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Ilaria Capalbo

About Me


"Questa giovane formazione nasce dall'incontro di Ilaria Capalbo, polistrumentista di natali italiani ma di adozione inglese, con il percussionista partenopeo Emiliano Della Giovanna e prende spunto dalle comuni passioni per le sonorità jazz e blues - da dixieland alla fusion - e dalla musica folk tradizionale americana. Il duo propone un percorso ideale a ritroso dal Nuovo al Vecchio Mondo attraverso 6 di brani inediti in cui emerge il grande amore per il jazz, per il blues, per la sperimentazione, il tutto ovviamente filtrato da un arrangiamento mediterraneo, ma sempre ben godibile, sempre felicemente misurato. Oltre agli inediti BIRD presenterà una selezione di brani della tradizione blues-folk rivisitati, un mélange atmosferico di sonorità morbide, suadenti e non aggressive, con ritmiche mai particolarmente agitate, un ottimo tappeto sonoro per farsi cullare verso luoghi i caldi luoghi del profondo “sud” sia esso nei lontani States o nella più vicina Italia."
Source: Almost Unsigned Project - Press Release
Bird is an ongoing project. It's always growing, taking new and often unusual shapes, constantly shifting like the bottom of the sea and rising with the tide. It explores the world of familiar sounds through often minimal, earthy arrangements. It has a love for everything acoustic, and live sets often feature "impromptu" instruments such as drum set pieces, children toys, small percussion and winds made out of found objects. It's a mish-mash of influences and a refreshing twist to the concept of folk music.
Don't be shy, have a listen.

Bird live @ Trip, Naples (ITALY) from ilaria capalbo on Vimeo .

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/06/2007
Band Members: Ilaria Capalbo: bass, acoustic&jazz guitars, Weissenborn slide guitar, stompbox, percussions, loop station & voice;

Emiliano DellaGiovanna: drums;
Marcello DellaGiovanna: tenor sax, alto sax, flutes;
Gianluca Capurro: 12 strings guitar, background vocals, glockenspiel.
Influences: The first glance to the ocean, Dixieland,Skip James, Jaco, the Buckleys (father&son), Woody Guthrie, Miles Davis, Django Reinhardt, Pat Metheny, Avishai Cohen...the Beatles, Morrissey, Ani di Franco, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Dave Matthews Band, Cat Stevens, Devendra Banhart, Caetano Veloso, John Martyn, Joni Mitchell, Vashti Bunyan, Johnny Cash, early Motown, bluegrass, the Doors, Xavier Rudd, John Butler & their great groovy licks, mr Weissenborn & his big invention, Ben Harper, the inexplicable urge to jump on nearly every kind of board, all things groovy.
Sounds Like: ..well,exactly like this.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

new EP "THE OPTIMIST" coming out December '09!

the thing is.the shiny new EP is gonna come out soon, along with some new tracks on the profile and head-turning original artwork! so keep visiting, every now and again.see you soon!  Bird
Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:00 GMT

AFTERMATH.

Sometimes people are hasty. In fact, most of the times. I have been, too. But now i'm starting to see things differently, as if they were inscribed in a bigger picture. Besides being rather relieving,...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:33:00 GMT

A thing of beauty.

I heard as if I had no Earuntil a vital Word came all the way from life to meand then i knew i heard.I saw,as if my Eyes were onanother, until a thingand now i know it was Light, becauseit fitted them...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:56:00 GMT

SORRY ABOUT THE TRACK...MORE COMING SOON!

I'm recording new tracks at the moment...please be patient.There's more to come soon!!! peace,BIRD
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:37:00 GMT

Lost & found.

Here we are again.Hands against hands,chest against chest,eyes quivering,and smiles ready to burst.So close a soulthat I can hear the weaving of its coreso dear a touchthat makes me close my eyes, and...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:45:00 GMT