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Ezio | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Cambridge, England |
| Genres | Folk |
| Years active | 1990 - date |
| Labels | Tapete Records |
| Website | ezio.co.uk |
| Members | Ezio Booga Lidia Cascarino Lee Russell Alex Reeves |
| Past members | Peter Van Hooke |
Ezio is a folk band from Cambridge, England, formed in 1990. They are named after their lead singer and main composer, Ezio Lunedei.
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]
The band has released eight studio albums, one compilation album, four live albums and three videos / DVDs. Their song Cancel Today was chosen by Tony Blair for his Desert Island Discs selection, stating that he listened to this before Prime Minister's Questions. [2]
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The Angel Song is the debut album by Ezio, released in 1993. The album, named after the closing song, was self-released by the band and the proceeds from sales of the album at gigs were used to fund further touring.
Black Boots on Latin Feet is the second studio album by Ezio, released in 1995. The album, which takes its name from the lyrics of its opening song, Saxon Street, was released on the Arista Records label. Much is made of the fact that Tony Blair picked track 4, Cancel Today, as one of his Desert Island Discs when he appeared on that show in 1996, as at the time few people had heard of the band.
Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire is the fourth album, and the first live album, by Ezio, recorded live at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London, England on 5 March 1999 and released later that year. Live at The Junction is the second live DVD/video recorded by Ezio, released in 2007.
Lost and Found is the ninth album by Ezio, released in 2006. Despite its name, there is no Volume 1 – the album is a collection of songs which, according to the quote from Ezio himself "didn't make it at the time or evolved into something else". Three of the songs were released by the band on other albums, and one (Ancora) is an Italian version of another previously released song, "Just to talk to you again", which features on both Black Boots on Latin Feet and Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire.
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