In recent years, the Italian music scene has been enriched with numerous artists and groups capable of filling stadiums, arenas and our playlists on Spotify. Among these, one of the best known, as well as critically appreciated, is Francesco Gabbani, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist able to win two Festival of Sanremo and also some records.
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From mom and dad's shop to the Trikobaltos
If we mention Francesco Gabbani, one of the first things that comes to mind is that monkey dancer di Western's Karma, perhaps the best known piece by the artist in question. But the music of the Carrarese singer has much more remote origins than this song.
Born in Carrara in 1982, Gabbani was raised on bread and musical notes. His parents were in fact, and still are, owners of a well-known musical instrument shop in Carrara itself. This allowed Francesco to approach music from an early age. At the age of four he devoted himself to drums, while at 9 he held his first guitar. Later he delights with an infinite series of instruments such as bass and piano. During his high school studies he also worked as a sound engineer and stage technician. This series of experiences allows the protagonist of our article to acquire a remarkable skill in the field of music.
Shortly before graduating, he signs his first recording contract with the project Trikobalt. Within a few months, the two video clips extracted from the album entered rotation on the main radio and TV channels. But mostly the live shows arrive atHeineken Jammin ' Festival Cosa Sarà, Rock TV and the opening of the concert by Oasis in Milan. With the second album Trikobalto's success is strengthened, leading them to organize a tour in France, to open the concert of Stereophonic and in Sanremo as guests of the Palafiori. All this until 2010, the year that will see Francesco Gabbani leave the group to devote himself to a solo career.
Francesco Gabbani and Sanremo: story of a great love
After several singles in 2014 his first studio album finally comes out: Greitist Iz. Text and music are entirely written by the Carrarese artist, with the 11 songs that show themselves as a true parade of Gabbani's style and art. In 2015 Francesco introduces himself to Sanremo young with Amen, track extracted from the album Eternally now (released in 2016). Once you have passed the selections, it is inserted into the section New proposals of the Festival. Loses the duel with the singer Honey, but later an error is found in the voting system. Re-entered into the race, he overturns the result and flies straight to the final, winning the first place in the review. The success of Sanremo thus allows Gabbani to make himself known by the general public, so much so that he organizes a tour along the boot and opens numerous concerts such as those of beat, Anastacia e Simply Red.
In 2017 he was admitted in the category Big of Sanremo: it's time to compete with the greats of music. Gabbani decides to introduce himself with the song Western's Karma, written together with his brother Filippo, Fabio The water e Luca Chiaravalli. A song full of cultural and philosophical references, such as that of naked monkey di Desmond Morris. To make everything even more "special" is the dancing monkey played by Philip Ranaldi. The piece allows Francesco to triumph at the 67th edition of the Festival, becoming the first artist to win two editions in a row of the event, albeit in different categories.
Gabbani's success explodes with the single that tops the national and European charts for over three weeks. In just 24 hours, moreover, the video clip scores over four million views on Yotube, conquering the record for an Italian artist.
Francesco Gabbani today
On April 28, 2017 his third album is released, followed by a tour with 44 dates and an AI victory Wind Music Award of 2018. After a few months off, he returns to the studio to record his fourth album, scheduled for the end of this year. On May 10, however, we had a taste of what will be, thanks to the release of the single It's another thing, one of the singer's deepest and most complex songs, a sign of a musical maturity now reached.
