After last winter's events in Milan and Rome, Joe Bastianich makes his return to the stage: the date is for Sunday 13 September 2020 in Cantagallo (Prato)within the framework of the September // Prato is Spectacle in the setting of Villa Guicciardini. I tickets are already available on the Ticketone.
Those of Joe are special shows where not only his soul as a musician will be explored, but also his most intimate side: the telling of his personal story also through his new recording adventure, the album Aka Joereleased on 20 September. The work, recorded in Los Angeles, explores different genres such as alternative rock, alternative country, American music and finds a place in the contemporary music scene, while proposing sounds related to the rock blues and the funky. Songwriting is a therapy for Bastianichwho declared the presence of his memories in the traces: "Music for me represents the purest expression, the emotion closest to the heart. In this record I have collected the truest essence of my life, the most intimate, between passions, fears, ambitions, love. It tells a lot about me, about what I am, what I have done and what I will do. It is my most personal and unpublished revelation".. The album cover was created by street artist Tvboy (Salvatore Benintende), a well-known exponent of the NeoPop movement.
Joe Bastianich was born in Queens and has always been a profound connoisseur and lover of music, associated with artists such as Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Ramones e Rolling Stones. This boundless passion is also evident in the television programmes he has made exclusively for Sky Arte HD, such as On The Roadin which the artist tackled the great Italian popular music, and the narratives of JackOn Tour a journey of discovery through the New York music scene and Tennessee's Music Highway. The artist also boasts theatrical experience Vino Veritaswhich recorded the sold out on all evenings. The show was staged for the first time at the Franco Parenti Theatre in Milan as a residence show, where Bastianich he alternated unreleased memories with tastings of wine from his family winery, accompanied by the songs he wrote for the occasion, which are now collected in Aka Joe.
Joe Bastianich is also co-author of successful books on Italian wine and his experience as an entrepreneur. He has also recently published two recipe books in pure USA style and personal anecdotes from his adolescence in New York in the 1970s.
JOE BASTIANICH
Sunday 13 September 2020
Cantagallo (PO), September // Prato è Spettacolo @ Villa Guicciardini - via Nuova per Migliana, 1
Single seat: € 10.00 + prev.
Tickets available at Ticketone (online and point of sale). Be wary of unofficial sales channels!
