Album Notes

A self-taught multi-instrumentalist (voice, piano, drums, guitar, bass, ukelele, tuned-/percussion and harp), Carl has had twenty years performance experience in a myriad of guises and styles. At home in any brand of musical style, he has also tutors in singing, piano, drums, songwriting and improvisation. He currently performs in 'Totally Gourdgeous' (yes, the instruments are all made from gourds...), Checkerboard, Pot’n’Kettle (an acoustic harmony duo) and as a soloist.
He is a musician’s musician, known by and featuring on an impressive array of great Australian music, he is most publicly from the unique a cappella trio, 'Acapelicans' and as singing drummer from roots-based improvisation band, 'Checkerboard(Lounge)' whose famed 7 year residency inspired the development of many great musicians and bands), Carl has recorded and toured nationally and overseas several times over the last 8 years in many musical and theatrical capacities, winning competitions and acclaim from a wide variety of creators and audiences.

But hey, let’s hear it from others….
"You give so much!"...(Evelyn Harris- Sweet Honey in the Rock)
"You got it boy, it's in you!"...(Jimmy Smith)
"You damn crazy, now you done freaked everybody out!"…(Patti LaBelle)
"One of my favourite singers, just beautiful"...(Kavisha Mazzella)
"That was in the ZONE!"...(Preacher in Black Baptist church in U.S.A)
"We just love your voice and music, would you sing in one of our shows?" ...(Cirque du Soleil casting board)
"...a voice like cracked sugar"...(Elle Osbourne, England)
"Straight to the heart, no detours"…(Andy Baum, Austria)
"Perfectly marvellous...a remarkable career"...(Peter Clarke, ABC Radio)
"...the greatest male voice in Australia"...(Christine Sullivan)
"...a great singer…" (Ross Wilson)
"...sophisticated songwriting"...(Eric McCusker)
"…a mirror that reflects hope"…(Elissa K. Hawke)
"...a veritable polymath of extreme proportions!"...(Kate Fagan)
"...raw and passionate"...(Marcus Jones)
"You write songs people can whistle"...(Leigh Heather)
"Ears like an elephant! What a natural...pure soul!"...(JoJo Smith)
"I love this stuff, it's so real!"...(George Nussbaumer, Austrian radio)
"You have the voice of an ANGLE!"...( a letter from an enthusiastic audient)
"There is very little I can say about Carl Pannuzzo that will not come out sounding like he paid me lots of money to say it. So let me just say this, and I'll say it for free: he looks like a normal-enough guy, but in fact Carl Pannuzzo is one of the most precious songwriters we have. And just for the record, it was his music that first inspired me to become a songwriter. His songs are the best kept secrets Melbourne has ever had. For his honesty and his ability, he's right up there with the big ones. Years before I knew him, his songs had already seen me through my very darkest nights. His songs become like a set of keys into a whole new house of thought. His melodies lodge themselves into people's heads like inspiring little secrets...and it's all true"...(Clare Bowditch)