Top female Rock Blues guitarist set to play Sussex concert

Eliana Cargnelutti is set to make a quick return to Sussex

Eliana Cargnelutti has announced details of her forthcoming UK Tour in January.

Following a successful short tour in November which included an appearance at Brighton Komedia on the 11th, Eliana returns with her band to play eight dates across the country and is appearing at The Factory Live in Worthing on Wednesday 22nd January.

Eliana is one of the rare real front women of the European live music scene and the renowned Joe Bonamassa put a song of Eliana on the list of the eight recent songs absolutely to hear. The Italian guitarist and singer, graduated in jazz guitar at the conservatory ‘G. Frescobaldi’ in Ferrara introducing a thesis on Mike Stern. She plays a flavour of rock blues with a bit of everything in between: electric funk, mixed with pop and jazzy instrumentals, raw rock, tight blues grooves, illuminated by her skills as an electric guitarist. Her sets truly have something for everyone.

Her band, features well known musicians from the Italian blues scene: Simone Serafini (bass), Carmine Bloisi (drums) and the melting of their personalities gives life to the subtlety of musical nuances.

Eliana was the winner of the ‘Blues Contest’ in Pordenone, Italy, in 2010, she won the blues award as the ‘best new young artist’ at ‘Oscar del Blues’ in Modena, Italy. In 2015 she was named one of the five ‘best female guitarists’ in the rock blues scene at the American ‘Jimi Awards’ and was nominated the 5th best female guitar player of the rock blues world by Blues E-news magazine. In the same year, she was also part of the international Tour with Blues Caravan project ‘Girls With Guitars’ of Ruf Record label.Fast forward three years when Eliana toured the UK as part of the Ladies of the Blues.

If you believe in the adage that actions speak louder than words, you can have a look and listen to Eliana playing the riff driven, punchy ‘Street Corner Talking’ HERE and the classic ‘Going Down’ HERE.

Purchase your tickets for the Worthing concert HERE and HERE.

Further information on Eliana can be found on her official website HERE.