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Luca Dell'Anna: Tactile

by Neil Duggan
March 24, 2025

Italian pianist and composer Luca Dell'Anna draws from a rich tapestry of musical traditions. His earliest influences came from his grandfather, whose accordion playing was rooted in Italian folk music. At home, his father's diverse record collection introduced him to the works of Nat King Cole, Ray Charles and Johann Sebastian Bach. As Dell'Anna developed his ...

Life on the Road

By Adam Rapa

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing: Calypso; A Freaky Night in Tunisia; Blue in Green; Babudilewbap; Ode to Joy; Dissent; 50 Pumps; Poopy Pants Blues; Goldmine; Song for Jozak.

Adam Rapa: Life on the Road

by Nicholas F. Mondello
September 19, 2009

In Italian, rapa translates, ever so blandly, as turnip. In the dialect of music and trumpeting, Rapa probably translates as supernova. Reminiscent of the Hubble Telescope's display of spectacular images of galaxies far away, their beauty exploding in viewer's eyes and hearts, Adam Rapa's Life on the Road is a prismatic and almost spectacular CD. On ...

Life On The Road

By Adam Rapa

Label: Meta Records
Released: 2007