Joachim Cooder tours Italy this March with Adriano Viterbini

Joachim Cooder hits the road in Italy with Adriano Viterbini this coming March:

20/03: Rome, IT - Alcazar 
22/03: Firenze, IT - Palazzina Ex Fabbri - Parc
25/03: Savona, IT - Raindogs
26/03: Bologna, IT - Locomotiv
28/03: Torino, IT - Folkclub
29/03: Milano, IT - BIKO

There is a somewhat quiet giant moving through America, Europe, and beyond, and his name is Joachim Cooder. One-of-a-kind and impossible to overlook once heard, Cooder creates music that feels as if it drifts in from a slightly different universe. A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, he blends percussion, strings, vocals, and unnamed sonic wonders into something living and breathable, untethered from the tyranny of any single instrument or rhythm. His recordings are few but unforgettable, shaped by a lifelong pursuit of musical discovery carried with the energy and focus of a champion athlete. This is popular music for people beyond popularity—listeners who live in a time of their own.

Raised amid music alongside his father, legendary guitarist Ry Cooder, Joachim began touring and recording at an early age, playing drums with artists such as Johnny Cash, Ali Farka Touré, Mavis Staples, John Lee Hooker, and on the world-record-setting Buena Vista Social Club. That deep lineage finds a vivid present in Dreamer’s Motel, his most fully realized work to date. Built around the unusual textures of his electrified thumb piano, the album transcends Americana, folk-rock, and indie into a category all its own. Critics praise its quietly exotic flow and boundless atmosphere—beautiful, beguiling songs that transport listeners into a sonic stratosphere where hope, memory, and dream coexist.