Francesco Garolfi

“Francesco Garolfi is one of the best musicians I’ve ever worked with”,
as Peter Walsh (producer of Peter Gabriel, Scott Walker, Simple Minds, Miguel Bosé and many more) defined him.

His acoustic soulful project combines rural blues, roots and gospel, declined in a contemporary key; Garolfi merges his elegant fingerpicking technique with his deep vocal timbre, for a set at the same time intimate and passionate, capable of captivating the audience. It is acoustic Blues in its purity and essentiality.

Guitarist and singer, composer, arranger, producer, in various tours around the world, Garolfi has shared the stage with internationally renowned artists (Garth Hudson of The Band in Woodstock, Hevia, Noa, Eric Bibb, Guy Davis and many others). He performed one of his original songs for the Pope, worldwide broadcasted and in front of 500,000 people, and performed for EXPO Milan, in the USA Pavilion. He played in numerous clubs in the United States, appearing on live national and international TV and radio programs (CBS USA, King Biscuit Time with Sonny Payne). His independent artistic path, without boundaries, has earned him the Italian Blues Award and the nomination of Godin Artist and AER Artist, alongside Roger Waters, Brian May, Bill Frisell, Tommy Emmanuel, Eric Johnson, Jerry Douglas.

In his own studio La Gare, he recorded 2 albums, 3 EPs which explore various blues shades: The Blues I Feel (2006), 1968 A Rock Odyssey (2008), A Handful Of Songs EP (2015), Woke Up This Morning EP (2021), Field Recordings EP (2022) and the single Trouble, soundtrack to the TV fiction “L’Alligatore” broadcasted on national TV. He collaborated as a singer, multi instrumentalis and arranger with the harp player Fabrizio Poggi, nominated for a Grammy Awards in the Blues category, for whom he arranged and recorded the duo album The Breath of Soul and the subsequent ones: Still Alive, Mercy, Spirit of Mercy, Il Soffio della Libertà and Basement Blues.