Ezio : « This is the Day »

By Audrey Johnson – bscnews.fr/ Meet Ezio, singer/songwriter of Italian origin who lives in England. His eponymous band hasbeen touring since he met guitarist Booga in 1990. His latest album, “This is the Day” gives new breath to a prolific career. Read on to learn about the poeticand just stories told by his songs.

Could tell us a bit about how it all started?

It all started about 20 years ago when I started writing songs for no apparent reason and Idecided to go and play them. I’d always been a musician and I couldn’t get into the bands I liked. So I decided to write my own songs and that’s when I startedgetting more attention and working . We started very quickly; I met Booga when he was about 15 years old ….We started to go around playing everywhere we couldin London and in the South East of England and then we got a record with a major label and then we came to Paris to record, and we did a tour withthe Négresses Vertes and we have played ever since.

So you’ve been going for more than 20 years; has your outlook changed the way you play to an audience?

I definitely changed the way I play to an …