Ernesto De Pascale
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Ernesto De Pascale was a well-known Italian music journalist
and independent producer
. He plays piano and sings and he started making music in his early teens.
, politicians and writers Giorgio Van Straten
and Giovanni Gozzini, politician Matteo Renzi
) from 1971 on, until he was thrown out for having destroyed his classroom by fire and physical violence. At that high school, he met the seeds of his first band (bassist and singer Alessandro Ulivi) and formed his proto psychedelic
band, Implosion, with no music rules but noise. Then in 1976 Ernesto, right out of high school after some very adventurous times, put together Lightshine as a conversion from noise to redneck collar country rock in time for his first radio broadcast.
Ernesto de Pascale, although he was very young, was an eyewitness to many important music events of that decade of eclecticism. Photos of early incarnation of bands as Genesis
, VDGG, King Crimson
, Amazing Blondel
, Soft Machine
, Nucleus
, Audience
are part of his personal collection and a tons of memorabilia are stored in his house.
-Radiotelevisione italiana (The Italian National Broadcasting Corporation) as a disc jockey.
In 1981 he released his first album as a musician with the band Lightshine. In 1983 he founded "HypnoDance", a Rhythm & Blues band that recorded and toured regularly until 1990.
From 1982 to 1995 he was one of the leading voices of one of the most acclaimed and respected Italian music radio show, Rai StereoNotte, a nightly six hours long commercial free program which aired the best music from all over the world.
In 1983 he co-founded the most important Italian meeting for independent producers and bands called "Indipendent Music Meeting".
In 1984 and 1985 he was called to help sharpening "Videomusic
", the first all music Italian television.
In 1987 and 1988 he cooperated as casting consultant to “DOC”, one of RAI
's most important music TV shows along the years, by a Renzo Arbore
's idea.
In 1989 Ernesto de Pascale wrote his first book, a Bessie Smith biography titled Bessie's Blues (Stampa Alternativa).
Publishing, Sugar Music
and Best Sound
records. In 1991 he wrote the screenplay for a thriller movie called "Il guanto nero" . In the same year he won an award for the developing of Soul music
in Italy
and one for the developing of the independent music scene.
In 1992 he wrote his first novel book, a collection of short stories called "Parole di Notte Verso Casa ".
In 1993 he joined the "On the road" festival in Pelago, near Florence, with a special live project called " The Blues Corner ".
In 1994 he began working for "Italia Radio" the most important all news Italian independent network with a night show called "Effetto Notte", co hosted with other famous " voices " of the "RaiStereoNotte" era.
Since 1995 he has been working for Controradio with a very well acclaimed entertainment radio show called Il Popolo del Blues
.
He wrote liner notes for many artists and compiled various compilations. Since 1995 he's been tracing a new geography of the Italian blues
scene with a collection of volumes called "This Is My Story-Il Nuovo Blues in Italia "(Sony
).
In 1995 he hosted a series of music radio specials about contemporary blues
on RAI
. In 1996 he became the musical director of the Massa Marittima "Folk Blues Festival". In the same year he was called to join the latest and newest Rai-Radio 2 music show called "Suoni e Ultrasuoni".
In 1997 he won an award for developing the new Italian Blues scene and another one by the official Elvis Presley
fan Club for the best radio show dedicated to Presley.
Since 1981 Ernesto De Pascale has produced more than 40 albums and helped the discovery and shaping of the Italian hip hop
band "Articolo 31
"(Their album Così Com'è sold 600.000 copies - BMG/Best Sound, 1996).
In 1995 Ernesto De Pascale founded the independent record label “Il Popolo del Blues
”.
In 1998 he founded Il Popolo del Blues
monthly web magazine.
He has been an actor making cameo appearances in movies, TV shows and videoclips. He has composed film scores and soundtracks.
He is the author of the books Mondo Beat (Fuori Thema, 1993 - dedicated to the Italian Sixties scene), Dove il Country e il Soul si Incontrano, The Blues and I (a collection of interviews with the most important living bluesmen), America musica (Fuori Thema, 1994), Pistoia Blues: le interviste (Tarab, 1996).
– Radio 1.
Since 2000, he has become in demand outside Italy as well. Lectures in Universities and Italian Institutes of Culture have been held in 2001 and 2004 in (Munich
, Germany
, and Strasbourg
, France
).
Since 1980, He has been writing for all the major news papers and magazines like Rockstar , Il Mucchio Selvaggio, L’Espresso, Il Manifesto
, for the websites www.rocksbackpages.com and www.allaboutjazz.com.
He currently writes for the daily paper La Nazione
, for the Italian music magazines JAM, Rolling Stone
Italia, Musica Jazz, for the English magazine Record Collector
.
For six years he worked as a hoster and producer for the Rai Sat thematic TV channels (Rai Sat Extra, Rai Sat Show).
He wrote the books "Il Rock & Roll in Italia, 1956-1960" (Pendragon
, 2000), "My Name is Pasquale(a biography of Nicola Arigliano, Stampa Alternativa, 2002), "Un weekend Post Moderno" (Tenax/Aida, 2002), "Anni di Musica in Toscana 1960-2000" (Toscana Musiche/Regione Toscana/Materiali sonori. Vol.1 and vol.2 - 2003, 2004) and several essays.
With Il Popolo del Blues
record label he kept producing musical projects as The Frank Zappa
tribute albums (vol 1+2) and a big band
tribute to the late great jazz
arranger Oliver Nelson
(the first one since his death in 1975).
In 2004 De Pascale participated as a consultant to an international Hip Hop project with Jamar Chess
, son of the legendary blues producer and publisher Marshall Chess
of Chicago blues’s fame (published on Warner Brothers, USA ).
As a musician, he reunited the bands Lightshine and Hypnodance.
In 2007 he published his long awaited first solo album , "Morning Manic Music", on Il Popolo del Blues
/ Materiali Sonori.
In 2004 Ernesto de Pascale started a very important songwriting partnership with UK folk rock legend Ashley Hutchings
(Fairport Convention
, Steeleye Span
, The Albion Country Band), that resulted in the album My Land is Your Land (Cherry Red
, 2008) well received all over the world.
Il Popolo del Blues extended its activity and it is now a much respected PR and press company working internationally with labels such as Loose Music
and Esoteric Recordings
, promoting and marketing for Italy reissues as Genesis's Tony Banks "A Curious Feeling"( oct 2009) or Jack Bruce's 6 cd box set (Oct 2008)
Ernesto de Pascale is president of the Jury of Controradio 's Rock Contest since 2001. This is the longest independent music contest going on in Italy and the book on its story is out by November 2009. He died in Florence
in 2011.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and independent producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. He plays piano and sings and he started making music in his early teens.
The 1970s
Ernesto de Pascale attended the famous Liceo Classico Dante in Florence (whose students include actors Davide Riondino and Paolo Hendel, Italian rock icon Piero PelùPiero Pelù
Piero Pelù is an Italian rock singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the famous Italian rock band Litfiba...
, politicians and writers Giorgio Van Straten
Giorgio van Straten
Giorgio van Straten is an Italian writer, editor, translator and manager of arts organizations. In 2000 he was awarded the Grand Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic...
and Giovanni Gozzini, politician Matteo Renzi
Matteo Renzi
Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician. He was elected as Mayor of Florence on June 22, 2009 with 59.96% of the vote. In February 2011 he publicly called on all the Italian politicians of the Berlusconi era to retire, citing the fact that Berlusconi is only six years younger than Renzi's...
) from 1971 on, until he was thrown out for having destroyed his classroom by fire and physical violence. At that high school, he met the seeds of his first band (bassist and singer Alessandro Ulivi) and formed his proto psychedelic
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
band, Implosion, with no music rules but noise. Then in 1976 Ernesto, right out of high school after some very adventurous times, put together Lightshine as a conversion from noise to redneck collar country rock in time for his first radio broadcast.
Ernesto de Pascale, although he was very young, was an eyewitness to many important music events of that decade of eclecticism. Photos of early incarnation of bands as Genesis
Genesis (band)
Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
, VDGG, King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...
, Amazing Blondel
Amazing Blondel
Amazing Blondel are an English acoustic progressive folk band, consisting of Eddie Baird, John Gladwin, and Terry Wincott. They released a number of LPs for Island Records in the early 1970s...
, Soft Machine
Soft Machine
Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre...
, Nucleus
Nucleus (band)
Nucleus were a pioneering jazz-rock band from Britain who continued in different forms from 1969 to 1989. In their first year they won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival, released the album Elastic Rock, and performed both at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Village Gate jazz club.They were...
, Audience
Audience (band)
Audience is a cult British art rock band which existed between 1969 and 1972, and reformed in 2004.The original band consisted of Howard Werth on nylon-strung electric acoustic guitar and vocals, Keith Gemmell on tenor...
are part of his personal collection and a tons of memorabilia are stored in his house.
The 1980s
In 1980 he joined RAIRAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
-Radiotelevisione italiana (The Italian National Broadcasting Corporation) as a disc jockey.
In 1981 he released his first album as a musician with the band Lightshine. In 1983 he founded "HypnoDance", a Rhythm & Blues band that recorded and toured regularly until 1990.
From 1982 to 1995 he was one of the leading voices of one of the most acclaimed and respected Italian music radio show, Rai StereoNotte, a nightly six hours long commercial free program which aired the best music from all over the world.
In 1983 he co-founded the most important Italian meeting for independent producers and bands called "Indipendent Music Meeting".
In 1984 and 1985 he was called to help sharpening "Videomusic
Videomusic
Videomusic was an Italian music channel and one of the first music channels in Europe. It was founded by Marialina Marcucci and Pier Luigi Stefani in early 1984. The channel used to be broadcast from a location called "Il Ciocco", near the Castelvecchio Pascoli, Frazione of Barga in the province...
", the first all music Italian television.
In 1987 and 1988 he cooperated as casting consultant to “DOC”, one of RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
's most important music TV shows along the years, by a Renzo Arbore
Renzo Arbore
Lorenzo Giovanni Arbore is an Italian TV host, showman, singer, musician, film actor and film director.-Career:...
's idea.
In 1989 Ernesto de Pascale wrote his first book, a Bessie Smith biography titled Bessie's Blues (Stampa Alternativa).
The 1990s
In 1990 Ernesto De Pascale became consultant for PolygramPolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
Publishing, Sugar Music
Sugar Music
Sugar is an Italian record label based in Milan.Some of the artists signed with the label include Andrea Bocelli, since his debut in 1992, and Elisa, two of Italy's most successful stars....
and Best Sound
Best Sound
Best Sound can refer to:* Academy Award for Best Sound* Academy Award for Best Sound Editing* AACTA Award for Best Achievement in Sound* BAFTA Award for Best Sound* Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Sound* César Award for Best Sound...
records. In 1991 he wrote the screenplay for a thriller movie called "Il guanto nero" . In the same year he won an award for the developing of Soul music
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and one for the developing of the independent music scene.
In 1992 he wrote his first novel book, a collection of short stories called "Parole di Notte Verso Casa ".
In 1993 he joined the "On the road" festival in Pelago, near Florence, with a special live project called " The Blues Corner ".
In 1994 he began working for "Italia Radio" the most important all news Italian independent network with a night show called "Effetto Notte", co hosted with other famous " voices " of the "RaiStereoNotte" era.
Since 1995 he has been working for Controradio with a very well acclaimed entertainment radio show called Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues is an Italian radio program founded in 1995, created and led by the Italian journalist Ernesto De Pascale , named by the BBC “the Italian John Peel”. The radio show is broadcast every Saturday 8 p.m. on Controradio and every Sunday 9 p.m...
.
He wrote liner notes for many artists and compiled various compilations. Since 1995 he's been tracing a new geography of the Italian blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
scene with a collection of volumes called "This Is My Story-Il Nuovo Blues in Italia "(Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
).
In 1995 he hosted a series of music radio specials about contemporary blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
on RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
. In 1996 he became the musical director of the Massa Marittima "Folk Blues Festival". In the same year he was called to join the latest and newest Rai-Radio 2 music show called "Suoni e Ultrasuoni".
In 1997 he won an award for developing the new Italian Blues scene and another one by the official Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
fan Club for the best radio show dedicated to Presley.
Since 1981 Ernesto De Pascale has produced more than 40 albums and helped the discovery and shaping of the Italian hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
band "Articolo 31
Articolo 31
Articolo 31 is a popular band from Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms. They are one of the most popular Italian rock/hip hop groups.-Band history:...
"(Their album Così Com'è sold 600.000 copies - BMG/Best Sound, 1996).
In 1995 Ernesto De Pascale founded the independent record label “Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues is an Italian radio program founded in 1995, created and led by the Italian journalist Ernesto De Pascale , named by the BBC “the Italian John Peel”. The radio show is broadcast every Saturday 8 p.m. on Controradio and every Sunday 9 p.m...
”.
In 1998 he founded Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues is an Italian radio program founded in 1995, created and led by the Italian journalist Ernesto De Pascale , named by the BBC “the Italian John Peel”. The radio show is broadcast every Saturday 8 p.m. on Controradio and every Sunday 9 p.m...
monthly web magazine.
He has been an actor making cameo appearances in movies, TV shows and videoclips. He has composed film scores and soundtracks.
He is the author of the books Mondo Beat (Fuori Thema, 1993 - dedicated to the Italian Sixties scene), Dove il Country e il Soul si Incontrano, The Blues and I (a collection of interviews with the most important living bluesmen), America musica (Fuori Thema, 1994), Pistoia Blues: le interviste (Tarab, 1996).
The 2000s
Ernesto De Pascale hosted the radio show “Giaccio Bollente” on RAIRAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
– Radio 1.
Since 2000, he has become in demand outside Italy as well. Lectures in Universities and Italian Institutes of Culture have been held in 2001 and 2004 in (Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
).
Since 1980, He has been writing for all the major news papers and magazines like Rockstar , Il Mucchio Selvaggio, L’Espresso, Il Manifesto
Il Manifesto
il manifesto is an Italian newspaper. While it calls itself communist, it is not connected to any political party. It was founded as a monthly review in 1969 by a collective of left-wing journalists engaged in the wave of critical thought and activity on the Italian left in that period. Prominent...
, for the websites www.rocksbackpages.com and www.allaboutjazz.com.
He currently writes for the daily paper La Nazione
La Nazione
La Nazione is one of the oldest regional newspapers in Italy. It merged with Cavour's famous political newspaper, Il Risorgimento, in 1849. Based in Florence, Italy, it is published in numerous local editions for the regions of Tuscany, Umbria and for the Province of La Spezia in Liguria.-...
, for the Italian music magazines JAM, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
Italia, Musica Jazz, for the English magazine Record Collector
Record Collector
Record Collector is the United Kingdom's longest-running monthly music magazine. It distributes both within the UK and worldwide. It started in 1979.-The early years:...
.
For six years he worked as a hoster and producer for the Rai Sat thematic TV channels (Rai Sat Extra, Rai Sat Show).
He wrote the books "Il Rock & Roll in Italia, 1956-1960" (Pendragon
Pendragon
Pendragon or Pen Draig, meaning "head dragon" or "chief dragon" , is the name of several traditional Kings of the Britons:...
, 2000), "My Name is Pasquale(a biography of Nicola Arigliano, Stampa Alternativa, 2002), "Un weekend Post Moderno" (Tenax/Aida, 2002), "Anni di Musica in Toscana 1960-2000" (Toscana Musiche/Regione Toscana/Materiali sonori. Vol.1 and vol.2 - 2003, 2004) and several essays.
With Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues is an Italian radio program founded in 1995, created and led by the Italian journalist Ernesto De Pascale , named by the BBC “the Italian John Peel”. The radio show is broadcast every Saturday 8 p.m. on Controradio and every Sunday 9 p.m...
record label he kept producing musical projects as The Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
tribute albums (vol 1+2) and a big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
tribute to the late great jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
arranger Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer.-Early life and career:...
(the first one since his death in 1975).
In 2004 De Pascale participated as a consultant to an international Hip Hop project with Jamar Chess
Jamar chess
Jamar Chess, a third generation record executive from the Chess Records family has built and grown Sunflower Entertainment with the help of partner Juan Carlos Barguil to become a leading licensor and administrator of all genres of independent Latin music....
, son of the legendary blues producer and publisher Marshall Chess
Marshall Chess
Marshall Chess is the son and nephew of the founders of Chess Records, the Chicago-based independent record label that first recorded an unprecedented list of African-American, blues and early rock and roll artists such as: Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy...
of Chicago blues’s fame (published on Warner Brothers, USA ).
As a musician, he reunited the bands Lightshine and Hypnodance.
In 2007 he published his long awaited first solo album , "Morning Manic Music", on Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues
Il Popolo del Blues is an Italian radio program founded in 1995, created and led by the Italian journalist Ernesto De Pascale , named by the BBC “the Italian John Peel”. The radio show is broadcast every Saturday 8 p.m. on Controradio and every Sunday 9 p.m...
/ Materiali Sonori.
In 2004 Ernesto de Pascale started a very important songwriting partnership with UK folk rock legend Ashley Hutchings
Ashley Hutchings
Ashley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...
(Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...
, Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span are an English folk-rock band, formed in 1969 and remaining active today. Along with Fairport Convention they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat"....
, The Albion Country Band), that resulted in the album My Land is Your Land (Cherry Red
Cherry Red
Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...
, 2008) well received all over the world.
Il Popolo del Blues extended its activity and it is now a much respected PR and press company working internationally with labels such as Loose Music
Loose Music
Loose Music is a British independent record label based in Acton, London, specialising in in Americana and Alt. Country.-Artists:Since 1998, Loose has released music by the following artists: Giant Sand, M Ward, The Arlenes, Inara George, Neko Case, Blanche, Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Handsome...
and Esoteric Recordings
Esoteric Recordings
Established in 2007, Esoteric Recordings is a UK independent record label specialising in 70s progressive rock, folk, psychedelic and jazz-rock reissues as part of the Cherry Red Records umbrella of imprints...
, promoting and marketing for Italy reissues as Genesis's Tony Banks "A Curious Feeling"( oct 2009) or Jack Bruce's 6 cd box set (Oct 2008)
Ernesto de Pascale is president of the Jury of Controradio 's Rock Contest since 2001. This is the longest independent music contest going on in Italy and the book on its story is out by November 2009. He died in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
in 2011.