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Biographie

They were born and raised in Mendrisiotto (Canton Ticino) and began their musical journey in January 2012. With now more than 500 performances in the Swiss and European scene, in February 2019 they had the great opportunity to represent Switzerland and their Canton, in a Germanic tour called “Innocence”, performing as a “back-up group” to the renowned South African band, Prime Circle. The musical matrix is based on folk and blues sounds and given the particularity of their formation and instrumental ensemble, they decided to define their style POWER FOLK.

Since March 2017 they signed a collaboration contract with the agency 36zwei Entertainment, which with great professionalism allows them to carve out spaces in increasingly important contexts, including: St.Gallen Openair (St.Gallen), Heitere Openair (Zofingen), Rock’Oz’Arènes (Avenches), Stars in Town (Schaffhausen), Blue Balls Festival (Lucerne), Moon&Stars (Locarno) and the Bern Buskers Festival (Bern).
February 11, 2020, a tour began that has seen them protagonists in Spain, Colombia and Mexico. The debut in Barcelona, where they performed for two nights at the opening of the legendary band “No Te Va Gustar” at the historic Sala Apolo. Afterwards, they flew overseas to perform in numerous cities, including Bogota, Pereira, Medellin to the Mexican capital, Mexico City.

Over the last few years they had the honor to share the stage with some of the most important artists, including Prime Circle, Flogging Molly, The Real Mckenzies, James Blunt, Nic Cester, The Baseballs, Goran Bregovic and No Te Va Gustar.
Since May they have launched the initiative “Serenata Power Folk”, an authentic “musical home delivery”. It is an unplugged concert that has allowed them to remain active in the post-lockdown period, moving from house to house; among the gardens, squares, courtyards and balconies all over Ticino.
In 2021 they released three singles, “Leaf”, “Last Out” and “Right To The Edge” and for the last two years they started collaborating with the label Lucky Tiger Records at Power Play Studio in Maur (ZH). They worked on a 13 songs album with the brilliant musicians and arrangers Cyrill Camenzind and Massimo Buonanno.

The album is called "RUST MUD DUST" and the new songs have been played for the first at the beautiful Auditorio Stelio Molo (RSI) on the 1st of June 2023.
At the moment, CDs and Vinyl are only available at the live concerts but you can listen to the singles "Brothers", "No Big Deal", "Grew Up In" and "Shooting Guns" on all the digital platforms.