Luciano Caldore
H2O

"After the successful records of his 3 CDs (platinum at the Montecchio Grammys) and his extraordinary performance in the film 'T'amo e t'amerò' alongside the more famous (?!) Solange, Luciano Caldore is finally ready for the big leap and the judgment of the critical audience" (source: from the internet).

Identified by many girls from Via Roma and the Sanità district as 'o frisc(*), a sex symbol of this new millennium, an acclaimed Neapolitan singer, how many of us wouldn't want to be in his place?
In a Naples increasingly talked about, due to the unfortunate everyday news events, overwhelmed by waste (which, at night, catch fire on their own, as even they can no longer bear the discomfort) and among "settling murders" (hoping to reach some sort of "equilibrium" as soon as possible...), the city remains the most prolific artistic vein ever in the dense underground of alleyways and popular districts. Just take a walk on a Sunday morning through the historic centers of any Vesuvian town to realize the social and musical importance of certain phenomena. Alongside the smell of ragù (di mammà, of course) being prepared, stereos at full volume radiate from the windows the voice of the neo-melodic singer of the moment. The turn, often and willingly between a Ciro Ricci and a Mimmo Dany, often falls to our Luciano. In my neighborhood, when talking about "Luciano" there is no chance of confusing the great local artist with that charlatan Ligabue ("Ligabùe?! and who is he?"). Here, only one Luciano is known.

His songs belong to the best-known neo-classical-Parthenopean repertoires, in a whirlwind of unmatched creativity, alternating carefreeness and melancholy at the same time, reflections on life, snapshots of the harsh reality that dominates certain environments, which for better or worse, represent a certain neo-melodic cliché, made of stories of ordinary kids with their loves or life experiences. Luciano's themes, in particular, are firmly anchored to the theme of love, alternating Italian and Parthenopean vernacular, somewhat like the latest period of Gigi D'Alessio, even though the latter, thanks to his success, is no longer a cult representative in the (strictly) Neapolitan scene, as Caldore is.

Years ago, the municipal organization outdid itself by managing to book Luciano for a beautiful live performance in the square during one of the town's most heartfelt patronal festivals. The result was an extraordinary concert where all the girls (and even some guys...) were evidently in a frenzy for Luciano's freshness.

A circular embrace to all the debaserian friends and to all those who had the strength to read this review(?). This is a singer-songwriter worth listening to.



(*) For those unfamiliar with Neapolitan: Literally "the fresh". "frisc" is an adjective used to indicate that a man has a certain charm.