
“The beauty of Second Grace lies in simplicity and the many musical references”. - Rolling Stone (I)
“The beauty of Second Grace lies in simplicity and the many musical references”. - Rolling Stone (I)
“Second Grace were superb” - The Music Void (UK)
“Second Grace were superb” - The Music Void (UK)
“Second Grace play beautiful and catchy singer songwriter music that lets you dream away.” - Flaming Youth (D)
“Second Grace play beautiful and catchy singer songwriter music that lets you dream away.” - Flaming Youth (D)
“a gentle, folky mixture of songs that draws from Caribbean, American, and English songwriting traditions” - AllMusic Guide (USA)
“a gentle, folky mixture of songs that draws from Caribbean, American, and English songwriting traditions” - AllMusic Guide (USA)
"The young man has a powerful and very expressive voice, his songs are musical diamonds full of melody, meaning and emotion". - Shakenstir.co.uk (UK)
"The young man has a powerful and very expressive voice, his songs are musical diamonds full of melody, meaning and emotion". - Shakenstir.co.uk (UK)
Discography
2013 - Skint & Golden (autumn 2013 w/ Paolo Fuschi)
2012 - Misery (digital EP)
2011 - Rooms (LPCD)
2011 - Fabrizio Cammarata & The Second Grace (digital EP)
2008 - Live at Chocolate Church, Maine US (digital EP)
2007 - The Second Grace (LPCD)
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Bio
Fabrizio Cammarata is a singer-songwriter, hailing from Palermo, Sicily.
Fabrizio's main inspiration is his hometown, but there is Cuba and Africa in his songs, along with Bob Dylan, Fabrizio De André, Ben Harper and Nick Drake. You can hear the echo of Miriam Makeba's African lullabies, and songs in which a Cuban trés is unexpectedly in harmony with Indian tabla and rhythmic percussions, electric bass and guitar.
The second album "Rooms" and its first single "Alone and Alive" is released in EU through the German Panmondial/GrooveAttack, in Poland through MyMusic and in Italy through ViaAudio/Venus . The Album was recorded and mixed between Sicily, NYC, Portland OR and Tucson. It was produced by JD Foster (Calexico, Marc Ribot, Richmond Fontaine, Capossela) and features, among a bunch of fantastic Italian musicians, collaborations by Joey Burns from Calexico and Jairo Zavala (Calexico, Depedro, Amparanoia), mastered in Cologne, Germany by H.Jaeckl.
The actual album is very well received around Europe including his home country Italy, where Fabrizio Cammarata is a prominent part of the independent musical panorama. Top reviews and interviews, major airplay and features, as well as great shows build on what was funded by the first award-winning album "The Second Grace", whose single "Antananarive" had MTV- and National Public Radio heavy rotation.
The videos of "Alone and Alive" and "Antananarive" are both directed by the Sergi Capellas (RCR Films, Barcelona).
Over the last few years, Fabrizio played numerous shows, in Europe, US, Canada, Mexico (like SXSW, LiverpoolSoundCity, MaMA, c/o pop, CMW, Glimps, Eurosonic) and of course Italy, affecting in solo shows and band line-ups. His touring efforts included also so prestigious events like Lunedì c'est Remy in Paris. He also opened for the likes of Ben Harper, James Morrison, Devendra Banhart, Iron & Wine, Gang of Four, My Brightest Diamond, The Devastations, Depedro, Carmen Consoli, Ely Guerra, Patti Smith as well as before and with Daniel Johnston and touring with Josh Haden's Spain – experiences that prove a succeeded conversion of the album's intensity and interesting tone colour on stage.
The recent projects are the album "Skint & Golden", featuring Manchester based long term friend Paolo Fuschi. The first singles already gained rotation on national radio. The album will be released in autumn.
Another project is "Send you a Song", a musical road movie and inner reflection directed and filmed by Luca Lucchesi in various episodes around the world, leading to Fabrizio Cammarata's next album, to be released 2014.
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