Some releases grab you from
the opening track; Giulia Millanta - Moonbeam
Parade, is one of them. The multi-talented singer, multi-lingual songwriter,
musician who hails from Florence, Italy, learned to play guitar from
her father at 8, and moved to Austin, Texas in 2012. She has a voice made to
sing rock and her inspired and emotionally evocative lyrics will keep you
listening to make sure that you do not miss a word on the 13-track release.
Giulia Millanta - Moonbeam Parade
Giulia Millanta - Moonbeam Parade: Shaky Legs, 4th
of Vodka, Play With Fire, Eve's Song, R&R Suicide, Motel Song, Pieces,
There's A Bridge, Silvery Gown, Gun Shy, If You Ask Me, The House Always Wins,
Not The Mirror
Personnel: Giulia Millanta - vocals, electric and
acoustic guitars, Charlie Sexton -
electric guitar on Motel Song and The House Always Wins, Gabriel Rhodes - electric guitar,
glasses, piano (Shaky Legs, If You Ask
Me, Not The Mirror), and BGV (Shaky
Legs, The House Always Wins), David
Pulkingham - electric guitar on Shaky
Legs, Glenn Fukunaga - bass, George Reiff - bass (Play With Fire, R & R Suicide), Dony Wynn - drums and percussion, Hunt Sales - drums (Play With Fire, R & R Suicide), Cully Symington - drums (Eve's Song, Pieces, If You Ask Me), Stefano Intelisano - piano, rhodes (There's A Bridge, Gun Shy, The House Always
Wins), Howe Gelb - piano (Silvery Gown), vocals (R &R Suicide), Michael Fracasso - vocals (If
You Ask Me), Noelle Hampton -
background vocals (Shaky Legs, Play With
Fire, Motel Song, There's A Bridge, Gun Shy, The House Always Wins), Kimmie Rhodes - background vocals (Shaky Legs, Play With Fire, There's A
Bridge, The House Always Wins)
Giulia Millanta - Moonbeam Parade was produced by
Giulia Millanta and George Reiff
and released by Ugly Cat Records.
Giulia Millanta - Moonbeam Parade, is her fifth solo release. Giulia's comments on the
album, "What sets it apart from my previous works is that I play electric
guitar for the first time, and it's on most of the songs...And all the tracks
were live with the band. They ended up keeping all my vocal takes - but one -
and all my guitar takes. Only a few overdubs were done, which is something I'm
very proud of."
She wrote, or co-wrote, all
13-tracks on Moonbeam Parade except
for David Bowie's R&R Suicide. The
release opens with the very catchy song, Shaky
Legs, written by Giulia Millanta and
husband David Pulkingham, which had
me singing the chorus, "... the world is spinning, shaky legs, shaky legs ... the
world is spinning and she can't get up," at first listen in my car as I drove
along the highway, and it continues to be one of my many favorites on the
release. David Pulkingham adds his
electric guitar to Giulia's, Glenn
Fukunaga adds bass, Dony Wynn plays
drums, Gabriel Rhodes layers in piano, electric guitar, glasses, and BVG, and Noelle Hampton and Kimmie Rhodes add background vocals.
Next in the line-up is 4th and Vodka, which has a great
guitar intro, followed by the slower paced Play
With Fire written by Giulia Millanta
and Gabriel Rhodes with George Reiff on bass, Hunt Sales on drums, and Noelle Hampton and Kimmie Rhodes adding background vocals. The release picks up the
pace Eve's Song, with Cully Symington on drums.
The number five spot on the
playlist, is the David Bowie 1972 song, R&R
Suicide, off his Quicksand album,
which Giulia covers and makes her own, singing the lyrics in her native Italian,
with Howe Gelb on piano and adding
his deep vocals, and singing in English, Hunt
Sales on drums, and George Reiff
on bass. It is the only song on the release that Giulia does not sing in
English.
Silvery Gown,
with its hypnotic rhythm and captivating lyrics will have you up on your feet
swaying and dancing. Joining Giulia and the band: Glenn Fukunaga on bass, and
Dony Wynn on drums and percussion, on Gun
Shy, is Stefano Intelisano layering in piano and rhodes, and Noelle Hampton adding background
vocals.
Soft and slow is the track If You Ask Me, co-written by Giulia and Michael Fracasso, features Gabriel Rhodes on piano, electric
guitar, and glasses, Cully Symington
on drums, and Michael Fracasso
harmonizing with Giulia.
The House Always Wins, another one of my favorites, co-written by Giulia
and David Pulkingham is about the
dichotomy of wealth and has great lyrics with Giulia asking "... I wonder who's
the dealer of the cards ... the dealer deals, the gambler bets, the house always
wins, don't you get it yet ... "about the disparity. The song has a deep Texas
twang and shows the Austin rubbing off on Giulia. Charlie Sexton adds his electric guitar to Giulia's, Stefano Intelisano layers in some fine
piano and rhodes, Gabriel Rhodes
plays BVG, and Noelle Hampton and Kimmie Rhodes add their vocals to Giulia's,
to create a song with amazing results.
Other notable songs include Motel Song, Pieces, and There's A Bridge. The release ends with
the song, Not The Mirror, a slow
lament, which features Giulia's heartbreaking voice and Gabriel Rhodes on piano. Now "musically acquainted" with the
talented Giulia Millanta, I look forward to hearing more from this dynamic
singer, songwriter, and musician. Pick up a copy of Giulia Millanta - Moonbeam
Parade and give it several listens, you will be glad you did.
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