Paolo Conte: Nelson – review

(Wrasse)Paolo Conte is one of those rare musicians who remain inventive and surprising as they get older. He's now 73, but he has a concert coming up at London's Albert Hall next month, and a new album that provides a reminder of his ability to constantly change musical direction in his gruff, highly personal and emotional songs. He's been described as Italy's answer to everyone from Jacques Brel to Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits, but he inhabits a world of his own, in which he can switch, often wi...

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