Italo 'Tal' Naccarato was born in the ancient medieval village of Fiumefreddo Bruzio in the Apennine Mountain range of Calabria, Italy and raised in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. When not playing a club or recording date Tal can be found playing the streets of NYC, New Orleans or Nashville. His latest project 'Ten and Two Blues' will be released April 27th, 2022. Tal was most recently featured as a Sol
o Acoustic Performer at the 'MerleFest' Festival in North Carolina, and has taken his place amongst the very best players worldwide, performing his own original brand of Roots Blues, Classical Guitar and Traditional Folk music. (See the 'Who is Who' List) TheCountryBlues.com
Tal was also recently featured as a Solo acoustic performer, opening the 50th Season for Phil Shapiro's 'WVBR' Weekly Radio show ‘Bound for Glory’ at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: a regularly scheduled live audience broadcast, the longest running live radio broadcast of it's kind in North America. boundforglory.com
Tal’s solid songwriting skills and fresh and authentic approach to the genre has cemented his slot in the folk and blues world as a highly Stylized Original traditional player and composer with a deep appreciation for both Roots Blues as well as traditional Classical guitar music. When not playing a Festival , Club or Recording date, Tal can sometimes be heard playing his highly original brand of Classical guitar and Folk Blues on the streets of NYC, Nashville, New Orleans, the Florida Keys, or in a number of cities overseas, in the time honored Folk Blues street singer and Classical Guitarist tradition. ".....Tal is a one-man r***e of a dozen of the great blues guitar masters,.....", (Mike Livingston, Program Chair, 'Folk Society of Greater Washington' (FSGW)
"...Tal Naccarato plays old style ragtime and blues guitar after the fashion of such greats as Happy Traum and Dave Van Ronk. He delivers the classics of the folks like Reverend Gary Davis and Jorma Kaukonen, (and) ...his own compositions in the same genre." Mike Aregnov, Chairperson, ‘The Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series’ (The Folk Project)
"...Tal, Well,I certainly enjoyed having you on the show. I like what you do and how you do it... and you're not exactly what I expected, and that's fun.", Phil Shapiro, Producer & Host, WVBR's 'Bound For Glory' Radio Show, Cornell University
“...Tal Naccarato is the 'real deal'...", Rick Landers- Publisher/Editor, Guitar International Magazine
New Album: ‘The Theory of Hurricanes’
go to: BANDCAMP or go to Tal's website (see links in bio)
12/19/2024
'No Grave (Can Hold My Body)' words & music by Italo Naccarato New Album: ‘The Theory of Hurricanes’ go to BANDCAMP, or go to Tal's website (see links in bio)
