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Nel produttivo panorama delle band indipendenti sarde incontriamo The Rocies, un quartetto Soul formato dalla cantante Cubana Anabel Rodriguez Roche e tre musicisti sardi , Stefano Casti bassista e produttore , Andrea Sanna pianista e Il giovane batterista Nicola Vacca. La Sardegna incontra Cuba, due isole che si contaminano a dimostrazione che la musica prodotta nella nostra isola non ha muri o confini.  Le Musiche originali dal gusto Latin Soul e i testi prevalentemente in Inglese e Spagnolo fanno di questa band una vera novità nella scena musicale indipendente made in Sardinia. The rocies presentano Il loro primo singolo “WHO?” A Bolero Soul Experience che aprirà la strada verso il loro primo album.

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The Rocies is a contemporary Soul quartet, formed by a Cuban singer and three Sardinian musicians. This band has a sound that reflects classic black music and Cuban influences. Songs are written in English and Spanish languages,  a “SpanEnglish Babylonia”. Anabel Rodriguez Roche, singer, comes from a eighbourhood on the outskirts of Havana, called Los Pinos, where lived the famous Cuban composer José Antonio Méndez . Her mother used to sing at the beginnings of the vocal quartet Los Cuatro and although she didn’t continue her career, she transmitted her the passion for singing. She grew up listening to traditional Cuban  music and American music, thanks to the proximity of the two countries, where with a simple radio could be tuned the most powerful radio stations from South Florida. She began singing and dancing from an early age in several companies vaudeville, until one day that she was engaged by the director of the renowned female orchestra, Lady Salsa, where she sang the repertoire in English. Later, she collaborated with other orchestras that brought her to Europe in tours and in 2004 she established in Italy.

Stefano Casti, bass player and producer, was born in the province of Oristano and lives in a village of Sardinia, Ales, known to give birth Antonio Gramsci. Being a teenager, he began alternating the activities of bass player and sound technician. He began his studies of music in the conservatory of Cagliari, where he graduated in music theory and then he got a B.A. at the Middlesex University of London.

Faithful lover of Black American music and its roots, he transferred to Cuba in 2003, where he learned the Cuban music with musician friends and with others of an established fame. Once back to his country, he began collaborating with recognised musicians into the musical scene in the island, such as Piero Marras and Beppe Dettori. He has accompanied some international artists in their tours an master classes given in Italy,for example, the English singer Kevin Leo and the famous guitarist Mike Stern. He has also collaborated with many Cuban musicians, residing in Italy and out of Cuba.

Andrea Sanna, is a Sardinian pianist, graduated from Piano Jazz at the Conservatory of music of Cagliari. Nicola Vacca, the drummer is a young musician that arrives from a family of musicians, they are both members of SVM trio, well known in the Italian Jazz scene. (Umbria Jazz 2014 & 2015   –   European Jazz Expo and many more).

In the summer of 2014, counting with a repertoire of one hour and a half, the band performed two live concerts in Cagliari and started producing its first EP. This band offers a very simple setup live, where small electronics are used to output sequences. This important strategy allows them to travel with all of its modern instrumentations. Its functionality does not detract quality to the concerts, all on the contrary.

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