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MARIA OLIVERO

MAIL - mariaolivero@libero.it Maria Olivero è autrice musicale, canta, suona la chitarra, il dulcimer e le tastiere. Dal 2005 collabora con il paroliere londinese Matt Lindsay; Maria nasce in un piccolo paese del nord Italia, in piemonte, in una famiglia appassionata di fotografia,musica e cinema, sua madre è pianista e suo padre è fotografo. Il sogno inizia ascoltando tanti anni fa il Live in Europe di Tina Turner; con la sua prima chitarra, una Washburn bianca semiacustica compone le sue prime canzoni. Alla fine del 2005 Maria conosce Matt Lindsay, paroliere londinese, incontro davvero fortunato grazie al passaparola internazionale di amici, fan di Bob Dylan. Intervista video realizzata da Ktv SpazioTempoProduzioni Parte1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTURb8EXwZw Parte2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9eoiSsAK1U Maria ha al suo attivo esperienze live Country-Folk-Rock ispirato alla musica di Sandy Denny, voce degli inglesi Fairport Convention. (Roberto Bassetti al piano, Andrea Orrù alle chitarre, Daniele Zingrillo al basso, Frank Quarti alla batteria) Blues-Rock , voce e chitarra nella band Six Wheel Drive (sei elementi) in repertorio brani di Sheryl Crow, Eagles, Rod Stewart, B.B.King, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton... pop-rock, acustico in particolare ispirato alla musica di Alanis Morissette Country-Irish-Western, Bluegrass con la band Baton Rouge, trio polistrumentista Maria Olivero – voce, chitarra, armonica, dulcimer; Marco Sasso – voce, chitarre, banjo, dobro, mandolino, violino; Max Bove – voce, tastiere, fisarmonica, saxofono, violino; il primo album autoprodotto della band "Tunes Along The Tumbleweed Trail" contiene 12 brani di cui 3 inediti scritti da Matt Lindsay, autore dei testi e Maria Olivero, autrice musicale; Dal vivo si esibisce Voce, chitarra, armonica, dulcimer e tastiere; in repertorio i brani scritti con Matt Lindsay cover rivisitate di Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Sandy Denny, Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Neil Young,Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison Nell’agosto del 2009 Maria ha suonato al Fjordblues festival di Sandefjord in Norvegia insieme alla Bobband “Dreams Behind The Tears” (Matt Lindsay-Maria Olivero) Canzone in chiave pop contro lo sfruttamento del lavoro minorile, presentata in acustico al Teatro Olimpico di Roma, nell’ambito della giornata mondiale 12 giugno 2007, con focus l’ agricoltura, organizzata dalla FAO e dall’ ILO (Organizzazione Mondiale del Lavoro) presentata inseguito al Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, in occasione del Sessantesimo anniversario della firma della Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’ Uomo,al Lingotto di Torino allo Scream Festival 2009. Dreams behind the tears fa parte del progetto patrocinato dall’ ILO “Per i bambini del mondo” dell’ associazione Carnevalspettacolo di Ghemme e Young Frontiers di Torino. Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo,13 dicembre 2008 Nuovo album Nel novembre 2009 ha registrato a Londra con Matt Lindsay del nuovo materiale per un un mini album acustico che sarà disponibile on-line. Attualmente sta lavorando al suo prossimo album che sarà disponibile nella primavera 2010. . www.myspace.com/lindsayolivero FjordBlues Festival di Sandefjord in Norvegia Insieme alla BoBBand - Video su WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/MARIAOLIVERO1983 Thanks Anne, Per, www.bobband.net Tunes Along The Tumbleweed Trail -- Baton Rouge album www.myspace.com/batonrougecountryband Fjordblues Festival, Sandefjord, Norvegia, agosto 2009 Ryans Bar, Londra, novembre 2009 Baffle Studios, Londra, novembre 2009 Revislate (NO) – Giornata Celebrativa dei 20 anni di Agbd Arona Jam Session Naso & Friends – foto di Daniele Capodiferro Happy Hour – foto di Rosanna Ambrosio Maria & Matt, Londra, Novembre 2009 Opening Act di Jono Manson, 13 dicembre 2009 Caffè Scorretto di Parabiago (MI) Foto di Ass. “La Casa Verde” Baton Rouge Band - El Paso Saloon Incrocio, Arona (NO) grazie a Valerio Del Ponte Foto di Daniele Capodiferro Londra – Ryans Bar Foto di Rosanna Ambrosio Foto di Daniele Capodiferro Baton Rouge , live photos Foto di Daniele Capodiferro Festa del Mondo, Grignasco (NO) Spaziomusica, Pavia Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo 10 dicembre 2008 Sessantesimo anniversario della firma della Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’ Uomo MARIA OLIVERO - Singer / Musician Maria A. Olivero was born May 1983 in Italy. She is an Italian singer/songwriter and also plays acoustic guitar, keyboards, harmonica and dulcimer. Maria was raised in a small town in Italy, by a family very much interested in music and cinema. Her mother is a pianist and her father is a photographer. This early exposure to the arts provided Maria the opportunity to hear many different artists on the radio. When she first heard Tina Turner sing, she thought: "when I grow into a woman, I'd like to be a rock singer like Tina!" Maria took steps to make this dream a reality when she turned 18 and began entering many music contests. These contests enabled her to meet and collaborate with many Italian artists, singers, writers and musicians. In 2003, Maria played in a prestigious band that was a tribute to Sandy Denny (singer/songwriter of the classic folk-rock band Fairport Convention). The year 2005 saw many important milestones for Maria. Early in the year, she performed with a 6 piece blues-rock band called Six Wheel Drive. During her time with Six Wheel Drive, she recorded an unplugged version of the Village People hit "Y.M.C.A.". Working with Six Wheel Drive also allowed Maria to venture into more styles of music. They performed songs made famous by Sheryl Crow, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Rod Stewart, B.B. King and James Taylor. At this time, Maria also developed a love for the Canadian singers Alanis Morissette and Avril Lavigne, and the punk band Green Day. Late in 2005, Maria met English writer Matt Lindsay. She considers this a very fortuitous meeting that has enabled her to write music and sing with a renewed inspiration. In 2006 and 2007, she worked to record over 50 songs of the extensive collection the 2 had written together. One of the songs - "Dreams Behind the Tears" - was chosen by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to represent the spirit against child labor in agriculture. Maria unveiled the song publicly for the first time at the ILO annual event World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, 2007 at the Olimpic Theatre in Rome. Her voice and acoustic guitar were accompanied by flute and violin to round out the song. Early in 2009 she met Marco Sasso (vocal, guitars, dobro, banjo, mandolin, fiddle) and Max Bove (vocal, keyboards, fisa, fiddle, saxophone) They formed the Baton Rouge Trio, a polyinstrumental country-pop-rock trio. The style of music played by BATON ROUGE ranges from Bluegrass to Modern Country while also incorporating Irish folk tunes, traditional Country and Country-Western styles. They cover songs originally recorded by Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, the Dixie Chicks and Ronan Hardiman. The first CD produced by BATON ROUGE contains 12 tracks. Three of these tracks are written by the songwriting collaboration of Lindsay-Olivero, in which Maria Olivero writes the music and Matthew Lindsay pens the lyrics. In the middle of August 2009 Maria came to Norway and played with The Bobband at the Fjordblues festival in Sandefjord, this was a great to spend some special moments with special Friends Roy and the Bobband, Anne and Per and the greatest fans of Bob Dylan she has ever met. At the moment she is working on her new mini acoustic album, recorded in London, 5 songs written by Matt Lindsay and Maria Olivero; It will be on-line soon MATT LINDSAY – Writer Matthew J. Lindsay was born February 1967 in England. He is a British writer of lyrics, poems, short stories, and various "pieces of thought". Contrary to Maria's background, Matt was not raised with a direct exposure to the arts, but rather acquired it during his adolesence. Matt's primary interest is arts related to creative writing, but he has also dabbled in more visual arts like painting. His love for self-expression lead him to begin recording some of his written pieces with several friends and acquaintances in the early 1980's. Some of these recordings featured Matt himself ..boards, bongos or the occasional three-string guitar. In 2005, Matt entered into a collaboration with Italian musician Maria Olivero. The fruitful partnership consists of music written by Maria and lyrics written by Matt. The order of the collaboration varies, with ideas from one inspiring the other and vice-versa. This has enabled Matt to reach further in his writing topics than before, which has resulted in several stunning songs that the pair are very excited about recording professionally. Matt Lindsay and Maria Olivero Music WWW.MYSPACE.COM/LINDSAYOLIVERO Blue for joni

She is an Italian singer/songwriter and also plays acoustic guitar, keyboards, harmonica and dulcimer… www.myspace.com/lindsayolivero MAIL mariaolivero@libero.it NEWS 17 febbraio Maria Olivero Live all’ Incrocio Via 20 settembre Arona (NO) Ore 21,30 14 febbraio Lorenzo Bertocchini & The Apple Pirates trio + Maria Olivero Serata live Piazza Castello Ghemme (NO) 11 febbraio Degustazione Regale & Buona Musica Le eccellenze della tavola novarese Naso + Maria Olivero Live ore 20 Piazza Castello Ghemme (NO) 9 febbraio Baton Rouge Band + Dj frank & Margherita Serata Country Dance Live music Piazza Castello Ghemme (NO) 6 febbraio Baton Rouge Band + Dj frank & Margherita Serata Country Dance Live all’ El Paso Saloon Dorzano (BI) 13 gennaio Maria Olivero Live all’ Incrocio Via 20 settembre Arona (NO) Ore 21,30 10 gennaio Lorenzo Bertocchini Maria Olivero Live al Baracca e Burdell Di Bardello (VA) Dalle 19,00 alle 22,00 6 gennaio Baton Rouge Band Live a Briona (NO) Fraz. San Bernardino 2 gennaio Baton Rouge Band + Dj frank & Margherita Serata Country Dance Live all’ El Paso Saloon Dorzano (BI) Thank you for stopping by Maria’s web site, best wishes to everyone!