Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)

PFM's stellar show, packed with evergreens from the golden era of Italian progressive rock, flew by way too fast in the gorgeous atmosphere of Carpacciov trg. We could be more than happy with what we heard and saw over a good two hours.…

The decorated bakery led by Miss Baker heads off to San Remo.

Location: San Daniele del Friuli / Piazza Vittorio Emanuele / Italy Date: Friday, 06/23/2017 San Daniele Del Friuli is the prosciutto capital of Friuli. On Friday, June 23, 2017, the town once again threw its big annual day devoted…

Charismatic chieftain Franz Di Cioccio and crew remain great perfectionists in their musical craft, leaving nothing to chance. They approach everything they do with a hundred percent commitment and focus, even in the forty-seventh year of…

»The World« is yet another successful (and the last) live take on a classic PFM album in a winning streak.

"Un' Isola" sounds just as good live as the original album "L' Isola Di Niente" did forty years ago, while PFM prove beyond a doubt that they haven't gotten the least bit 'rusty' when it comes to reviving old material.

»A Ghost« is a gorgeous concert document, one where PFM bring one of the brightest chapters of their career back to life on stage, with plenty of passion and a touch of nostalgia.

PFM's debut gem "Storia Di Un Minuto" is one of the cornerstones of Italy's rich prog rock scene, and it sounds every bit as impressive today as it did decades ago, when the genre was still young.

Strip away the influences of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century classical music and the early twentieth, and the roots of progressive rock reach back to the first half of the sixties, to what is now the United Kingdom.

Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Hit Casino Perla / Nova GoricaConcert date: 11/25/2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: €10-20 A noticeable share of our western neighbors is famous for contradictory, often hedonistic…

Author: Peter Podbrežnik Location: Piazza della Repubblica / Monfalcone / ItalyConcert date: 04.07.2008Attendance: 2000Ticket price: 0,00€ That evening in Monfalcone, we had a date with the legendary Premiata Forneria Marconi…

Premiata Forneria Marconi are big in every sense of the word. They were big when they played warm, romantic symphonic music in the early seventies, and they stayed just as big when they switched to jazz r

Author: Peter Podbrežnik Location: Politeama Rossetti di Trieste / Trieste / ItalyConcert date: 06.02.2007Attendance: 1300Ticket price: 20,00 € After their December show fell through because of logistical problems (and I actually…

The legends of Italian progressive rock turned out plenty of masterpieces in the past, especially in the first half of the 70s, and those records also stayed an unreachable standard for a long time, one that even two decades later nobody…