Luca Carboni

Luca Carboni (born 12 October 1962) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He debuted in 1981 as a guitarist in the band Teobaldi Rock, publishing his first solo album in 1984. He is also a painter and carpenter.

Career In 1976, at the age of 14, Carboni founded the band Teobaldi Rock, with the role of guitarist and songwriter. In 1980, the band took part in the Bologna Rock 80 festival; the following year they released the first and only single, "L.N."/"Odore d'inverno".

Carboni's turning point was when the band Stadio read his lyrics and asked him a song for their first album. The song was titled "Navigando controvento" and appeared in the album Stadio (1982).

In 1985, he released Forever, which sold 70,000 copies and entered the Italian Top Ten for some weeks. In 1987, he released the album Luca Carboni, which contains one of his most popular songs, "Silvia lo sai", a story of adolescence and drug. This song and the other hit "Farfallina" led the album to sell up to 700,000 copies, reaching the top of the Italian charts. and was followed, as common for Carboni, by a summer tour, although this time on a European scale; he also sang in eight concerts with Jovanotti. In 2018, he released the album Sputnik, with the song "Una grande festa" as its lead single.

On 7 February 2020, Marco Masini's album Masini +1 30th Anniversary was released, containing the song Vaffanculo in duet with Carboni. On 3 April, the single Canzone sbagliata by rapper Danti featuring a duet with Shade and Luca Carboni is released. On 8 May 2020, the single Ma il cielo è sempre più blu (Italian Stars 4 Life, a cover of Rino Gaetano's 1975 song Ma il cielo è sempre più blu, was released as a digital download, featuring Luca Carboni in a choral collaboration (recorded remotely) with fifty-four of the most popular Italian singers and musicians. The song was made to support the Italian Red Cross during the COVID-19 emergency. On 10 July 2020, La canzone dell'estate, written by him during the quarantine, was released. In 2024 he collaborated on Cesare Cremonini's eighth studio album Alaska Baby on the song "San Luca", becoming his first song since his cancer diagnose.

Personal life In 2011, in an interview, Carboni described himself as a practising Catholic. He regularly attends the Mass. In 2022, he was diagnosed with lung cancer; after a maintenance chemotherapy treatment and a surgical procedure, he declared in 2024 that the cancer was in remission.

Discography Studio albums 1984 – ...intanto Dustin Hoffman non sbaglia un film 1985 – Forever 1987 – Luca Carboni 1989 – Persone silenziose 1992 – Carboni 1995 – Mondo world welt monde 1998 – Carovana 2001 – Luca 2006 – ...le band si sciolgono 2011 – Senza titolo 2015 – Pop-up 2018 – Sputnik Greatest hits albums 1993 – Diario Carboni 1999 – Il tempo dell'amore 2007 – Una rosa per te 2013 – Fisico & politico Live albums 2003 – Live Cover albums 2009 - Musiche ribelli