Andrea Bignasca

Der Tessiner Blues- & Rockmusiker @andreabignasca begeistert mit seiner charismatischen Stimme, seiner spürbaren Leidenschaft für die Musik und seinen tollen Songs immer wieder aufs Neue! Am Freitag, 29. Mai 2026 kommt er auf seiner aktuellen «Stranger» - Tour endlich zurück in den @baeren_buchsi ❤️‍🔥 Infos & Tickets online unter www.baerenbuchsi.ch #bärenbuchsi #kulturrestaurant #münchenbuchsee #livemusic #andreabignasca

[NEVERMIND MUSIC SESSIONS – ANNUNCIO] Nevermind è felice di presentare i primi artisti delle Music Sessions! Appuntamento LIVE da non perdere… save the date! 📅 Sabato 20 giugno 2026 📍 Bellinzona, Parco Urbano ✨ Ingresso gratuito • Ore 18:00 – ANDREA BIGNASCA (solo set) 🔥 Artista profondo e dalla scrittura intensa e introspettiva, Andrea Bignasca porta la sua voce unica sul palco, preparatevi a un viaggio musicale capace di toccare le corde dell’anima. Un’esibizione speciale in "solo", intima e coinvolgente che vi lascerà senza fiato. A partire dalle ore 19:00 il grande calcio sul maxischermo ⚽ • Ore 19:00 – PAESI BASSI 🇳🇱 vs (da definire) • Ore 22:00 – GERMANIA 🇩🇪 vs COSTA D'AVORIO 🇨🇮 Vieni a vivere il NUOVO VILLAGGIO DEI MONDIALI DI CALCIO di Bellinzona! 🎧 DJ sets, Foodtrucks per tutti i gusti, bar, area bimbi, pumptrack e tante altre sorprese! Maggiori informazioni: www.parcourbanobellinzona.ch

I wish I could rap.

Wir lieben Weihnachtssongs, deshalb haben wir Classics, die auf keiner Playlist fehlen dürfen, neues Leben eingehaucht.  Andrea Bignasca macht aus „Santa Claus Is Comin‘ To Town“ seine eigene Version, inspiriert vom Boss, Bruce Springsteen. 🎄 Danke an @hertz.ch für die Unterstützung!   Von Fans, für Fans - Verified Treasures. Broadcast on Social Media.

Never been to Atlantic City. This is exactly what I mean when I say his songs feel like a hug from my dad. Poi la smetto con #springsteen eh.

I never listen to music. Or rather, when I do, it’s always intentional. I can’t just have it playing in the background. That makes me a little sad, because growing up, there was always music in the house. Sometimes I feel I’m depriving Cecilia of that atmosphere. But I try to console myself with the idea that she’ll know that music has its own value, that it’s worth our full attention — an activity, not just a soundtrack. That might sound a little pretentious.
 Once, I was asked to write about my hopes for the future of my hometown in the local newspaper. This is what I wrote: 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 — 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵! 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 20 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦. Aside from the playful pomposity - and even arrogance - I could have written it today. Still don’t really know how to do that though. I’ll keep 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 to music purposefully and die on stage every dwindling chance I get. 📸 1 @eleacreates 🥰

This gem was written more than 40 years ago, but I only got to hear it recently, while diving into Springsteen’s Nebraska outtakes. One thing’s for sure: the lyrics to Gun for Every Home hit even deeper now than they ever could back when I first discovered Nebraska.

My dad ♥️ came a little late to the party — he discovered Bruce with Born in the U.S.A., Tunnel of Love, and Human Touch. That’s how I fell in love with him too. Later, when I was at university, trying to find my way while living with the dream of making music, discovering Bruce’s earlier albums felt like my discovery — something deeply personal rather than ‘just’ an inheritance from my dad.
In particular, Nebraska felt like a revelation. It showed me that making music on my own, in my little room in Zurich, was possible — that I could record my own small demo and let it all begin from there.
I just got back from Switzerland, where I played two lovely solo shows — and even managed to go to the cinema with my dad to see Deliver Me From Nowhere. I don’t really know what I expected, but it wasn’t to see so much of myself in Bruce Springsteen — not only a musician in an intense period of his life, but also a man coming to terms with his depression. 🎵𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 🎵 But I’m working on it.

I recently heard someone say that music has shifted from being a product to being a service. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about that or even if I fully understand what it entails. When I’m performing, I do feel in service of my audience, but at the same time, also when I’m in the studio recording, it still feels like I’m creating a product, something tangible to sell or share.
Whatever you may call it, something changed and for sure I witnessed this transition firsthand. Early in my career, I could scrape together some semblance of a somewhat decent income from music.
That’s no longer the case — even accounting for the natural ebbs and flows of a career.
Some of this feels generic, universal, but some of it feels personal, and it hurts. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨

For a minute there, I was hip. . 1. Somewhere in Aargau. 📸 @intoorleans 2. 📸 @muphovi 3. 📸 Shirley Jane @winterthurer.musikfestwochen 4. @winterthurer.musikfestwochen 5. @soundofglarus 6. was I timing my breakfast with a golden clock???

Lovely Sunday @fablelisbon ♥️

Exactly 10 years ago today, I released my first album 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘦. The title track—written about the passing of my mother a few years earlier, and the quickest song I ever wrote—was one of two pieces we played to say our goodbyes at her funeral. The other was 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 by Bruce Springsteen. This is a live rendition of the song performed at Teatro Sociale, Bellinzona, in December 2016. Full vid on yt in the links.

There’s this thing I do when I have written new songs that drives Virginia insane. I regularly disappear, hiding out for a few moments, listening to them throughout the day, as if to make sure they’re still there. After having written a song, which is the greatest rush and privilege in my life, comes perhaps the hardest and most cruel part: you start to poke holes in it, you rip it apart and reconstruct it until sometimes it’s unrecognizable. And it hurts, because you made this bucket out of pieces of your heart, a bucket that’s supposed to bail water out faster than your constantly sinking ship is taking in, and you poke holes in it, question it, attack it, defend it, second guessing yourself along the way. After this you hopefully have a song that saves lives. . 📸 #4 @sascha.gregori ♥️