This is a a story of a rebirth and a new awareness.
Out today May 15th, 2026 on CD and digital, Da Capo is the first real solo album by Mario Evangelista, a musician, composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist for twenty years, based in Florence, also active in the bands Pitchtorch and The Gutbuckets, as well as in the Collettivo Jambona – which has just released the tribute album Noi, Piero, dedicated to the great singer-songwriter Piero Ciampi – and as a producer for other international artists.
Evangelista wanted to start over (the album title Da Capo can in fact be translated as “From Scratch”), dedicating himself to composing an imaginary series of sound paintings for acoustic guitar. Each of them represents a part of the many experiences collected in recent years, between important recording studios, including Abbey Road Studios in London, and festivals, and it’s the result of various stylistic contaminations.
After two records by his band Pitchtorch formed with Danilo Gallo from Guano Padano and Marco Biagiotti from The Vickers, the self-titled debut of 2019 and I Can See The Light From Here of 2023, featuring Joachim Cooder (Ry’s son), Evangelista felt the need to return to a more intimate dimension.
The album Da Capo is a collection of eight tracks, inspired by Corsican and African, Mediterranean and Irish music, passing through the blues.
The single Diarabi is a piece for kora, from the tradition of the Malian griots. La plage en bas is the echo of the sea, Magnolia is the memory of those who chose not to stay, Abandon is exactly what it represents, L’acqua cheta is amazing life that transforms itself, Pitchtorch (reprise) is the essence of the band of the same name, Recercare is carte blanche, Sunday Morning Blues is 12-bar intolerance.
Evangelista played a Martin HD28, a wonderful Martin 00028 and a National Triolian, the one shown on the cover artwork, in addition to harmonium, synthesizers, Chase Bliss Audio Mood, and strange objects. Everything was recorded, mixed and mastered by Antonio Castiello at Jambona Lab Studio in Livorno.
Da Capo is the rediscovery of the power of the whisper in a world where everyone screams and details seem sadly destined to vanish.
