Mario Biondi « This Is What You Are (20th Anniversary) »

Mario Biondi marks 20 years of This Is What You Are with a date in Glasgow on 10 June 2026 at Saint Luke's & The Winged Ox. Born in Catania, the singer has shaped a soulful blend of jazz, R&B and light funk since the mid-2000s, carried by a deep baritone and a cool, measured phrasing. The anniversary hints at a set that revisits the breakout single and the period around Handful of Soul, while opening onto the rest of his songbook.

On stage, Biondi leans into supple grooves, brass and Rhodes colours, and arrangements that leave space for the voice. Expect a line that runs from slow-burn ballads to tighter, dance-floor tempos, with detours that nod to Latin influences explored later in his discography. Tracks from If, Sun and Beyond can sit alongside Brasil, Dare or Crooning Undercover, rethreading that dialogue between American soul tradition, jazz orchestration and a pop sensibility.

Two decades on, This Is What You Are returns as a centrepiece rather than a nostalgia cue, a theme to stretch and reshape with the band’s dynamics, while the rest of the set sketches the path that followed.