michéal CASTALDO Bio Crooner/Composer/Connoisseur Italian Cultural Ambassador & Entrepreneur Everything michéal CASTALDO loves includes sharing the very best Italian music, the freshest olive oil from his family’s groves, a stay at his family’s enchanting villa, Villetta Mimma Vittoria, named for michéal’s mother. To spend time with michéal is to drink in all the things that go with “La Dolce Vita,” the sweetest life imaginable. CASTALDO's latest CD 'Olive You' was released on Jan 31, 2012. It went to #1 within 2 days after it's release on Amazon.com The CD is available at all e-tail stores such as Amazon.com, all digi-download stores like iTunes.com and various mom & pop stores like E. Rossi & Co in Manhattan's Little Italy, Sorriso's in Astoria, Queens NY and Cavallo's International Importing in Waterbury, CT. The album, OLIVE YOU serves up five delectable classic tracks along with previously released and re-mastered songs handpicked by CASTALDO who also serves as producer and executive producer of the album along with co-producer and long-time collaborator, Stein B. Svendsen co-writer of the top hit, PRAY'R. Listeners will feast their ears upon such familiar classics as The Theme from The Godfather "BRUCIA LA TERRA" which is sung in a Sicilian dialect and Italian; the Neapolitan Mario Lanza classic, "CORE 'NGRATO;" the newly re-mastered duet co-written by CASTALDO and Jim Papoulis and co-sung with Carol Papoulis "MIO CUORE;" fan favorite and re-mastered hit, "GUARDA QUESTA TERRA;" the hit Italian Classical Crossover mainstay, "CON TE PARTIRO;" a stunning Italian version and newly re-mastered "NOTTE DI LUCE (Nights In White Satin);" and the timeless love songs, "IL MONDO" and the only Spanish track on the album the delectable "EN ARANJUEZ CON TU AMOR." CASTALDO also sprinkles several other self-penned instant classics such as "QUESTO E AMORE," and "IO CREDO" along with "DANCIN' TO A DIFFERENT BEAT" and the No.1 hit single "PRAY'R which complete the album.