Carmen Consoli

Show Description

Italy’s top female singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli returns to Joe’s Pub after five previous sell-out performances with two shows on October 1.  Her most recent New York appearance was an unprecedented headliner slot at the Joe’s Pub in the Park Series in September 2007.  Consoli’s October set is titled “Anello Mancante” (Missing Ring) and features the Sicilian-born auteur on solo voice and guitar.  New York audiences will experience an offering of repertoire drawn from Consoli’s more than decade-long career re-interpreted in a minimalist manner,  intentionally stripped down to expose the sophisticated essence of her songs.  In these performances, Consoli’s evocative songs will be interspersed with engaging insights into her songwriting process, citing influences such as writer/director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s use of Italian dialect , the music of star crossed Roman songstress Gabriella Ferri as well as the work of leading figures from  the world of Italian and international cinema.

Carmen Consoli is a Sicilian-born singer-songwriter whose innovative mix of indie-rock influences, bossa nova rhythms and jazz and blues-inspired riffs have engendered a sound unique on the Italian music scene. For the past decade she has reigned as Italy's leading female rock star as well as a multiple honoree at the MTV Italy Music Awards. Her most recent album, Eva Contro Eva, shot to number one on the Italian pop charts when it was released in May 2006.  Carmen is known for her unflinching emotional live performance of songs that examine broad themes of love, illness, solitude and friendship from a feminine (and feminist) perspective.

This show is part of Joe's Pub's 10th Anniversary Celebration