Marco Machera on European Tour with Marillion

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Machera recently completed a European tour that included dates with the acclaimed band, Marillion, (awarded #1 album of the year by Prog Rock Readers Poll) at Alcatraz in Milan.  Marillion’s latest release, Sounds That Can’t Be Made has been voted best album by the readers of Prog magazine.

Photo by Sesto Tesla Empirico

Marco regularly teams up with the Italian progressive rock band, MYTHO, and enjoys collaborating with other artists.  He has also opened shows for guitarist Adrian Belew, drummer/producer extraordinaire Jerry Marotta, fusion virtuoso Frank Gambale and guitar heroine Jennifer Batten.  Additionally, Marco played bass for Paul Gilbert, one of the world’s premier guitarists during some of his clinic tour dates in 2009 and 2011.

Machera’s latest release, One Time, Somewhere features the talents of Pat Mastelotto,Rob Fetters, Francesco Zampi and Mark Kostabi on several tracks, helping Marco to shape his unique vision of music.  The result is an extremely fresh and diverse album.  Critically acclaimed drummer Pat Mastelotto, who plays on the record, says:  “I had a lot of fun working on Marco’s record. It’s pop packed with nice surprises.”

Here’s what legendary guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett has to say about One Time, Somewhere:  “It is really good and well crafted and I very much enjoyed it.  Beautiful voice at the beginning and interesting atmospheres and contrasting moods. Days of Summertime has some fascinating sounds.”  Marco Machera is an Italian musician/songwriter – one of the best-kept secrets of the music business.  He likes to say,  “I don’t play music – I make it happen.”  Basically self-taught, Marco has played nearly all kinds of music, from pop to rock, blues to jazz and fusion, to ambient and electronica, folk and gospel and everything in between.

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