Luca Gargano

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

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!

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!

Just finished a demo of the new song Kites & Bubbles. Or perhaps it's called Aquiloni & Bollicine, I'll make my mind up later. Working on the new website. Little by little. The next thing will be the Live page for future events. I wish that snow would go away. Outside my window still looks like winter. It makes things slow.

I've been writing and collecting material for the new album but there is absolutely no hurry with that project since I'm quite busy with other musical stuff: I just released an album in Finnish (Koskelainen - Bola Bola) and there have been some gigs with the Koskelainen group "Koskelaisen iskelmäkerho" and also with my Italian project "Luca Gargano e la sua Rhythm Music Orchestra". Then there's of course Samettiklubi (singer-songwriter night every 2 weeks) and the occasional gigs with my Icelandic mate Bjarki Kaikumo plus the fact that our choir "Koiton Laulu" is celebrating it's 60th anniversary and there's going to be a big concert in December. Every now and then there's also something on the todo-list that has to do with subjects like "work", "family" or "friends", but I try to keep them at a reasonable level. Smiley. Check out SAMETTIKLUBI if you're in the Helsinki area. It's THE singer-song...

The Luca Gargano Band is still on a break, and my recent activities can be found here: http://www.samettituotanto.fi/wp/ https://www.facebook.com/samettiklubi http://www.lastenradio.fi/oma/index.php The second album will be out some time in the near future. Have a great summer!

Just a brief update: I'm recording demos for my second album and also involved in a musical which takes place in Porvoo next year. We have also finished the translation of Lucio Battisti songs into Finnish. They will be performed and recorded in the near future. Cheers! Pikapäivitys suomeksikin: kakkosalbumin demotus on käynnissä, olen innoissani. Olen myös mukana musikaaliproggiksessa, johon saa säveltää, sovittaa ja säätää niin paljon kuin sielu sietää! Kaiken lisäksi Lucio Battisti -käännökset ovat nyt valmiit, ja tuo mainio yhtye, jolla näitä biisejä soitettiin vuonna 2004, olisi valmis taas soittamaan konsertin-pari. Sointia riittää tässä syksyssä!

Hi there folks! 

It's a cold and snowy winter in Helsinki, and I'm writing songs for the forthcoming second album. Yes, the album already has a name and yes, the first single is going to be released in May. What they will be… I'll let you know a bit later. In the meantime we're tuning up the live set for a couple of gigs in March, I'm also writing music for a small side project, and this Friday we will have our third Night of the Power Ballads at Virgin oil Co., Helsinki. There will be a great house band and 14 vocalists performing cheesy power ballads for everyone to enjoy. I'm sure it will be at least as fun as before. See you around! -L-

Greetings from the studio, once again. It looks like 10 songs are going to make it on the album, which will be released in August. We have 8 songs mixed already, and we're working on the last two songs this week. The first single Little By Little has had some radioplay already, and I'm hoping to here it on many radios this summer! You can of course listen to the song at my MySpace. Please add yourself to my Facebook site as well.

The first single is Little by Little and it should be out soon one of these days. The whole album is rescheduled to be released later this summer due to volcanic powder and mixing issues... I will know the exact dates later this week. Esimakua levystä antaa pian ilmestyvä kesäisen rento sinkku Little by Little. Itse albumin julkaisua on siirretty myöhempään kesälle, tarkka julkaisupäivä saadaan lähipäivinä. Perjantaina 28. toukokuuta Helsingin Bellyssä voi kuulla osan levyn biiseistä, kun soitamme Jukan ja Mikon kanssa akustishenkisen keikan.

Levyn äänitykset alkoivat eilen rumpucheckillä. Nyt tiistaina iltapäivällä on kolmen biisin rummut ja bassot soitettu sisään, ja ollaan siis erinomaisesti aikataulussa. Day #2 in the studio, now we have recorded the drum and bass tracks to 3 songs. Feeling great!