TAL NACCARATO

Italo ‘Tal’ Naccarato (guitar, banjo, keyboards, blues harp) is a composer, songwriter, teaching artist and instrumentalist born in the medieval-era mountaintop village of Fiumefreddo Bruzio in southern Italy and raised in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. His stylized original work, highlighting a deep appreciation for traditional Folk/Americana Roots music, steeped heavily in Rock and Blues, includes classical guitar inspired compositions performed with a ‘bluesy swing.’ When not playing a festival, club or recording date Tal can sometimes be found performing on the streets of New York City, Nashville or New Orleans in the time-honored roots/blues street singer tradition. 
   Tal most recently won the 'Long Island Blues Society's' 2022 Solo/Duo Competition,  to compete in 'The Blues Foundation International Worldwide Blues Challenge'. 
    Tal's Album ’Ten and Two Blues’ was released April 27, 2022. His next collection of works, ‘The Theory of Hurricanes’, will be released April, 2024.