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  • Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Pop

    Location Oxford, Un

    Profile Views: 42363

    Last Login: 1/31/2012

    Member Since 6/18/2006

    Website www.wanderingstarband.com

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    You know how sometimes you just wake up one morning with a song in your head? Not just any song, a song you've never heard before... and you don't know where you heard it, or when... and then you realise you have never heard it... and somehow it comes from you... it's an exciting and scary feeling.... .. ..It's just like the words that leap from me to the page... like they want to express themselves through me, rather than me wanting to express and arrange them. Again, I never really thought I could write, but then at high school there was this "secret" poetry contest where you posted poetry and the judges chose their favourite poems and then discovered who the author was and... I won. And again, I would get that exciting and scary feeling..... ..That's what happens to me, and how it all started - I would just start humming a tune or singing a song, making up the words as I went along without thinking it could actually be something I could DO ... Music! Me? Wasn't that something you had to study years for? It just seemed impossible. .. ..Then one day I just woke up and thought, "Wait a minute, why don't I ask someone if they think I can?". And well, they did. .. ..So a few years after singing at the end of a long night out in the streets in front of amazed friends and relatives I decided to take it seriously - I looked for a guitarist. Well, actually he sort of came to me. I was acting in a play at the time and the director, a very close friend of mine, introduced me to Simone Folador - he was to improvise as we acted out certain scenes in the play. Well, I was dumbfounded by how cool and sweet and talented he and his guitar playing were, so I just had to have him become part of my band - there was no question about it. I wouldn't take no for an answer. And a few months later, he accepted. .. So there we were in a damp, cold and dark rehearsal room with egg boxes on the walls, both too nervous to sing/play in front of the other. But we managed in the end - we had to - and we looked at each other and knew this was something special. Simone had seen me acting but had never heard me sing before and didn't quite expect me to have the voice that I do... .. .. So anyhow, a few months later we had already written a dozen songs and were ready to find a name for the band... We were thinking of Wandering Star, I just love the song by Portishead, and while we were deciding on the name, one morning the song "I was Born Under a Wandering Star" by Lee Marvin came on the radio (it's strange but a lot of decisive stuff happens to me at the moment when I wake up), and I saw that as a clear sign... So the name WANDERING STAR stuck, and we love it... .. We knew we wanted other musicians to be part of the band, so we started inviting our musician friends to our rehearsals - a few trials and errors later, and we found the missing pieces.... .. .. So what are our hopes, our dreams? Well, there are many... but music is definitely one of them. And we hope to bring love, colour and poetry to the world and whomever wishes to listen to our music. .. Luisa - WANDERING STAR* .. ...... .. ..If you would like to buy our CD, go to.. .. ...... ...... .. .. ...... .. ............ .. ..The Wandering Star Buzz:.. .. .... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
  • Members

    Luisa Bertolatti - Vocals * Simone Folador - Guitar * Francesca Morandi - Bass/Doublebass * Jean-François Yappi - Electronica*
  • Influences

    .Anything can be an influence to us. The sea, the city...even a warm cup of tea on a blustery day...or a cold beer on a hot summer night...poetry, literature, theatre........ ..Musically speaking, ALL music is an influence to us, we do not discriminate between genres. To name a very few: Paco De Lucia, Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam (Luisa learned how to sing by imitating Eddie secretly in her room), Tori Amos, Ludovico Einaudi, Ryan Adams, all grunge bands (Luisa grew up listening to all that stuff).....oh so many we can't mention them all! William Shakespeare...Rabindranath Tagore...Artur Rimbaud...observing nature, the elements, the seasons....... ..Luisa's mother listened to the radio every morning before going to work and so Luisa grew up with a vast knowledge and ear for music...... Simone grew up learning classical guitar, but always felt there was something more.......so instinct meets technique and forms Wandering Star... .."Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life". ~Berthold Auerbach..
  • Sounds Like

    A cosy fire when it's snowing outside.. .."A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence". ~Leopold Stokowski ..

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    Hello Wandering!

    Just a short note: Abacay is also on facebook. Please have a click and re-friend with us there: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Abacay/198918293453071

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    Wish you a nice week!
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    7 months ago
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    7 months ago
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    1 year ago
  • AVVOLTE

    AVVOLTE - L'essenziale è invisibile agli occhi
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    1 year ago
  • Wendy Jans

    Merry Christmas!
    My gift to you, to thank you for your support and friendship is a free download of my new Christmas song "Don't Let it Snow". Go here to download: http://www.reverbnation.com/wendyjans

    Also, check out the video I made of this song if you are so inclined: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKBxjylxaAU

    1 year ago
  • KONTRASTO

    Guarda su Youtube il Nostro Ultimo Videoclip!<br /><br />"ANCORA" SARASOL vs KONTRASTO<br />Regia di Roberto Chierici<br />Produzione NU COMPASS & PRESTUDIO VIBES<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfgIg5Ea6VA

    1 year ago
  • CORE Records

    Hey! What's happenin'? I want to personally invite you to listen to my new albums. If you like what you hear please consider purchasing a single, an album, or both. (Or just download one of the many freebies!) I'll see you on the dancefloor!

    1 year ago
  • XYz Magazine

    Want your band to support WE ARE SCIENTISTS and I AM ARROWS (ex-Razorlight) at a sold out gig in Brighton, UK this week? Of course you do! Hurry along, the competition closes tomorrow - Tuesday 24 August 2010. Click below for more details!

    http://bit.ly/bwunrR

    1 year ago
  • MOSELEY FOLK FESTIVAL

    Hi Wandering Star, Moseley Folk Festival 2010. featuring- Donovan The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The Divine Comedy Turin Brakes The Unthanks The Low Anthem The High Llamas Fyfe Dangerfield and LOADS more!! We really hope you can make it See you there!

    1 year ago
  • Carla Ragno

    ok.let's keep in touch.
    un abbraccio,
    Carla

    1 year ago
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Wandering Star

You know how sometimes you just wake up one morning with a song in your head? Not just any song, a song you've never heard before... and you don't know where you heard it, or when... and then you realise you have never heard it... and somehow it comes from you... it's an exciting and scary feeling....

It's just like the words that leap from me to the page... like they want to express themselves through me, rather than me wanting to express and arrange them is some sort of fashion. Again, I never really thought I could write, but then at high school there was this "secret" poetry contest where you posted poetry and the judges chose their favourite poems and then discovered who the author was and... I won. And again, I would get that exciting and scary feeling...

That's what happens to me, and how it all started - I would just start humming a tune or singing a song, making up the words as I went along without thinking it could actually be something I could DO ... Music! Me? Wasn't that something you had to study years for? It just seemed impossible.

Then one day I just woke up and thought, "Wait a minute, why don't I ask someone if they think I can?". And well, they did.

So a few years after singing at the end of a long night out in the streets in front of amazed friends and relatives I decided to take it seriously - I looked for a guitarist. Well, actually he sort of came to me. I was acting in a play at the time and the director, a very close friend of mine, introduced me to Simone Folador - he was to improvise as we acted out certain scenes in the play. Well, I was dumbfounded by how cool and sweet and talented he and his guitar playing were, so I just had to have him become part of my band - there was no question about it. I wouldn't take no for an answer. And a few months later, he accepted.

So there we were in a damp, cold and dark rehearsal room with egg boxes on the walls, both too nervous to sing/play in front of the other. But we managed in the end - we had to - and we looked at each other and knew this was something special. Simone had seen me acting but had never heard me sing before and didn't quite expect me to have the voice that I do...

So anyhow, a few months later we had already written a dozen songs and were ready to find a name for the band... We were thinking of Wandering Star, I just love the song by Portishead, and while we were deciding on the name, one morning the song "I was Born Under a Wandering Star" by Lee Marvin came on the radio (it's strange but a lot of decisive stuff happens to me at the moment when I wake up), and I saw that as a clear sign... So the name WANDERING STAR stuck, and we love it.

We knew we wanted other musicians to be part of the band, so we started inviting our musician friends to our rehearsals - a few trials and errors later, and we found the missing pieces....

So what are our hopes, our dreams? Well, there are many... but music is definitely one of them. And we hope to bring love, colour and poetry to the world and whomever wishes to listen to our music. .. Luisa Bertolatti - WANDERING STAR*

Anything can be an influence to us. The sea, the city...even a warm cup of tea on a blustery day...or a cold beer on a hot summer night...poetry, literature, theatre......

Musically speaking, ALL music is an influence to us, we do not discriminate between genres. To name a very few: Paco De Lucia, Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam (Luisa learned how to sing by imitating Eddie secretly in her room), Tori Amos, Ludovico Einaudi, Ryan Adams, all grunge bands (Luisa grew up listening to all that stuff).....oh so many we can't mention them all! William Shakespeare...Rabindranath Tagore...Artur Rimbaud...observing nature, the elements, the seasons.....

Luisa's mother listened to the radio every morning before going to work and so Luisa grew up with a vast knowledge and ear for music...... Simone grew up learning classical guitar, but always felt there was something more.......so instinct meets technique and forms Wandering Star.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach

..

Sounds Like:

A cosy fire when it's snowing outside

"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence". ~Leopold Stokowski

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