Morgan

The Profile

Morgan is the stage name of Italian musician Marco Castoldi. In these reviews he appears as a former Bluvertigo frontman turned solo artist, noted for a vintage-leaning, melancholic songwriting style, synth-based arrangements, and for undertaking high-profile reinterpretations of Italian songwriting classics.

From the reviews: he is identified as Marco Castoldi (Morgan), linked repeatedly to Bluvertigo, described as a Milanese singer-songwriter, and associated with live performances featuring collaborators such as MegaHertz and (for the De André project) musicians including Sergio Carnevale. The reviews also describe Il suono della vanità as a soundtrack (OST) work and discuss his reinterpretation of Fabrizio De André’s album based on Spoon River Anthology.

These reviews paint Morgan as a divisive Italian artist: praised for craft, arrangements, and interpretive ambition, but also criticized for pretension and uneven albums. Key recurring points include his solo breakthrough with "Canzoni dell'appartamento", the polarizing "Da A ad A", and the De André reinterpretation "Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo". Live reports emphasize strong stage presence and musicianship, while the soundtrack "Il suono della vanità" is described as dark, standalone-worthy music.