Ezio (band)

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Ezio
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Background information
Origin Cambridge, England
Genres Folk
Years active1990 – date
Labels Tapete Records
Members Ezio
Booga
Lidia Cascarino
Lee Russell
Alex Reeves
Past members Peter Van Hooke
Website ezio.co.uk

Ezio is a folk band from Cambridge, England, formed in 1990. They are named after their lead singer and main composer, Ezio Lunedei.

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Members

The band vary their on-stage line-up depending on the venue; some gigs feature all five members in the line-up, whereas some gigs in smaller venues will have just Ezio and Fowell. [1]

Career

Ezio was formed 1988or1989, by a duo of guitarists, Ezio Lunedei—of Italian decent—and Mark "Booga" Fowell—from Kenya. [2] The former had been working as a surveyor and the latter studding to be a biochemist. [3] The band self released there first two albums, before being picked up by Arista Records, in 1995. [2] [4]

Their profile was raised considerably when their song Cancel Today was chosen by Tony Blair for his Desert Island Discs selection. [5] This lead the song to enjoy "unforeseen airplay" and discussion, and reportedly lead to shops selling out of their CDs. [6] [7]

The band has released eight studio albums, one compilation album, four live albums and three videos / DVDs.[ citation needed ]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

DVDs

References

  1. ↑ "Review of Ezio at The Duchess, York 2009". digyorkshire.com. 12 June 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Live and Booking 200 Dates!". Sunday Sun. 3 September 1995. p. 74. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Smith, Alan (25 September 1995). "Hot acoustic duo aim to imprezio". Evening Telegraph. p. 24. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Crozier, David (12 May 1994). "And about time too". Saffron Walden Weekly News. p. 17. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Garner, Clare (24 November 1996). "New Labour, old headbanger: castaway Tony lets his hair down". The Independent. p. 5. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "New Labour's spin: If only Ezio had read Etzioni". The Guardian. 7 December 1996. p. 22. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Milner, Catherine (1 December 1996). "A sell-out gig for Blair's band of unknowns". Sunday Telegraph. p. 7. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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