Cavalo55 is the musical project of Simone Carugati, a multi-instrumentalist and folk singer-songwriter. Growing up in Northern Italy, Simone soon hit the road and travelled across Europe, Australia, Indonesia and the United States, where he mingled with anarchists and jammed with New Orleans’ music-loving crust punks. During those days of busking and train-hopping, he dug deep into the great legacy of old-time folk guitar music, absorbing the Delta blues of Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson’s slide guitar, and picking up the Appalachian banjo.

Cavolo55 will be accompanied by Adam Johnson (drums) and Joe Woodham (bass) on a run of gigs in the UK this September.