June 2016 - 1

Renee Giaccone
Recording at The Hideaway
Cafe & Recording Studio
Trying to describe singer/songwriter Renee
Giaccone’s voice is like trying to capture
sunlight in a Dixie cup – bright, effervescent,
lilting and far too brief. Listen to her sing
“The Winter of 2012” and you’ll see what I mean. Absolutely effortless pipes, just a
gorgeous moment captured in time.
We sat down recently and shared some water somewhere in Pinellas Park and I asked
her about her musical life and her current recording project with John Kelly at The
Hideaway Café & Recording Studio.
She told me that she started writing songs fairly recently – in 2008 – and about her
love of songs in a minor key (this writer can relate!) Renee said that the blues inform
her music greatly. Her latest cd, recorded by the incomparable John Kelly, will be
complete sometime later this summer. All of the songs were written by Renee; on the
cd David Daniels will be featured on percussion with John Kelly on guitar.
When I asked Renee why she choose John Kelly and the Hideaway, she said there
were multiple reasons. “John is always in the artist’s corner; he has great advice and
he knows how to add some extra good stuff for the song, like in the arrangement,”
she said. “He tunes the room as if it’s an instrument.”
Stay tuned for the CD review of Renee’s latest effort, and in the meantime please
check out her videos and her tunes on Soundcloud. You’ll also want to connect with
John Kelly at The Hideaway Cafe if it’s time to make a great recording for yourself.
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