Corto.alto

corto.alto is a music project formed in Glasgow by multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall.[1]

The debut album "Bad With Names" was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize "Album Of The Year" 2024.[2][3] Shortall has some Spanish ancestry and the moniker corto.alto in Spanish translates as short.tall (a pun on his last name, Shortall).[4][5]

  1. ^ "corto.alto - 'Bad With Names'". London Jazz News. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Barry Can't Swim and corto.alto shortlisted for Mercury prize". BBC News. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 Mercury Prize 'Albums of the Year' revealed". Mercury Prize. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Liam Shortall on the new corto.alto album: 'It's a time stamp of what's going on in Glasgow right now'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  5. ^ "corto.alto: Not For Now". Jazzwise. Retrieved 27 July 2024.