Having been a fan of Italian artist Fil Bo Riva for a while, I was delighted to receive a preview CD in December and it has accompanied me on countless car journeys since. Around the same time, my half brother died unexpectedly and ‘Beautiful Sadness’ became the soundtrack to my life. Beautiful Sadness indeed. It […]

As soon as his reverb and echo-filled voice starts singing, it is highly apparent Fil Bo Riva is on to something magical. Something special and transcendent. ‘L’impossibile’ is a fantastic return to form, very much in the same vein as the previous track I looked at, L’Over. The video for ‘L’impossibile’ is a beautifully shot […]

As soon as the dirty distorted guitars opened this track, I knew I was going to enjoy it. The latest single “L’Over” from Fil Bo Riva is a mesmerising and layered offering, which beautifully captures that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach. That feeling that envelopes you and doesn’t let go. “I […]