“Mancuso’s Culture Race, off his debut CD, is one of the most important songs to come out of Canada in a decade. Standing there with the best songs by Claude Dubois, Bruce Cockburn and Jean-Pierre Ferland, Dominic Mancuso has been given the gift of beautiful inventions.” ~ Antonio D’Alfonso, writer/publisher, Guernica Publishing 2000 “How can I choose among the high points of this show? The husky tenor of Mancuso’s vocals were so full of longing and gutsy bravado, casually, effortlessly in the centre of the pitch and so Sicilian in the way he subtly showed the Arabic influences that have passed through the island of Sicily and left a mark on the music.” ~ Tova G Kardonne, The Live Music Report, 2008 Dominic Mancuso is one of the most distinctive voices in music. He is a paramount storyteller; a premier Sicilian griot of these times. He wails with the best. He cries the blues from the depths of his soul — bringing great measures of duende to the music. This is a rare album indeed, quite simply one of a kind.” ~ Raul da Gama, All That Jazz, February 2010 2010 Juno Award winner, Dominic Mancuso is an acclaimed singer, songwriter and producer born and based in Toronto, Ontario. The multi-instrumentalist with an ‘impassioned singing style’ is defining a rich hybrid sound, fueled by the multicultural flavors of his native city, his versatile guitar playing and passion for world music. Mancuso has a long, distinguished musical pedigree. He has produced and released several CDs, written scores for TV and film, been involved in numerous musical and interdisciplinary collaborations with artists spanning the globe, and entertained hundreds of thousands of people across North America and in Europe with his infectious on-stage energy & zeal for story-telling. Of note, Mancuso musically directed and performed as the featured vocalist in the off-broadway production Tarantella staged at La Mamma E.T.C in New York City. Across the Atlantic, he staged the cultural event Una Melodica Eco Nel Mondo in Delia, Sicily, the success of which led to an honorary guest performance at the region’s Rafadali Festival. Collaboration is an integral part of Mancuso’s career. He has teamed up with some of Canada’s most dynamic musicians to compose, record, perform and innovate. In addition to his solo work, the Toronto troubadour is a featured member of the 2009 Juno nominated Sicilian Jazz Project, a collective of musicians led by the renowned Michael Occhipinti. The group, hailed as ‘a masterpiece of cultural fusion’, employs an intriguing mix of Sicilian folk source material and the best elements of modern jazz, world music, funk and blues. They’ve dazzled audiences at major jazz festivals across Canada as well as in the U.S., Mexico and Italy. Mancuso is also co-founder of the groundbreaking musical production called MANCUSO2 with his brother Vince, a nationally recognized visual artist. The show synergizes music and digital painting in an engaging real-time experience. Since unveiling the concept in 2000, the Mancuso brothers have staged it numerous times to rave reviews, including at the Toronto Distillery Jazz Festival (2003) and Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (2007). The show has been commissioned by corporate clients such as Pfizer, Cadbury/Adams and Bell World and was endorsed by York University through inclusion in their curriculum.