Morgan (singer)

Marco Castoldi (born 23 December 1972), better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer and musician. His musical genres are mainly alternative rock and electronic rock, sometimes experimental rock and synth-pop. He has also been a judge for eight seasons in the Italian version of The X Factor, winning five of them through acts he mentored: Aram Quartet (series 1 – 2008), Matteo Becucci (series 2 – 2008–9), Marco Mengoni (series 3 – 2009), Chiara Galiazzo (series 6 – 2012) and Michele Bravi (series 7 – 2013).

He is also a founding member of Bluvertigo, an Italian band formed in 1992. Morgan has 3 daughters; the first, Anna Lou Castoldi, with Asia Argento.

Discography

Solo

2003: Canzoni dell'appartamento
2004: Il suono della vanità
2005: Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo
2007: Da A ad A
2008: È successo a Morgan
2009: Italian Songbook Volume 1
2010: Morganicomio
2012: Italian Songbook Volume 2
2020: La musica seria
2023: ...e quindi, insomma ossia

Morgan live concert at the Cathedral of Asti (Italy) – 15 July 2011

With Bluvertigo

1995: Acidi e basi
1997: Metallo non metallo
1999: Zero - ovvero la famosa nevicata dell'85
2001: Pop Tools
2008: MTV Storytellers (live)

Collaborations

Franco Battiato in album Gommalacca
Antonella Ruggiero in Registrazioni moderne
Alice in her albums Exit, Personal Juke Box and Viaggio in Italia
Subsonica in Discoteca Labirinto
Cristina Donà in album Nido
Paola & Chiara in Arsenico
Mauro Pagani in Parole a caso
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso in No palco
Modena City Ramblers in Appunti partigiani
Patty Pravo in Il vento e le rose
Artisti uniti per l'Abruzzo in Domani 21/04.09
Bugo in Sincero

Producer

Mao in Black Mokette
Soerba in Playback
La Sintesi in L'eroe romantico
Aram Quartet in the song Chi (Who)

Filmography

2002: Perduto amor by Franco Battiato
2003: Il siero della vanità by Alex Infascelli – musician
2004: Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosa by Asia Argento – musician
2006: Transylvania of Tony Gatlif – interpreters Milan
2006: Il quarto sesso (2006) of Marco Costa – musician, interprets Karl Marx

Bibliography

1998: Dissoluzione (Bompiani - I buchi neri)
2008: In pArte Morgan (Eleuthera)
2014: "Il libro di Morgan - Io l'Amore la Musica gli Stronzi e Dio" (Einaudi stile libero)
2022: Parole d'aMorgan (with Pasquale Panella)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morgan (singer).

Morgan official website
Bluvertigo Myspace site
Morgan's discography on Rockit.it