Mario Biondi releases new album

(ANSA) - Milan, November 15 - Italian jazz-soul vocalist Mario Biondi has released a new album containing his hits of the past 10 years plus seven new songs. The Catania-born singer's 22-song album is entitled 'Best of Soul' and will come out on Friday. It covers the last ten years of his successful career, which began with 'Handful of Soul'. He has noted that he was singing live for 20 years prior to the release of his first album, and that "with this work I complete another circle of my career and I get ready for the new things to come." He will be going on tour next year, starting in Italy between March and April and continuing throughout Europe.