Vito Alvaro
Hard Days Gone
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Energetic Pop, New Country.
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That Vito has mastered the Pop mode -- and that of New Country (same thing) -- is not surprising when you consider who he lists as his influences: The Beatles, Elvis, John Cougar, Jim Cuddy.
Combine that with the amazing richness and depth of the musical team he's assembled to help him realize this project (Doug Riley, Kim Deschamps, Colin Linden, Natalie McMaster, Michael Pickett, Doug Romanow, Tim Bovaconti, Ray Montford and Mike Francis, among many stellar names). Indeed, with so many influences swirling around inside him and on this record, the one difficulty Vito might encounter is finding a niche to call his own, or at least that other people could call his.
He's a lot New Country, and of all the influences he cites there's little argument here that Jim Cuddy and Blue Rodeo is the strongest. Moreover, even with all the slick production, magnificent talent and clever arrangement, Alvaro also pierces through the candy coating with substantial things to say about love and regret. This album proves that Vito Alvaro has great musical taste, a passionate soul, and an intelligent and reflective nature
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- author: Toronto Sun
"Hard Days Night" Toronto singer-songwriter Vito Alvaro scales down tunes from his debut album Hard Days Gone at C'est What Wednesday. Alvaro's independent disc fixes a number of prefixes to the word "pop" -- blues, country, folk -- and features musical support from famed fiddler Natalie MacMaster, local blues fixture and fave guitar sideman Colin Linden, and Blue Rodeo steel guitarist Kim Deschamps. Easy listeners who like their blues/folk/country low-key but hi-fi might want to have a listen. Kieran Grant ~ Toronto Sun (Saturday January 16, 1999)