The wanted posters around town describe it as a One Man Band. One man alone against everyone. A loner who faces the audience with six strings in hand, a nervous slide, sucking in the harmonica between two verses, the heel of his boot worn out from 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 his name cracked like a whiplash on many scenes. These scenes where we know him as Rico.
After three albums, the man came down from his northern rockies where the tree branches bend under the snow to reach the Mexican border and its infinite horizon. A new musical adventure in cinemascope carried by high celsius and the arid plains of spaghetti westerns. Those where there are neither good nor bad. Neither black nor white. Only gray areas. Where, with a gravelly, dark or possessed voice, Rico mixes folk melodies, the strength of blues and the vivacity of rock.
Accustomed to walking alone, he knows however that certain shots will only be better if they are done with several people... For Sweet Exile, his new album, Rico rallied two gunslingers to his cause: Jean Joly (bass) and Josselin Soutrenon (drums). Together they are Rico & The Escape. The bridle beating the sides of their mounts, the four men display a tenfold, fleshed-out ambition, 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 his name cracked like a whiplash on many scenes. These scenes where we know him as Rico.
After three albums, the man came down from his northern rockies where the tree branches bend under the snow to reach the Mexican border and its infinite horizon. A new musical adventure in cinemascope carried by high celsius and the arid plains of spaghetti westerns. Those where there are neither good nor bad. Neither black nor white. Only gray areas. Where, with a gravelly, dark or possessed voice, Rico mixes folk melodies, the strength of blues and the vivacity of rock.
Accustomed to walking alone, he knows however that certain shots will only be better if they are done with several people... For Sweet Exile, his new album, Rico rallied two gunslingers to his cause: Jean Joly (bass) and Josselin Soutrenon (drums). Together they are Rico & The Escape. The bridle beating the sides of their mounts, the four men display a tenfold, fleshed-out ambition, 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...