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Wandering Star

Been travelling all night...

About Me

The band Wandering Star was formed in September 2005.
In May 2005, Luisa Bertolatti, singer and actress, tired of singing by herself and for herself only, wishes to create a folk rock music project consisting of voice and guitar.

Marco Grisa, the director of the play she’s working on at the time, introduces her to Simone Folador, an up and coming talented guitarist who obtained his diploma at the Pareggiato F. Vittadini Institute in Pavia, Italy. Simone plays his guitar as Luisa and her fellow actors are on stage.
Luisa is instantly astounded by Simone's ability and style, and asks him to collaborate with her. After some hesitation, Simone accepts.
The summer goes by, and the two don’t see each other at all.
In September 2005, they meet up for the first time at Simone’s rehearsal studio, the affectionately titled “Temple”. Luisa is really nervous but manages to sing a little bit of a song.
Simone is instantly amazed by her warm and embracing voice. They look at each other and know that this is the beginning of Wandering Star.
Simone has already recorded a completed song, an instrumental track called “Waiting For”. Luisa asks if she can try and create a melody for vocals for the song. Simone, unconvinced, accepts.
Two days later, Luisa comes back to the studio with the vocals for “Waiting For” – and although they later decide to keep the track instrumental, this is the beginning of their creative path together.
During their third rehearsal, Simone starts to improvise a song. Luisa grabs some lyrics that he wrote and begins to sing, improvising. They soon created their first song together: “F.N.M.”.
Since then the two have continued to write music together, with the participation of Maddalena Prevosti (Violoncello). Their first demo, “Ocean of You”, which was recorded in Luisa’s basement, has been completed. They are now recording their first album.
Wandering Star hope to bring love, colour and poetry to the world and whomever wishes to listen to their music.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/18/2006
Band Website: wanderingstarband.com
Band Members: Luisa Bertolatti - Vocals *Simone Folador - Guitar *Maddalena Prevosti - Cello *
Influences:

Anything can be an influence to us. The sea, the city...even a warm cup of tea on a blustery day...or a cold beer on a hot summer night...poetry, literature, theatre......
Musically speaking, ALL music is an influence to us, we do not discriminate between genres. To name a very few: Paco De Lucia, Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam (Luisa learned how to sing by imitating Eddie secretly in her room), Tori Amos, Ludovico Einaudi, Ryan Adams, all grunge bands (Luisa grew up listening to all that stuff).....oh so many we can't mention them all! William Shakespeare...Rabindranath Tagore...Artur Rimbaud...observing nature, the elements, the seasons.....
Luisa's mother listened to the radio every morning before going to work and so Luisa grew up with a vast knowledge and ear for music...... Simone grew up learning classical guitar, but always felt there was something more.......so instinct meets technique and forms Wandering Star.
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
Sounds Like: A cosy fire when it's snowing outside

"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence". ~Leopold Stokowski


Type of Label: None

My Blog

Thank you to our mysterious fan!

Just wanted to send a big thank you to our mysterious fan who gave us this Christmas Present... so thoughtful! We love the Sergeant Pepper's style of it....THANK YOU!MERRY CHRISTMAS, WHOEVER YOU ARE! ...
Posted by Wandering Star on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:17:00 PST

UPDATED WANDERING STAR WEBSITE!

Hello everyone, if you have some free time on your hands check out our new websitewww.wanderingstarband.comlots of love and lightLuisa & Simone
Posted by Wandering Star on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:38:00 PST

New Wandering Star songs posted!

Hello everyone,we have posted some new songs on our profile, we would love you to check them out and tell us what you think.thanks for your timeloveLuisa & Simone - WANDERING STAR*...
Posted by Wandering Star on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:05:00 PST

photos wandering star gig 22nd September 2007

it was very, VERY cold...but we managed to get through to the last song!...
Posted by Wandering Star on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:27:00 PST

Photos of fully restored rehearsal space!

hey there folks, as promised (even if a little late...) here are the photos of the fully restored temple....enjoy!thanks to all those people who contributed to the restoration of our precious space.th...
Posted by Wandering Star on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:15:00 PST

WANDERING STAR concert!

Carissimi amici,sabato 22 settembre presso la festa "CASTRONNERIE" a Castronno in provincia di Varese, i Wandering Star, composti da Luisa Bertolatti (voce), Simone Folador (chitarra), Maddalena Prevo...
Posted by Wandering Star on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:45:00 PST

THE "TEMPLE" HAS BEEN REBUILT!

Hello everyone, as you know last October our beloved rehearsal studio burnt down. Well, after collecting enough money to rebuilt, we've finally managed to bring the "Temple" back to life. It's even be...
Posted by Wandering Star on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:35:00 PST

SHOW DON'T TELL - TV SERIES ONLINE

Hello everyone,if you would like to see a cool project developed by my dear friend Elena Manzini, log on to www.showdonttell.tv and watch the first three episodes of the online series "Show Don't Tell...
Posted by Wandering Star on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:13:00 PST

new version of "I Am Yours"

Hi there everybody, we know you've all been waiting patiently for us to post our songs on our page, and we thank you for your patience. Right now our first album, "Travelling", is being mixed in Green...
Posted by Wandering Star on Sun, 27 May 2007 05:52:00 PST

help find Madeleine


Posted by Wandering Star on Sun, 13 May 2007 12:18:00 PST