Giacomo Castellano was born in Florence, Italy, on 10th April 1969.
He picked up his first guitar when he was 14 years old.
At age 19, he moved to Hollywood and went to study at Muscians Institute (MI) in Los Angeles. After that experience and full of a new inspiring energy, he returned to Italy and started to teach in several important Music Schools, began writing regular articles for specialised guitar magazines, giving seminars all around the country, and publishing guitar technique manuals that are used by thousands of Italian students.
From 1990, parallel to his didactic activity, he started to play both in the studio and on stage, bringing a personal rock “accent” to mainly pop productions. He worked with many artists, and amongst them he likes to remember Vasco Rossi, Gianluca Grignani, Irene Grandi, Gianna Nannini, Elisa, Rosana Arbelo (Spain), Monica Naranjo (Spain), Lougarx (Spain), the Spanish edition of WE WILL ROCK YOU,  the musical written by THE QUEEN and most recently Noemi, the new italian Pop Star with whom he still actively collaborates. 
GC has always been interested in producing and arranging, after several years of underground local productions  he published, at the end of 2004,  his first solo CD, which was produced partly in his Florence studio and partly in his one in Madrid. CUTTING BRIDGES is a selection of “chapters” of his professional life, which includes the great collaboration of incredibly gifted artists. The tracks of the CD are rich and diverse, eclectic and unpredictable, but their common denominator is his guitar, the very instrument that makes GC a great artist.
CB received acclaimed reviews in all specialised magazines and it is now part of the record collection of worldwide “connoisseurs”.
Following the publication of his CD, he started to take part as a guitar player, but also as producer and arranger, in many interesting projects with independent artists in Italy, Germany and Spain.
Subsequently, he kept touring, recording and taking part in TV programs, almost incessantly. While touring with GN, he met Thomas Lang. With him, he has started an international enterprise on several works. The latest will be represented by “Chumash”, a forthcoming acoustic album project with strong ethnic influences and with amazing guest musicians, such as:.......and many more. 


Stephan Ebn is a German drummer and music producer. He worked on numerous projects in Europe and the United States both as a studio musician and live drummer. In the rock/pop field, he has collaborated with artists such as Gianna Nannini, Middle of the Road, Lynn Anderson, Helmut Zerlett, Kimberley Dahme, Jon Walmsley and Johan Eliasson among others. In the jazz field, he has also worked with Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Bill Molenhof, Claus Stötter, Jörg Widmoser, and many others. As a musician/producer, he has collaborated on numerous CD releases and has participated in countless international music festivals with a variety of artists.
From 2006 to the present, Stephan is the drummer and programmer of the world-renowned Scottish band Middle of the Road, and he is currently touring with this band throughout Europe. In 2007, he started working with Gianna Nannini; first in studio and finally on stage. The Pia Come la Canto Io Tour was followed by over 60 concerts of the Giannabest Tour in 2008. During the Amiche per l'Abruzzo Concert on 21 June 2009 at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Stephan joined the stage with Gianna Nannini, Laura Pausini and others to benefit the victims of the earthquake in the Abruzzes. Since 2008, he joined Andreas Wiersich's Midnight Story Orchestra where he continues to work as a jazz drummer. Also in 2008, he started touring with the singer/songwriter Solly Aschkar, for whom Stephan has additionally produced the album Miles.
As a studio musician and producer, Stephan Ebn has worked in studios in Nashville, London, Glasgow and Milan, among other locations. He can also be heard on the soundtracks of numerous cinematic films such as The Vexxer, Jerry Cotton or more recently on the soundtrack of the new Bavarian cult film Trans Bavaria. Stephan is one of the most sought-after German tour and studio drummers.

Bayern goes World!

Marias Musik vereint bayrische Heimatverbundenheit, afrikanische Ausdruckskraft und jodelnde Lebenslust mit eingängigen Beats. Ihr Bayrischer Mundart- Pop aus Reggae, Hip-Hop, Dancehall und einen Hauch Gospel trifft auf eine erdige Power-Frau aus der “Holledau”.
Laut Zitty-Magazin Berlin trägt Maria den "durchgeknalltesten Country-Ländler-Rap-Electro-Afro-Pop" in die Welt. Andere sehen in ihr die „Erfinderin des Jodel-Pop“.
Maria drückt das ganz einfach aus: „Meine Worte sprechen Dialekt, mein Herz Musik!“

Bayern goes World!

Maria's music combines her Bavarian roots, African panache and yodeling love for life with catchy beats. Her Bavarian Wildstyle made off pop, reggae, hip-hop, dancehall, gospel and meditative circle songs meets a traditional, down-to-earth superwoman from the German region of “Holledau".
According the Berlin scene magazine ZITTY Maria carries “the most crazies and off-the-wall country-folk-rap-electro-afro-pop” into the world. Others see her as the “inventor of yodel-pop“.
Maria puts it simple: “My words echo dialect, my heart echoes music!”

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