Umberto Porcaro is one of the most popular artists of Italian blues scene. Born in 1979, with his guitar and his voice and during the last thirty years, he has carried the blues not only all over Italy but also over Europe and USA. In California he has played with such great artists like Kim Wilson, Kid Ramos, Junior Watson, Mark Hummel, Hollywood Blues Flames or R.J. Mischo. Umberto travels often to USA, where he usually shares stage with excellent blues musicians, besides participating in the most outstanding festivals and playing at the most prestigious clubs of Californian blues scene.

Umberto Porcaro now publishes an album with eleven songs, ten own compositions and one coming from Giulio Campagnolo, where he tastefully combines with a very professional display styles like gospel, soul-jazz and, of course, a good dose of blues. Besides showing himself as a creative guitar player and an interesting singer, Porcaro is backed by Giulio Campagnolo on Hammond, Stanley Sargeant on bass in eight cuts and drummers Federico Patarnello and Moreno Buttinar. For the recording has counted with the special collaboration of three deluxe guests like Lurrie Bell on vocals and guitar in the song “It’s My Pleasure To Play The Blues”, Anson Funderburg on guitar in the song “Cool World” and Marco Pandolfi on harmonica in “Rollin’ Down Below”. If you listen to this recording, you will immediately realize why Umberto Porcaro has already become the true ambassador of Italian blues.