Description

BLACK CAT includes an artistic collaboration with Bono, who wrote the Streets of Surrender (S.O.S.) lyrics with Zucchero after the Bataclan Paris tragedy in November 2015. It also sees the extraordinary guitar work of Mark Knopfler, who plays on both Streets of Surrender (SOS) and Ci Si Arrende
The first single is Turn The World Down written by Elvis Costello and produced by T Bone Burnett

Among the greatest interpreters of the Italian blues, Zucchero is one of the leading Italian artists worldwide.

His album Oro, incenso e birra sold more than eight million copies. He was the first Western artist to perform at the Kremlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was the only Italian artist to participate at the 1994 Woodstock Festival, at the Freddie Mercury Tribute in 1991 and at all the Nelson Mandela 46664 events. He was the only Italian artist to be nominated in 2006 for the Grammy Awards. His December 2012 concert held at the Higher Institute of Art in Havana is considered as the biggest concert ever held by a foreign singer in Cuba. His music has spread across national borders thanks to numerous collaborations with international artists such as Bryan Adams, the Blues Brothers, Bono, Jeff Beck, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Mark Knopfler, Iggy Pop, Sting and many others.