Morgan
Non Al Denaro, Non All'Amore Né Al Cielo

It was already well-known that the good Marco Castoldi, known as Morgan, was a genius, just listen to his work with Bluvertigo and his solo debut, but he is also a musician who loves to surprise with his interpretative skills.
And it is this last characteristic that emerges in his new album release.
Morgan has always professed to be a great lover of the singer-songwriters who have made the history of Italian music, and this great passion has resulted in his interpretation of one of the most beautiful albums by the great Fabrizio De André.

The album in question is "Non al denaro, non all'amore nè al cielo", one of many masterpieces by the Genoese musician, based on the literary work "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters.
Surely an ambitious endeavor by the ex-Bluvertigo, but he has class and the result is truly something magical.
Magic owed above all to the approach with which the musician approached Faber's work.
He wanted to pay homage to a musician and an album he loved madly, and all this is evident in every note and every word of the album.
A tribute that leads to a personal interpretation of the album without straying from the paths traced by the original author.
And in my opinion, it was precisely this approach that was the winning choice.
The album indeed is magnificent and Morgan once again proves to be a gifted musician as well as a great interpreter.
Assisted by a group of excellent musicians, including Sergio Carnevale (former Bluvertigo drummer) and the eccentric MegaHertz, he manages to reproduce the atmospheres that characterized the original work.
Dark and decadent atmospheres, reflecting the main theme of the whole work, which is death, to which the voice of the Milanese singer-songwriter lends itself splendidly for a breathtaking result.
And if the bond with the original work is strong, in the Morganized version there are also some gems.

The rendition of Vivaldi's "Inverno" and the work done by the whole ensemble on the track "Dormono sulla collina" are true pearls of skill and technique.
Credit must also be given to the musician for introducing new instruments for Faber's work, such as the theremin, played for the occasion by the versatile MegaHertz, which fits well into the context, accentuating the themes of the album.
Personally, I am madly in love with "Il suonatore Jones" both for the lyrics and the music.
And here the credit goes mostly to Morgan's voice, capable of enchanting and moving.
Wonderful also is "Un matto", with the band in full swing, and with a guitar solo in the central part, not intrusive but worth the purchase of the album on its own.
But the true strength of the album is the original lyrics written by the good Fabrizio, which Morgan interprets with his heart in hand.
Lyrics with great social and cultural value but also ironic and sarcastic as in "Un giudice".
Moving is "Un malato di cuore", while in "Un blasfemo" the band's interpretation is applause-worthy.
An authentic masterpiece is "Un medico", with wonderful lyrics and a truly chilling vocal performance by Morgan.
Beautiful are the atmospheres that arise instead from "Un chimico", where the theme of death strongly rooted in the lyrics of the song (as in the whole album) is contrasted by a crystalline melody.
Stunning as well as very entertaining is "Un ottico", where a histrionic Morgan guides the musicians towards a sort of circus march truly noteworthy.
The dark atmospheres return in the following three songs ("Primo cliente", "Secondo cliente" and "Terzo cliente"), where an obsessive drum and bass rhythm finds the right complement in an interweaving of voices for a chilling result.
Playful instead is "Quarto cliente", a small interlude before the already mentioned masterpiece "Il suonatore Jones", a version beautifully breath-taking.
The album concludes with an instrumental coda, a worthy seal to a wonderful achievement and with a reprise of the initial theme.

An album of crystalline beauty, made even more wonderful by the work on the sounds performed by the Milanese musician.
With this album, Morgan has shown his singer-songwriter side, interpreting an album he loved, and he did so with results that are nothing short of exceptional.
So we can only applaud him and the band that supported him, hoping he takes the path of songwriting.
Because if so, the results would be goosebump-inducing.