I dreamed an island

Description

With his new album, Piers Faccini takes flight to the golden age of Sicily in the 12th and 13th centuries, when it was a vibrant crossroads of cultures. He sings a personal musical utopia, an intimate dance between East and West. He remains far from trends and outside of time. Piers Faccini is just as comfortable with an 18th-century Neapolitan lament as he is with a New Orleans blues or a melancholic folk, collaborating with artists as diverse as Vincent Ségal, Dawn Landes, Rokia Traoré, Ben Harper, Ballaké Sissoko, Camille, and Ibrahim Maalouf. The Italian-British songwriter is primarily a citizen of his own imagination, a creative island that he situates this time in Sicily. With his project I Dreamed an Island, Piers Faccini soars once again to the golden age of this island in the 12th and 13th centuries, when it was a bustling crossroads of Latin-Christian, Greco-Byzantine, and Arab-Islamic cultures. A pasodoble between East and West that, in his mouth and between his fingers, offers unprecedented contours. An enchanting experience of rare elegance.