Loco Ironico
Entry Requirements: Under 18s to be accompanied by an appropriate adult
The brainchild of British singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Cang and Italian musician and composer Matteo Saggese, the marvellously innovative Loco Ironico came into being in 2015. Nourished by the warmth, pace and peace of village life and soaked in southern Italian sunshine, wine and melodies, Loco Ironico write songs of heartache, shipwreck and other of life’s desires that draw on New Orleans Jazz and Blues, Cuban Tango and Caribbean Calypso. Think Dr John, Tom Waits, Randy Newman and Buena Vista all rolled up in a highly evocative and innovative style of their own. Appearing will be Jo Cang on vocals and guitars (Ian Drury, Scritti Polotti, Desmond Decker, Marianne Faithful, Aswad), Matteo Saggese on piano, (Phil Manzanera, Celine Dion, Nina Hagen, Alfie Boe), Davide Mantovani on double bass, (Lisa Stansfield, Jason Rebello, Andy Shepherd, Baaba Maal), and Frank Tontoh on drums and percussion (Osibisa, Amy Winehouse, George Michael, Jack Bruce). As Joe Cang says: “This is music for those with a taste for the ironic and laconic and for those who prefer whisky to tonic!”