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“This is a brilliant foray into Irish music, from a musician which is a master of his art: it’s all beautiful”
MDR Sing Out – D
“A superb display of Celtic fingerstyle playing from one of Europe’s top acoustic guitarists Morone’s gentle intricate approach brings out the haunting beauty at the heart of traditional Irish tunes a Morone reminds you how truly boundless the fretboard is”
Guitar Player – USA
“A musician of absolute level not only in Europe, who has done a lot for the diffusion of the culture of the instrument. An artist, one of the few, who has been able to develop a touch on the instrument, a taste for composition and arrangement absolutely unique, immediately recognizable”
Mario Giovannini (Chitarre) – I
“Franco Morone has already established his international reputation as one of the best fingerstyle guitarist and as a musician who understands how to skillfully combine folk, jazz, and blues with his own Mediterranean heritage. This humorous Italian musician is now presenting a collection focused on Celtic instrumental music. “The Road To Lisdoonvarna” is based on Morone’s journey to the beautiful place near the western coast of Ireland. He has now given his experiences, thoughts, and feelings a musical life in jigs, traditional and ballads. The Mediterranean guitar poet offers us travel souvenirs of a very special kind, with refined phrasings, fascinating harmonic sequences and a rich melodic language that simulates with great authenticity the exuberant lightness, the playful joie de vivre and also the melancholy nature of the Irish. Including the desire to hit the road”
Acoustic Music – D
“Italian Franco Morone is a fantastic fingerstyle guitarist combining folk, jazz, and blues music, who at times tries his luck as a flat-picker. And he’s very fortunate with it. “The Road to Lisdoonvarna” is another great album in the tradition of traditional Irish and Scottish music played on the acoustic guitar”
Folk World – D