Marco Castello

Marco Castello
Castello in 2022
Background information
Born8 September 1993 (1993-09-08) (age 32)
Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
Occupation
  • Singer-songwriter

Marco Castello (born 8 September 1993) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Life and career

Born in Syracuse, after high school, Castello studied jazz trumpet at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan.[1][2] In 2016, he started touring and recording with Erlend Øye as a member of his supporting band La Comitiva.[1][3]

After some singles, in 2021, Castello released his first solo album Contenta tu, recorded at the Butterama Studio in Berlin and produced by The Whitest Boy Alive members Marcin Öz and Daniel Nentwig.[1][4][5][6] In 2022, he released "Magari", a single in collaboration with Fulminacci, which Rolling Stone Italia ranked third in its list of the 10 best Italian songs of the year.[7][8][9]

In 2023, Castello founded the record label Megghiu Suli, with whom he produced his second album, Pezzi della Sera.[10][11] In 2024, he recorded with Calibro 35 a cover version of Lucio Dalla's song "Lunedì Cinema", which served as the lead single of the band's EP Jazzploitation and was later included in their album Exploration.[12][13][14] In December 2025, he released his third album, Quaglia sovversiva.[15][16][17][18]

Discography

Album

References

  1. ^ a b c Coclite, Andrea (11 February 2021). "Marco Castello è un po' Battisti e un po' Mac DeMarco, un po' siracusano e un po' berlinese". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  2. ^ Raiola, Francesco (12 December 2025). "Marco Castello: "Facevo il cameriere, ma senza creare impazzivo. Uso pop, meme e TikTok per salvare le radici siciliane"". Fanpage.it. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  3. ^ Campo, Alberto (17 April 2024). "Prima in vinile, poi digitale per una musica diversa". la Repubblica. p. 13.
  4. ^ ""Contenta tu", disco d'esordio del siracusano Castello". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Marco Castello e la bellezza del funk siciliano generazionale di "Contenta tu" - Recensione". IndieVision (in Italian). 19 February 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  6. ^ Esposito, Cecilia (22 March 2021). "Marco Castello: "Contenta tu" è un album scritto nel modo più schietto possibile". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  7. ^ Todesco, Claudio (7 July 2022). "Marco Castello e Fulminacci, non c'è niente da capire". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  8. ^ Brancato, Francesca (1 July 2022). "MUSICA: fuori "Magari" il nuovo singolo di Marco Castello e Fulminacci". NOTABILIS (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  9. ^ Barro, Mattia (30 December 2022). "Le 10 migliori canzoni italiane uscite nel 2022". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  10. ^ Scotti, Alberto (13 November 2023). "I Pezzi della sera di Marco Castello". Elle (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  11. ^ Longoni, Massimo (31 January 2024). "Marco Castello, cantautore con il dono dell'ironia: "Sono solo canzonette, non prendiamoci troppo sul serio"". TgCom24 (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  12. ^ Mazzon, Noemi (16 September 2024). "Calibro 35. "Lunedì Cinema" di Lucio Dalla è il primo estratto da "Jazzploitation"". SentireAscoltare (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  13. ^ Teneggi, Elisa (23 September 2024). "'Lunedì cinema', ecco il videoclip in anteprima del singolo dei Calibro 35 con Marco Castello". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  14. ^ Lancia, Claudio (21 June 2025). "Calibro 35 - Exploration: Un tripudio jazz-funk tra sigle anni 80 e soundtrack d'autore :: Le Recensioni di OndaRock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  15. ^ Marzi, Mattia (19 December 2025). "Con Marco Castello, Sanremo ha perso una bella occasione". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  16. ^ Pupo, Carmen (19 December 2025). "Marco Castello, l'ultimo cantautore sovversivo". Le Rane (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  17. ^ Iannello, Alessio (14 December 2025). "Marco Castello è già un passo avanti". HEYJUDE Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  18. ^ Pistolini, Stefano (8 January 2026). "L'ostinata pretesa di orgoglio localistico di Marco Castello". Il Foglio (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
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