Diandra Interviews Jack Savoretti: Where To Find Europiana
Like most family people, Jack Savoretti is simple, sweet, and to the point. When you appreciate your life, there is not much you can say that a good song can’t say better. In his new album, Europiana, he embraces family with a newfound gratitude born from the pandemic. Let’s be honest. If you have been locked up with a partner or family member in the last few years and are still with them then you really KNOW and LOVE them. In our interview, Jack discusses how an album made with love become an eternal, sonic emblem of it.
Diandra: When you think of summer romance, what are the visuals that come to your mind?
Jack Savoretti: A vespa, sand, and the taste of salt.
Diandra: When you envision Europiana as a place to visit or even a person to hang out with, how would you describe it or them?
Jack Savoretti: Not sure how best to answer but what I can say is it’s where Julio Iglesias meets Daft Punk.
Diandra: The Pandemic made you fall in love with your life again. What are the little things you most loved again, and where do you place or hear them in your music?
Jack Savoretti: Family and sunshine is what I’ve loved and I hope you can hear both of those all over the album.
Diandra: What are the three qualities about yourself, as a person, you hope most people see and treasure?
Jack Savoretti: I think it would have to be being nostalgic, melodic, and a storyteller.
Diandra: What is your fave childhood memory with music?
Jack Savoretti: Staying up late as a kid, with my parents, in a bar or restaurant and watching them having an amazing time.
Diandra: If you could turn any of your songs into a film, which would it be, why, what would be the premise, and who would you cast?
Jack Savoretti: The Way You Said Goodbye and it would feature Alain Delon and Brigitte Bardot because I think it would capture an elegance that we don’t appreciate so much anymore.
Diandra: If you could turn any book or movie into a concept album, which would it be and from what angle? Why or how did it inspire music within you?
Jack Savoretti: Un homme et une femme. It has everything I like” fast cars, a great love story, and the soundtrack is pure Europiana.
Diandra: Writing love songs, what have you learned about love that you feel is universal?
Jack Savoretti: In the words of Ray Lamontagne, “I still don’t know what love means.”
Diandra: You have described Who’s Hurting Who as glamorous and chic. How do you feel disco oddly capture the pangs and pains of heartbreak?
Jack Savoretti: I think aspirationally American disco always had a message whereas European disco AKA Europiana always has a story.
Diandra: What are 5 things you love about your daily life or random truths you feel, “If you don’t know this about me, then you don’t know Jack?”
Jack Savoretti: Cooking, watching the news, I have to pick up an instrument at least once a day, I like playing tennis and I love screaming at football matches to release stress.
Diandra: When you compare this album to your debut, what are the growths and idea changes you have made as a person and artist that most make you smile?
Jack Savoretti: One was looking inwards, and this now is looking outwards.
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