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Roaman (alias Riccardo Vitalone) is an Italian singer-songwriter, artivist, and storyteller crafting transformative anthems of joy, freedom, and resilience.
Weaving together threads of folk, reggae, hip-hop, and gospel, his songs serve both as a balm for the TROUBLED mind and a doorway to the heart. Vivid as a celebration and profound as a moment of meditation, his music is marked by radical authenticity, humor, and HIS signature blend of “Groove & Grace”.
With every lyric and performance, Roaman invites listeners to embrace their full humanity with compassion, stay open to life, and step into the world WITH KINDNESS AND COURAGE TO BE catalysts for positive change.
Blending the fresh with the familiar, grounded in a timeless essence while dancing between the sacred and the profane, Roaman’s music amplifies the wisdom of beloved teachers, sages, and mystics who have shaped his journey, both as an artist and as a man. At the same time, it carries the spark of the jester spirit: cheeky, bold, unafraid to speak truth, and always ready to stir the pot when needed.
Since his humble beginnings as a street performer, Roaman has steadily built a loyal international following through his lyricism, storytelling, and soulful live shows. His music has carried him to international festivals and lineups shared with renowned artists such as Sam Garrett, Mose, Facesoul, Ajeet, Peia, Aware’, Alex Serra, and Ape Chimba, firmly establishing him as one of the few Italian artists within a vibrant global ecosystem of conscious and devotional music.
Roaman’s journey into music began long before he strummed his first chord. His earliest musical memories are rooted in the small Christian church his family attended in the suburbs of Rome, where he was born and raised. There, every sunday, he sang worship songs, hymns, and devotional music from a very young age, and he first fell in love with the power of music to stir something deep and profound within him, give shape to emotion, and quietly alchemize his innermost experiences.
For most of his childhood and teenage years, however, his heart belonged to basketball. From the moment he could walk, the court became his sanctuary. Music remained in the background until, at 19, a mix of boredom and curiosity led him to pick up a guitar and start learning through YouTube tutorials. What began as a casual experiment quickly cracked open a new dimension of his soul, one he could no longer ignore.
Feeling called to contribute to the world in a meaningful way, Roaman pursued a degree in Political Science at an American university in Rome. He imagined a future in diplomacy or activism, believing politics might be the path to change. But even as he studied international laws and theories of justice, the songs inside him grew louder. After graduation, a short-lived office job confirmed what his heart already knew: he wasn’t meant for politics, fluorescent lights or days spent without playing music.
At 24, with €300 in his pocket and the promise of a friend’s couch to start his journey, Roaman moved to London. It was there, in the buzzing chaos of Camden Town, that he found his tribe, as well as an amazing, loving, and supportive community of dreamers, rebels, and artists who reflected back his wildest hopes, his rawest truths, and the parts of himself he was only just beginning to discover.
By day, he worked part-time in a vegan café and spent the rest of his time street performing. By night, he poured his soul into open mics, slowly finding his voice, his style, and his calling.
In the winter of 2014, he made a quiet but radical vow: to devote himself entirely to music. What followed was a pilgrimage of sorts: years of living on the road, sleeping in squats, on floors, in boats and cars, even on beaches, playing to anyone who would listen. Between 2013 and the pandemic, the longest he sLEPT in THE SAME PLACE was six months.
Yet with each new chapter, through the noise, the uncertainty, the confusion and challenge, one thing remained steady: a little voice inside that kept whispering, “just keep playing.”
Since then, Roaman has released THREE ALBUMS AND two EPs of original music, bringing his message to life on stages of all sizes across continents, from cozy living rooms to sun-soaked festival fields.
PARALLEL TO HIS MUSICAL CAREER ROAMAN ALSO OFFERS PRIVATE LESSONS, MENTORSHIPS AND PUBLIC WORKSHOPS IN "CONSCIOUS SONGWRITING" TO SUPPORT AND EDUCATE A NEW GENERATION OF MUSICIANS (AS WELL AS ANYONE CALLED TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR INNER ARTIST) AND offer a path to RADICAL HONESTY, AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION, emotional healing and self-understanding through the ALCHEMICAL power of MUSIC.
