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‘Go-to’ guitarist and collaborator Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana delivers a distinctive and tender solo album in his own name. – Backseat Mafia
The Breakdown Ipecac Recordings – 8.9 You could use up a whole review word count with guitarist/producer and multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Stefana’s illustrious CV but some snapshots and name drops will give the flavour. He’s played on albums by Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton (Mondo Cane), Micah P Hinson (I Lie To You), Penguin Café (Rain before seven) and Calexico (El Mirador). He’s been a close collaborator with acclaimed Italian poet and songwriter Vinicio Capossela for decades, as a band member, producer and arranger and his production credits stretch further to the legendary Alessandro Alessandroni (Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack whistler). A guitarist’s guitarist Stefana has worked with Bill Frissell and the…