ALEX BARONI A POET GONE WAY TOO SOON
Roberto Varano | LONDON | 04/26/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Let me start saying that I'm not a Alex Baroni longtime fan, I heard "La distanza di un amore" just few weeks ago, and I was struck by the beauty of the words, the wide range of the vocal modulation and by the amazing quite-ethnic arrangement, I thought was one of that song that make you regret that you don't have a lover to dedicate it to, it gave me a whole new vision of the contemporary Italian music. It wasn't until last week, during a Italian holiday, while I was searching for more info on this artist that I discovered that Alex ended his short life in a motorbike accident in the year 2002.
"Semplicemente" is a collection of the most beautiful tracks of this too soon disappeared singer, plus some inedits and tunes that were "in progress" at the time of the accident. Melodic ballads written with sour melancholy or vivid optimism are the main subjects of this CD, if you are an uncurable romantic that believe that poetry can be written in music this is for you."