Helmed by singer, acoustic guitarist, and main songwriter Fabrizio Cammarata, the band -- also comprised of slide guitarist and keyboardist Fabio Rizzo, bassist John Riggio, and drummer Fabio Finocchio -- set about recording and producing a demo to send out to labels. Before they got far into this, however, they were contacted by the Rome-based On the Road Agency, which signed the Second Grace to a deal and issued their self-titled record, a gentle, folky mixture of songs that drew from Caribbean, American, and English songwriting traditions, in May 2007. ~ Marisa Brown