Music and art meet: the Caparezza concert in Bologna

After the success collected throughout the summer, Caparezza ’s Museica Tour lands at theJoe Strummer Arena in Bologna, for one of the most eagerly awaited dates of the tour. The tour is based on the Apulian singer-songwriter’s latest album, a concept inspired byfigurative art, as already guessed by the name, a crasis between the words museum and music.

The response from the capital of Emilia is positive, with several thousand people populating the arena, scene of the recent Rock in Idro, and in past years of other major Italian rock festivals, such as I-Day and Gods of Metal.

The set design, inspired by Domenico Dell’Osso ’s work of the same name used for the album cover, hints that it will be a show of great visual impact, as well as musical.

A series of ironic messages read by an answering machine voice announce the imminent start of the show, which opens with the riff of Canzone all’Entrata short song that also kicks off the album.

A large matryoshka is then brought onstage, from which Caparezza jumps out, shouting the name of the album. The matryoshka is actually the symbol of the first song to follow, Avrai Ragione Tu (Portrait) , taken from Museica, like much of the set list, a song in which Caparezza’s communist political beliefs are mocked, and indeed there is no shortage of references to Russia.

Caparezza then introduces the concert, which will be marked by the correlation between the works of art and the songs performed; the second song is inspired by Pablo Picasso’s very famous Guernica, and is associated with the more dated Dalla Parte del toro, which in the lyrics weaves various references using bullfights as allegory. We then come to Mica Van Gogh, among the best songs on the last album, which confirmed Caparezza’s ability to express himself even on harder and closer to crossover sounds. The concert continues with the songs set among gags and artwork, shown on the screen above the stage.

After many more rhythmic songs, which allow the audience to dance and jump, we come to a moment of reflection, opened by Cover, a song that on country/blues sounds presents a lyric full of references to what is one of the most modern destinations of figurative art, namely record covers. Non siete stato voi is a very strong progression that contains in the lyrics a fierce attack on a certain type of political class; it is one of the few songs written by Caparezza in which there are few rhetorical figures, and the concepts are expressed in an extremely direct way. China Town, con china" to be read with Italian pronunciation, is a romantic and anachronistic declaration of love to writing through ink. After this moment, calm in its rhythms but very intense, the audience can go wild again with the historic Io Vengo dalla Luna, which as always garners huge participation.

Time flies, and we soon come to the end of the main block, entrusted to the rhythms of Apulian folk song, with Vieni a Ballare in Puglia, the most misrepresented song of the Molfetta singer-songwriter, which tells of the many problems of his region, and Non Me Lo Posso Permettere, a very topical and ironic portrait of the economic situation.

After a few minutes, the band returns for an encore, opened by the solemn Fai da Tela, and the funky rhythm of Ã? tardi. The final conclusion comes with the overwhelming “The End of Gaia,” and its positive message hidden behind irony about catastrophism, at the end of which the audience leaves the arena on the recorded notes of Canzone all’Uscita, the song that concludes the visit in Museica, both on record and live.

At the end of the concert, the impression is that of having witnessed a complete show, as Caparezza has become accustomed to in recent years: the songs offer moments of anger, irony, and reflection, and everything is accompanied by a well-constructed set design and entertaining interludes.

To his energy and great ability to write lyrics, Capa has added the right experience to become an excellent stage animal. Through the direct vehicle of his music, he manages to communicate his ideas on even complex issues without coming across as trite, thus becoming a reference for many.

His being too political, expressed in a song from the last album, which was not performed on this tour, is the reason why he can be criticized, but unlike many at the moment, he can be said to have always maintained a certain consistency, as, for example, can be seen from the relatively low ticket prices. The biggest flaw of the tour, which is inherent in its nature, however, is the sparse presence of more dated songs, which would certainly have pleased early fans, but this is not the tour for that.

Otherwise, Michele Salvemini (for those who do not know, this is his real name), shows that he has reached a high level of artistic maturity, and no matter what, he is among the few Italians to deliver shows of this level.

In conclusion, to quote the title of his third album, and to be, unlike him, somewhat banal: Habemus Capa!

This is the set list of the concert, and of the entire tour.

(Song at the entrance)
You will be right (Portrait)
On the side of the bull
Mica Van Gogh
Let it out
Legalize the premier
Giotto Beat
My intolerant side
Modi Heads
Abjure Me
Song in the middle
Cover
It wasn’t you
China Town
I come from the moon
Goodbye Melancholy
Kitaro
Come and dance in Puglia
I can’t afford it
Encore:
Make from Canvas
It’s Late
The End of Gaia
(Song on the way out)

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