ARISTIDE GAROFALO is an international blues artist, guitarist, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, AND STUDIO MUSICIAN based IN dallas, Texas, originally from the cilento region of southern italy. 

GAROLFALO HAS BEEN PLAYING GUITAR SINCE THE YOUNG AGE OF 6 YEARS OLD AND BEGAN PERFORMING PROFESSIONALLY AT 14. HE WENT ON TO STUDY MUSIC AT SAINT LOUIS MUSIC COLLEGE IN ROME, ITALY, EARNING HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ROCK & BLUES AND A MASTER’S DEGREE IN BRITISH BLUES. FROM THERE HE DEVELOPED HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE AND ‘BLUES EXPERIENCE’ THAT INTERTWINES ELEMENTS OF VINTAGE & MODERN BLUES, BLUES/ROCK, AMERICANA, AND ROCKABILLY. GAROFALO’S INFLUENCES INCLUDE ERIC CLAPTON, BUDDY GUY, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, BB KING, AND MORE.

GAROFALO HAS OPENED FOR AND PLAYED WITH MANY NOTABLE ARTISTS INCLUDING AVRIL LAVIGNE, EVANESCENCE, ANA POPOVIC, SAMANTHA FISH, PFM, AND PINO DANIELE. GAROFALO HAS TOURED IN ITALY, UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWITZERLAND, AS WELL AS PLAYED NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS. INCLUDED AMONG THEM ARE SANREMO JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL, EXPO MILANO, STRATOCASTER DAY CORONA CALIFORNIA, DIWINE JAZZ FESTIVAL, PISTOIA BLUES FESTIVAL, CASA SANREMO, AND SOUTH ITALY BLUES FESTIVAL.

GAROFALO IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF A CULTURAL MUSIC EXCHANGE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2022 THAT ALLOWED ITALIANS AND AMERICANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN EACH OTHER’S COUNTRIES THROUGH A UNIQUE EXCHANGE OF MUSIC AND CULTURE.

IN 2020, GAROFALO MADE WAVES WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ORIGINAL SONG & FOOT-STOMPIN’ ANTHEM TITLED ‘WOMAN’, AND HAS AN ALBUM SET TO RELEASE SOON.