Ilaria Capalbo’s acclaimed quintet, Krthago, is announced at Roma Jazz Festival 2023.

Program and tickets link: Roma Jazz Festival 2023

Next stop Karthago is JazzBaltica 2023! Thrilled to be part of this edition focusing on strong female bandleaders.

More info and tickets can be found at the festival’s homepage, here.

See you there!

Many thanks to Libero Farné of Musica Jazz for this lovely chat about Karthago, new projects in the pipeline and future plans. Read the anticipation here or buy the magazine online for the complete text.

Great news! Averno, second studio album by collective KÓSMOS that I co-lead together with pianist Stefano Falcone and drummer Giuseppe D’Alessandro) is out on all platforms on May 19! Pre-order available from May 5 via Bandcamp!

This is the main artwork by collage wizard Gabriele Carnagora.

2022 has truly has been a red letter year so far. We are thrilled to announce that Karthago is 2nd Best Album of the Year on Chris May's yearly review at All About Jazz!

Read the whole article here.

Looking forward to playing in a magical place such as Torshavn! We will perform at the annual Faroese jazz festival VetrarJazz 2023 in the stunning auditorium at the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands. With us the same evening, Norwegian act Flukten.

https://www.nlh.fo/en?event=9200/nordurlendsk-dupultkonsert-flukten-plus-ilaria-capalbo-nose

I have been carrying out a duo project with extraordinary guitarist Loke Risberg for some years. We will be on a small tour in the end of October and you will be able to catch us in Italy and Sweden, for the concert series Mo. Ca. Suona at Moretto Cavour in Brescia and at at the Stockholm Jazz Festival. Check the upcoming dates for ticket links and more info.

We are thrilled to be part of the lineup of this year’s Kulturfestivalen, Stockholm’s biggest stage for music and performance! We will play on August 18 at the stage in Skeppsbron. Free entrance!

https://kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se/programpunkter/ilaria-capalbo-karthago/

A nice chat that I recently had with Enrico Bettinello, journalist and collaborator of Italia Jazz and Europe Jazz Network, for Italian webzine Il Giornale Della Musica. You can read the whole text at the following link:

https://www.giornaledellamusica.it/articoli/ilaria-capalbo-ripartire-dalla-svezia?fs=e&s=cl&fbclid=IwAR3MiQbv0EwIra-OdSlOMbe_5yopqZAfgaigcHCZVh7YDyY4VkpAqXIT_pk

In one last date to wrap this spring tour up with, Karthago will headline at the beautiful Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray, Dublin, for Bray Jazz Festival.

http://www.brayjazz.com/ilaria/

I had a digital coffee with Ian Patterson from All About Jazz during a Zoom call where we were respectively sitting in a bar in central Stockholm and in Dublin. You can read the whole text here!

We are thrilled to announce the upcoming dates for the spring release tour!

Karthago will be hitting a towns in Sweden, Italy and Ireland.

3/3 Umeå (SE), Jazzstudion

26/3 Brescia (IT), Teatro Comunale

7/4 Napoli (IT), Ex Asilo Filangieri

8/4 Roma (IT), Casa del Jazz

1/5 Bray (IE), Bray Jazz Festival

Hope to see you on the road!

I am thrilled to be featured in one of the most respected publications about bass worldwide. Here is a chat that I had with chief editor Jon D’Auria.

Read a recent interview for German music portal HYPERLOCRIAN here.

No Treble reviewed Karthago, and you can find the article published here.

Karthago is finally out on Bluenord Records! 🕌🌙🔥

What a journey it has been so far!

It is a work of many hands, all of which added a piece to this vision. From my extraordinary bandmates, without whom none of this would have been possible, to fine artist Gabriele Cernagora who realized two of his analogue collages for the CD’s double sleeve, photographer Klaudia Rychlik who walked in the woods with me to capture a perfect shot and Bluenord Records, who put this music finally out there for you to listen to. Thank you all!

You can now find the release on Bandcamp in digital + physical copies and on all streaming platforms!

Follow THIS link to get to the merch. Enjoy!

On October 19, tune in Radio P2 to listen to a live broadcasting of Karthago, Ilaria Capalbo’s new project.