{:en}PRESS RELEASE (11/5/2017)
Saturday, May 13 a Loano will take place the last event of the tenth edition of “Flying Disks...Close Encounters with Records, Books, Words and Sounds.”, promoted by the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano and organized by the’Society of the Curious Association.
From the hours 21.00, in the Civic Library in Kursaal Palace, singer-songwriter Diodato, interviewed by music journalist John Vignola (Rai Radio 1 Music Club) will present his latest album “What have we become” (2017, Carousel Records).
Three years after “E Forse Sono Pazzo,” Diodato returns with a new album of unreleased songs, twelve songs in which the artist lays bare his soul, reaching deep into it, and combines his passions for songwriting, rock and pop.
“In here is the story I wanted to tell, a story probably similar to many others, but ultimately unique, as they all are. There is an experience made up of fragility, guilt, happiness, bright encounters and painful detachments, shadow and light, fall and rebirth” - thus Diodate explains his album-“There is an awareness that everything surrenders to the unstoppable becoming of things.”.
Artist of the new Italian singer-songwriter scene Diodato made himself known to the general public in the 2014 edition of the Sanremo Festival, participating in the Newcomers category with the song “Babilonia.”.
He won Mtv's “Best New Generation” award and participated in twelve consecutive episodes of “Che tempo che fa,” Fabio Fazio's program, an experience that inspired the 2014 album “A ritrovar Bellezza,” the artist's personal tribute to the greats of Italian music.
Diodato is the author of the single by Andrea Biagioni, an X Factor contestant on Manuel Agnelli's team. Afterhours and Diodato have crossed guitars and voices before, and in addition to Agnelli, Daniele Silvestri and Roy Paci have also collaborated and duetted with him.
DIODATE made his discographic debut in April 2013 with “And Maybe I'm Crazy” (Le Narcisse Records/Goodfellas). The record immediately arouses interest and is reviewed excellently in several national newspapers (La Repubblica XL, Il Mucchio, Il Messaggero). The first extracted singles are broadcast by numerous radio stations and with the revisitation of Fabrizio De Andrè's “Amore che vieni, amore che vai,” contained in the album, Diodato participates in the soundtrack of Daniele Luchetti's film “Anni felici” starring Kim Rossi Stuart and Micaela Ramazzotti premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In February 2014, DIODATO participated in the 64th SANREMO Italian Song Festival in the “New Proposals” category with the song “Babilonia.” His splendid performances at the Ariston Theater brought him second place in the overall ranking of the section, and first place in the ranking of the jury of quality, chaired by director PAOLO VIRZÌ who said, “In the midst of them (the contestants) there is a genius, Diodato, who unfortunately was not rewarded either by the critics or the popular vote. I would have given him everything, I would have put Laetitia Casta in his arms.”
Even MINA, in Vanity Fair, mentioned the song, considering it one of the best of the entire festival.
In March 2014 Diodato was chosen by the Rai 3 television program “Che Tempo che Fa“ , as a regular guest. Every Sunday in connection for twelve episodes, with his “songs in a minute”, he pays tribute to the great authors of Italian music (such as Sergio Endrigo, Domenico Modugno, Mina, Luigi Tenco and Bruno Lauzi) proposing some of the most beautiful songs ever.
On May Day he participates in his Taranto in the big Labor Day concert in the company of illustrious names such as Vinicio Capossela, Afterhours, Caparezza, 99 Posse and many others. From 2016 he will become artistic director of the event along with Michele Riondino and Roy Paci.
On May 25, 2014 Diodato is hosted in the studio for the last episode of the season of the successful Rai 3 program hosted by Fabio Fazio where he performs a very emotional acoustic version of “Babilonia.”.
In June 2014, he won the “Best New Generation” award and performed on stage at the MTV Awards live on MTV from the Parco delle Cascine in Florence in front of 30,000 people. The single ” If only I had another ” is broadcast in very high rotation on Mtv and passed on more than 100 radio stations nationwide.
Summer 2014 is a succession of concerts touching on major music festivals such as Cateraduno2014, Rome Meets the World, Pistoia Blues (opening for Negramaro), Meraviglioso Modugno and the Sziget Festival in Budapest.
In September 2014 Diodato won the “Fabrizio De André Award,” for his convincing and personal version of “Amore che vieni amore che vai.”.
In October he participated as a guest at the 2014 Tenco Prize and the festival organized by Aftherhours in L'Aquila, “Hai Paura del Buio.”.
On October 27, 2014, he released “A Ritrovar Bellezza,” an album that contains all the songs interpreted during his collaboration with Che Tempo Che Fa. Also participating in the album are Manuel Agnelli with whom he duets in “La voce del silenzio” and Roy Paci and the Velvet Brass with whom he revises Bindi's beautiful “Arrivederci.”.
She participated in Daniele Silvestri's “Acrobati” album with two features, the single “ Pochi giorni” and “ Alla fine” and in the summer of 2016 she was a guest on his very successful “Acrobati in tour.”.
“What We Have Become” due out in early 2017, is his second record of original songs.{:}
