Piers Faccini in Florence

Piers Faccini is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter, born in London in 1970. His music draws on folk and on Mediterranean and West African traditions. After co-founding Charley Marlowe, he began his solo career with Leave No Trace in 2004; later albums include Tearing Sky, Two Grains of Sand, My Wilderness and Shapes of the Fall. He received the world-music album prize at the 2022 Victoires du Jazz. In 2006, he opened concerts for Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals in the United States and France. In 2014 and 2015, he toured with cellist Vincent Ségal.