The Italian Surf Academy

Growing up in Italy, guitarist Marco Cappelli had little exposure to surf music, but what he heard he liked. As the Wall Street Journal notes in a profile of Cappelli, he learned mostly from the scores to spaghetti western films. “It was not very systematic, my approach,” said Mr. Cappelli, who is 47, last week by phone from outside Salerno. “When I was a teenager studying classical guitar and the folk music of my region, I was playing electric guitar too,” Mr. Cappelli continued. “I was very familiar with surf music from cinema: Those films and records were such big hits. When I moved to New York, I already had this sound in my ears.”

Cappelli now fronts a musical group called The Italian Surf Academy. He admits that the group’s “definition of surf is a little extended.” Hear for yourself by clicking here to read the article and listen to samples from its newest album.

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