They Call Me Rico / Sweet Exile - CD
Wants posted around town describe it as a One Man Band. One man against all. A loner who confronts the public with six strings in hand, nervous slide, sucking in the harmonica between two verses, the heel of his boot worn out hitting the ground too much to mark the tempo.
Nuits de Fourvière with Jack White, Jazz à Vienne, Cahors Blues Festival, Blues sur Seine, Cognac Blues Passions, Festival d'été de Québec, Festival International de Jazz de Montréal: the four letters of its name cracked like a whiplash in many scenes. Those scenes where we know him as Rico.
After three albums, the man descended from his rocky north where tree branches bend under the snow to reach the Mexican border and its infinite horizon. A new cinemascope musical adventure carried by the high celsius and the arid plains of spaghetti westerns. Those where there is neither good nor bad. Neither black nor white. Only gray areas. Where, rocky voice, dark or possessed, Rico mixes the melodies of folk, the strength of the blues and the liveliness of rock.
Accustomed to walking alone, he knows however that certain blows will only be better if they are done together... For Sweet Exile, his new album, Rico has rallied two gunslingers to his cause: Jean Joly (bass) and Josselin Soutrenon (drums). Together they are Rico & The Escape. The bridle beating the flanks of their mounts, the four men display a tenfold ambition, fleshed out, made up of more varied compositions and more complex orchestrations.
An ambition that by the official release of Sweet Exile on November 9, 2018, they will have carried live many times with a live team augmented by two new members: Russell Stagement on rhythm guitar and backing vocals and Charlie Glad on keyboards and violin . In a configuration capable of deploying enough energy to power a locomotive. The tail of the rattlesnake hissing between their boots...
Nuits de Fourvière with Jack White, Jazz à Vienne, Cahors Blues Festival, Blues sur Seine, Cognac Blues Passions, Festival d'été de Québec, Festival International de Jazz de Montréal: the four letters of its name cracked like a whiplash in many scenes. Those scenes where we know him as Rico.
After three albums, the man descended from his rocky north where tree branches bend under the snow to reach the Mexican border and its infinite horizon. A new cinemascope musical adventure carried by the high celsius and the arid plains of spaghetti westerns. Those where there is neither good nor bad. Neither black nor white. Only gray areas. Where, rocky voice, dark or possessed, Rico mixes the melodies of folk, the strength of the blues and the liveliness of rock.
Accustomed to walking alone, he knows however that certain blows will only be better if they are done together... For Sweet Exile, his new album, Rico has rallied two gunslingers to his cause: Jean Joly (bass) and Josselin Soutrenon (drums). Together they are Rico & The Escape. The bridle beating the flanks of their mounts, the four men display a tenfold ambition, fleshed out, made up of more varied compositions and more complex orchestrations.
An ambition that by the official release of Sweet Exile on November 9, 2018, they will have carried live many times with a live team augmented by two new members: Russell Stagement on rhythm guitar and backing vocals and Charlie Glad on keyboards and violin . In a configuration capable of deploying enough energy to power a locomotive. The tail of the rattlesnake hissing between their boots...
