Mardi Gras (3)

It was 11 years ago this year that Mardi Gras released their first full lenght album "drops made". The band toured extensively throughout Italy and Ireland, first as an acoustic duo, then as a full electric band. One of Italy's premier live acts, and one of the italian acts most listened to on the Myspace Platform they shared stages with Glen Hansard and the Frames, Billy Bragg, Mundy, Noah and the Whale, Micah P HInson to name but a few, while also playing big festivals and indipendent showcase all throughout their country with rave reviews and radio interviews. WIth two more records ("Among the Streams recorded and mastered in Rome and Nashville, and "Playground" recorded and mastered in Rome and Abbey Road) and few singles that charted in the Italian charts, the band also played Sziget Festivals and toured Ireland extensively. "Mardi Gras are doing some interesting things, and seem to have the work ethic any band needs to succed. From their sound they would be worth the bus fare into town - if not quite the plane fare to Rome." Debbie Shkow Hot Press Dublin