MADE MUSIC
03.
LA TOSCA
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Soundcloud:
@latosca-chicago
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Hometown:
Chicago, IL
Recent Project:
“Nalewka”
BIO
La Tosca was formed in 2014 by
Andrea Falcone, Davide Morelli,
and Antonio Valdez in the Pilsen
neighborhood of Chicago. Since
then the group has grown to
become a truly international
collaboration, with members from
Italy, Mexico, Poland, Bolivia,
France, the American Midwest,
and the Southwest. Inevitably,
their repertoire is wildly
diverse. Their music is timeless,
combining elements of gypsy jazz,
classical, latin, and traditional
tarantella spanning hundreds of
years of history. At one moment
you feel like you are in a smoky
hot jazz club in 1930s Paris, and
in the next you are swaying to the
whirling rhythms of a tarantella in
1700s Naples.
“It’s different
because all the
members are so
different and we
try to give space
for each to express
themselves.
That simple fact
inevitably leads
to “something
different.”
What three words sum up your
wave of music? Why?
International time travelers. Everyone one of us has studied
a different musical tradition, and we each thrive on sharing
these cultures with the world. There are other bands that
fuse cultural traditions, but none quite like ours.
What makes your music different?
PHOTO CREDITS:
Julia Britkovskaya &
Troy Heinzeroth
We’re not trying to make it different just for the hell of
it. It’s different because all the members are soooo different
and we try to give space for each to express themselves. That
simple fact inevitably leads to “something different”.
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