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| Lookout Management Giovanni Cianci giocianci@gmail.com Booking Agency | Creative Artists Agency | Scott Clayton sclayton@caa.com Other Inquiries | roccodelucainquiries@gmail.com | About Rocco DeLuca | "My initial meeting with Rocco, it was pure and centered and seemed to have a sense of purpose, and I felt that there was something burning in his heart that I could be helpful to. It was that kind of truth in it that I decided to run with. I like the street corner aspect of working with Rocco, it woke up a certain part of my renegade ways - I’m trying to keep alive these days. I fully believe in DeLuca. I think that he’s got the power to be a contemporary troubadour, as I see it, and I hope I can be his friend for a long time, whether I am operating in the same limelight, ahead of him, behind him, in his shadow, whatever it takes, I’ll be there. The one thing that I love about Rocco DeLuca is he is driven by his own heart." - Daniel Lanois | What the press is saying | "The echoes of Neil Young, Robert Plant, Jeff Buckley and Pearl Jam blend into something unique, especially when performed live." - Rolling Stone
| "A passionate, muscular mix of swampy blues and stomping rock ..." - The LA Times "... compelling, untamed vocal stylings, lyrical vulnerability and innate skill with melody." - Billboard "... a soulfully intense talent who fuses jazz, rock, blues and folk elements to potent impact." - Variety "DeLuca's use of the Dobro steel guitar gives his songs a distinctive and rich foundation." - Smother "... packs the heat and rocks agression to work your way into your head and stay there." - Rolling Stone "... intensely cathartic, emotionally charged ..." - NPR Rocco DeLuca Signs with 429 Records and Readies Release of New Album "DRUGS 'N HYMNS" Set for Release March 6th |
"…compelling, untamed vocal stylings, lyrical vulnerability and innate skill with melody." -- Billboard | SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- LA-based artist Rocco DeLuca has signed with 429 Records which will release his forthcoming project "DRUGS 'N HYMNS." The new album finds the blues-steeped musician forging a solo path armed with his National guitar, distinctively emotive voice and 10 reflective, vivid song-stories. The hypnotically spare compositions conjure a world of characters seeking a certain solace and salvation while continually mired in the disturbed darkness. The album was "anti-produced" by Rocco DeLuca and features guests such as the Echo Park Jubilee Tambo Flower Unsung Heroes Choir. "DRUGS 'N HYMNS" is a fascinating recording in its quiet intensity, conveying a wide swathe of emotions from quietude mixed with underlying dread to hopeful exhilaration. 429 Records will release "DRUGS 'N HYMNS" worldwide on March 6th. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090208/LA67886LOGO) Rocco DeLuca was born in Southern California surrounded by a vibrant arts community that inspired him to follow his muses at an early age. By seven he was learning to play listening to Billy Holiday, Nina Simone and the Delta Blues heroes of the 1920's. He soon crossed paths and performed with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash and June Carter and Daniel Lanois—an amazing musical association key in the evolution of DeLuca's unique sound whether fronting a band or playing solo. Says Daniel Lanois: "I fully believe in DeLuca. I think that he's got the power to be a contemporary troubadour, as I see it, and I hope I can be his friend for a long time, whether I am operating in the same limelight, ahead of him, behind him, in his shadow, whatever it takes, I'll be there. The one thing that I love about Rocco DeLuca is he is driven by his own heart." "Drugs 'N Hymns" track listing:
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/05/4100152/rocco-deluca-signs-with-429-records.html#ixzz1fj4JXE00 For More Information, visit: http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_roccodeluca.asp Recently ... | Rocco Deluca is one of those guys you wish was your best friend. He's sweeter than Granny's apple pie, he plays the blues like he's got Mississippi Delta water and whiskey running through his veins, he's quick with a joke, and the minute you meet him, you feel like you've known him forever. ... Rocco is back to his roots, doing what he's always done best - playing good-ole-fashioned, honest blues and rock n' roll, and leaving the rest for the birds. It's all just a day in the life of ... | "I KNEW I WANTED TO BE A MUSICIAN when I heard folk records, like Son House, and Fred McDowell, Bukka White, and John Hurt. Those were the guys that really freaked me out. I realized electric rock and electric blues weren't really my favorite things. It was the real primitive hymnal and folk stuff. The intention was so awesome. It wasn't just to hang out and party - it was to heal. And it was music they had to sing just to survive. That music always felt the most pure to me. That's when I realized this was deeper than just cool. This is necessary." (by Amy Hood, OC Gazette) A Tribute to Billie Holiday | Released in July 2011, “A Tribute to Billie Holiday” is a compilation featuring Angela Bassett as the guest narrator and musical performances from Esperanza Spalding, Babyface, Rocco DeLuca, Boz Scaggs, and Shelby Lynne, among others. … Billie Holiday’s vocal and songwriting legacy continues to influence generations of musicians. Admired all over the world for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing, Holiday’s music continues to inspire and touch people in ways that transcend the decades since her passing over 50 years ago. DeLuca delivers “Lady Sings the Blues.” | Robbie Robertson Collaboration | “Robbie Robertson, legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of The Band, released his fifth solo album, How To Become Clairvoyant, in his native Canada. … It's loaded with guest musicians, including Eric Clapton, who performs on 7 of the album's 12 tracks, and Rocco Deluca, who performs on 5 of the tracks (3 with Clapton, Roberston and other noteable artists). Rolling Stone gave it four-stars and Goldmine raved, 'this soulful record is Robertson's best yet.' Clapton and Robertson’s guitar work, and DeLuca’s dobro are married in the track “She’s Not Mine.” | Slash Collaboration | "Saint Is A Sinner Too" se déroule à la guitare acoustique. L'ambiance est mystique et la voix de Rocco DeLuca s'envole parfois à la manière d'un Robert Plant. Encore un titre qui vous fera vibrer! ["Saint Is A Sinner Too" features acoustic guitar. The ambiance is mystical and Rocco DeLuca's voice takes off in a way like Robert Plant. Again a track that makes you shake.] (by Music in Belgium) | 'Saint is a Sinner Too' by Rocco DeLuca has a bluesy feel. A soft number, the track has a soothing inflection. An invigorating and uplifting number, the song has a magical effect. (by Aman Kanth, SPICEZEE) Rocco DeLuca's soft tones fit perfectly to a lilting finger-picked melody in "Saint Is A Sinner Too". (by Nikki Rocker, Daily Titan) Mercy (album produced with Daniel Lanois) | The new record was recorded in California with five-time-Grammy-winning producer Daniel Lanois, who met DeLuca at a folk show he played in L.A. "He's a beautiful musician and an exceptional, innovative mind. We decided we were having fun and naturally it became the record 'Mercy.' It was pretty organic" said DeLuca of how his relationship with Lanois developed, "We did the record in 18 nights. (The songs) are performance pieces, basically a collection of songs I had written on the road. They are kind of like these mini-vignettes."(by Megan Vick, Blast) | On its surface, Mercy is soft, understated, and devastatingly beautiful. At its core, however, there lies a raging firestorm of emotional turbulence. Mercy gains its power from the way in which DeLuca juxtaposes these ideas. I Trust You to Kill Me - the title track that was absent from Mercy's predecessor - features sharp, quick stabs of guitar that poke pinprick holes into the fabric of the song's heart of darkness. Elsewhere, Save Yourself detonates in the middle of the album, and its explosive charge consumes DeLuca, releasing his pain. As Mercy draws toward its conclusion, he follows the harrowing Junky Valentine with the key track that ties everything together. Bathed in the redemptive light of When You Learn to Sing, DeLuca discovers the impetus for his creative awakening. (by John Metzger, Music Box) | |||||||||||||||||||||
