Franklin Delano

Franklin Delano is a four-piece band that formed in 2002 when Paolo Iocca (vox, guitars) met Marcella Riccardi (vox, guitars, lap steel, mandolin). Soon Vittoria Burattini (drums, percussions) joined the band giving the songs rhythmic structure, while the elusive fourth member Stefano Pilia (double bass, bass, piano) began adding classical sophistication mixed with an experimental flourish.

Franklin Delano has created a new and exciting view on American folk music. Textures blur with noise and haunting doubled voices emerge from a marsh of drones and reiterative guitars. On a solid foundation of drums and double bass is where improvisation explodes, lapsteel howls, and dueling male and female voices twist with interpretations of English words.