Vinicio Capossela is "a magnificent narrator with an almost hypnotic voice, a storyteller who carries us off like a magician along his winding paths" (Jazz CH). His concerts resemble theatrical performances, again akin to Tom Waits, to whom he is constantly compared. He is a magician who loves to work with language (his recent novel Il Paese die Coppoloni was a finalist for the Italian book prize "Premio Strega"), but whose imagery leads its own life like a film. There is no doubt that Capossela is a magician - he is "Italy's most fascinating musical traveller" (Mojo). And by the way, Vinicio Capossela is a real star in Italy - both his current album Canzoni della Cupa and the previous album Marinai, Profeti e Balene landed at number 1 on the Italian album sales charts.
For 25 years Vinicio Capossela has been enchanting his audience, he has played countless concerts in Italy and all over the world (among others. at the Barbican London, at La Cigale Paris, at the Philharmonie in Cologne, at important festivals), he has taken Calexico as special guests on a big open air tour in Italy and with Calexico as guests he made the film "La faccia della terra" in 2009.
There's no doubt about it, Vinicio Capossela is at the peak of his creative powers, and there are few artists in the world as diverse and fascinating. And he remains a prankster: "You know," he asks with a mischievous innocent air, "on my new album I just reunited the old Giant Sand with Howe Gelb, Joey Burns and John Convertino. I recorded them separately and mixed them together later, they didn't know anything about it. So there's a real Giant Sand track on Canzoni della Cupa too."
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