Silvia Tarozzi finds great things in supposed cabaret. The violinist works at the interface between musical avant-garde and improvised music and, within this framework, also deals with folkloric traditions and pop music – as was the case recently with her outstanding collaboration album with Deborah Walker.
The 15 tracks on her third solo album LUCCIOLE feature a brass ensemble, a children’s choir, a cover version of Milton Nascimento’s “River Phoenix” and, above all, Tarozzi’s voice. As a singer, she often seems to be paying homage to the odd style of grandmaster Franco Battiato, also a walker between modern composition and catchy pop hooks.
LUCCIOLE is a warm, light album about the changes in life – and constantly changing. Melancholic ballads, euphoric hymns, booming interludes or even jazzy echoes: Familiar forms have rarely sounded as wondrously foreign as in Tarozzi’s hands.
