Luca Gargano

Well well, what can I say... when you have a lot to do, you just have to do it. And sometimes things happen a bit later than they were originally supposed to! Anyway there's no explanations but just greetings that everything's ok and TSITS will eventually be released as soon as it gets ready! I will be opening for Dan Reed Trio on May 14th at On the Rocks, Helsinki. I'm very much looking forward to that, since Dan has always been one of my favorite songwriters. It's an honor for me and it will be a great night!

Hi friends! I'm sorry to tell you that my new album The Sun Is The Same will not come out this April but later. This is all just for one simple reason: There was no time to get it ready. I was supposed to finish mixing the album during this March, but since I have now become the promoter of the fine Helsinki live music club On the Rocks, I have been unable to concentrate on my own music. Well, I believe things happen when they're supposed to. Right now we're having a beautiful sunny Sunday in Helsinki and I'm both busy and happy. And the album will get ready too. And it will be a damn good one! xxx Luca

A tribute to the greatest Italian songwriter of all times - Festa di compleanno di Lucio Battisti! Luca Sturniolo, Luca Gargano e Luca Cannavò, dopo la notte italiana dei Luca, sono lieti di presentare al Semifinal di Helsinki uno show interamente dedicato alla memoria di Lucio Battisti, l´intramontabile cantante e compositore italiano degli anni sessanta - settanta che ha fatto sognare intere generazioni con le sue bellissime canzoni. Non a caso è stata scelta come data per lo spettacolo il 5 marzo, giorno in cui ricorre la nascita del cantante che quest´anno celebrerebbe il suo 71esimo compleanno. Ricordare Lucio Battisti al Semifinal di Helsinki è un’occasione unica per incontrarsi tra italiani nella capitale e per presentare le sue canzoni al pubblico finlandese che ancora non lo conosce. Vi aspettiamo e auguri Grande Lucio, che non smetterà mai di darci emozioni! Kaikkien aikojen lahjakkain ja suosituin italialainen lauluntekijä saa syntymäpäiväkseen nimikkojuhlan Helsinkiin! Luc...

The name of the new album is The Sun Is The Same The second Luca Gargano album The Sun Is The Same will have 12 new songs and is released later this year. It is recorded and produced by me and musically it is quite a leap from Look Back In Laughter. .. Well it has been 3,5 years! I hope you'll enjoy the new songs! The first single is called Kites & Bubbles and it will be out this Friday. This is the beautiful cover art made by Marta Petrucci.

I made some new years promises. One of them had to do with being more active on the social media. I'll keep posting tweets and instapics so that the internet will explode! It's also a good excuse to be late from everything else... Ok, back to mixong. Tomorrow another show with the Jukebox Duo. Welcome 2014.

It's not snowing yet, but it's been raining quite a lot. My friend Ann Charlotte came over today and we recorded a cover version of Petula Clark's Beautiful in the Rain. Just for the fun of it. I also had great choir rehearsals with a fine orchestra. Next Saturday is going to be so good.

I'm playing duo gigs with Bjarki Kaikumo, Ari Koivunen, Ann Charlotte and Katri Silolahti, solo gigs with myself and other gigs with various people. I'm also (still) recording and mixing new stuff (Chinese Democracy is yet far far away...), singing with the choir, finding work (and monnnnyyy) and trying to be a father, husband and person. And you know what? I'm happy. Things work out. Yes. My Finnish friends will find all the old blog entries finally copied here. Next I'll be importing old music stuff -sounds, pictures and videos. Because it's fun. Have a nice weekend!

My Music .

It's nice to record. It will be nice to listen to too. I know.

Loppuvuoteen kuuluu myös kourallinen Jukebox-keikkoja Arin kanssa. Odotettavissa hauskaa hämmennystä ja sitä kuuluisaa "saa mitä tulee" & "ei olis taas aamulla uskonut mihin illalla päätyy" -meinininkiä. M.A.Nummista lainatakseni "Ou jes, ou jes!" http://www.lucagargano.com/ari-koivunen-luca-gargano-duo/

Domani suoneremo musica italiana con Katri Silolahti al ristorante Vespa .  Il concerto fa parte del festival Art Goes Kapakka , e sarà la prima volta che cantiamo il nuovo testo italiano di Annabella , la canzone degli Atlético Kumpula . Sabato il nostro gruppo Luca Gargano & Rhythm Music Orchestra suonerà al festival Kontufestari . Ci vediamo in giro!

But I'm working on my website instead. Been changing all kinds of css and .htaccess files etc. Nerd percentage is high at the moment. But we're finally getting there, aren't we!

You may also like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LucaGarganoKatriSilolahtiDuo

Yes. Guitars we did record. That is how it went. History the rest is. Yoda would say. From the record you shall hear.

Ateljé, Järvenpää We recorded drum & bass tracks for five songs. A great day indeed.

8.55   9.15   11.00 11.04 12.24 12.56 13.45 13.59 14.40 14.42 14.53 15.23 15.40 16.27 16.45 18.31 21.11 22.22 24.06.2013

Greetings from another band rehearsal! Next Monday afternoon we'll be playing brand new live versions of the BigMen tune Vento che va and the new song Kites & Bubbles that has so far been played only on acoustic gigs. The gig will take place in the afternoon at Espan lava, an open air stage in the center of Helsinki. Soon after that we'll be in the studio recording these new tracks. The band sounds great, this summer feels great, and I'm all like... umm... great! We're also doing some duo gigs with Katri. Check them out in the Live section! -L-  

After a couple of rehearsals I can tell you it's going to be some album we're recording this summer! Eight songs by The BigMen and something completely new... in italiano! Check out the Live Dates as well! There's something new almost every day now. Domani farò qualche pezzo nuovo + un pò di Battisti, Vasco etc. a Nyyrikin Iltatähti (Käpylä, Helsinki) alle 20.00. Benvenuti!

"Ho promesso al mio bassista che un giorno suoneremo in Italia. Ma allora ci servono anche delle canzoni in italiano. Ok."