São Paulo, Brazil Blues tinged Classic Rock act Mario Rossi Band published the official full stream for their fourth album “Smoke Burst” out on June 16th, 2023. The album delivers eight original Blues Rock tracks recorded live. The legendary harmonica player from Chicago Steve Bell appears as special guest.
Stream the whole album through the YouTube player below:
Mario Rossi is a Brazilian guitarist and singer based on São Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo State/Brazil). He has been moving forward in music since 2004, when he was 18 years old and made his live debut. Nowadays, as a confident player, he treats riffs, licks and melodies with respect and wisdom. He knows where he wants to go! Mario Rossi had two unique experiences: in 2013 and then 2015, he joined the band that accompanied the American Bluesman John Primer in Brazil. On November 1st, 2019, the Brazilian guitarist and singer released the first studio album of his own band, Mario Rossi Band. “Electric Art” is a nice Rock and Blues piece of work. It has 8 new original tracks, with a beautiful vintage guitar tone. The album takes us to golden ages of music (something that’s not seen too much nowadays).
Less than one year later, on September 18th, 2020, Mario Rossi Band released a new studio album, “The Same Old Street.” It’s an intense 10-track journey through Classic and Blues Rock. The songs are all original ones and give us a good taste of his arsenal of riffs and licks inspired by some of the great Rockers from the 60’s and the 70’s. The record is a natural step from “Electric Art,” and shows that definitely Brazil isn’t only the Bossa Nova and Samba land. In 2020, “The Same Old Street” album had several downloads in Europe and North America, as well as a good repercussion in the media. Some of the songs of this album were played on the main Rock radio stations in London (England) and Rome (Italy). Blues and Rock radio stations in the US, Argentina, Canary Islands, France and Russia also played tracks from “The Same Old Street.”
Taking advantage of the great moment, Mario Rossi enters the studio again and records what became the Heavy album. The album had a great repercussion with the most high points reviews specially in Europe. In Russia the entire album had 600 downloads per day during a month. A new album called “Smoke Burst” ir ready to be released in 2023.
Purchase the album on Bandcamp: https://mariorossiband.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-burst
Tracklist:
01. Smoke/Burst 05:45
02. Leavin’ For A Walk 03:39
03. It Means Blues (Feat. Lu Vitti) 06:11
04. There’s No Hope For Willie Brown (Feat. Steve Bell) 03:09
05. Don’t Tell Me What To Do 03:59
06. Jammin’ For Jimi 03:30
07. Expensive Instinct 04:00
08. Cold Lonely Nights 06:43
Lineup:
Mario Rossi / Guitars and Vocals
Edê Boy / Keyboards
Marcelo Rocha / Bass
Rafael Cacavallo / Drums
Special Guests:
Richard Fermino / Trumpet, Saxophone & Trombone on tracks 1, 2 and 8.
Lu Vitti / Lead singer on “It Means Blues”
Steve Bell / Harmonica on “There’s No Hope For Willie Brown”
Magally Farias, Je Farias, Lu Vitti & Edê Boy / Gospel choir on “There’s No Hope For Willie Brown”
