A rock soul energizes the evening's opening. An eight-piece band provides rhythm with drums and bass, substance with keyboards and horns, and refined arrangements with choirs, theremin, and various percussion instruments. Brunori Sas even exceeds expectations in their concert in Alghero at the "Ivan Graziani" amphitheater for the Abbabula festival.
The artist from Cosenza, with the help of his faithful Riccardo Sinigallia, has put together the perfect outfit for the "L'albero delle noci" tour, the title of his eponymous album and the song that came in third at Sanremo. "But I had to win, I could have appealed to the Regional Administrative Court," he comments with his usual irony. Indeed, Dario Brunori manages to combine poignant lyrics with lightheartedness, jabs with poetry, entertaining skits with wild stage moves in the more rock-inspired style of songs like "L'uomo nero" and "Sabato bestiale," as well as "Lamezia Milano." And after "assaulting" the stage with a stage presence that has grown over the years, he teases himself: "Also a dancer. Raise your arms in the air and celebrate my ego. After all, Bolle asked me to stop dancing so as not to ruin his career..."
Brunorians don't have a preferred age group: 30 to 60, especially. And many of them even sing songs from his first album, "Vol. 1," proving that the Sanremo exposure has broadened his audience, but he already had a die-hard fan base, and that Le Ragazze Terribili had the right instinct to invite him to Abbabula back in 2010.
From guitar to piano for intimate songs like "Un errore di distrazione" and "Per due che come noi." He jokes about the encore drama, performing "Guardia '82," "L'albero delle noci," and "La verità." If you want to use the term "little masterpieces," it's no exaggeration. The final, surprising track is "Arrivederci tristezza." Brunori Sas is back at the piano and sings, "Goodbye tristezza/oggi mi gusta la mia tenerezza/ perché non dura."