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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 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, disarming humor, and a 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 as fearless 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.
From street-performing across continents to gracing festival stages of all sizes, Roaman has spent the last 12 years building a loyal international following through his conscious lyricism, storytelling, and soulful live shows—cementing his place as one of the few Italian voices in the global conscious music scene.
Roaman’s journey into music began long before he strummed his first chord. Born and raised in the suburbs of Rome to Southern Italian parents, he grew up in a middle-class household where love, good food, and faith were abundant. His earliest musical memories are rooted in the small Christian church his family attended, where he would sing worship songs, hymns, and devotional music from a young age, and where he first began to fall in love with the power of music to stir something deep within him, to give shape to emotion, and to quietly alchemize whatever he was feeling.
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 (fellow singer-songwriters like Sam Garrett, Nathan Maingard, Ny Oh, and Jesse Sheehan and thomas james smith), 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 stayed in one 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 two EPs and three albums of original music, bringing his message to life on stages of all sizes across continents, from cozy living rooms to sun-soaked festival fields.
As of October 2024, he now calls Ibiza home, having stepped into yet another spontaneous chapter after life made it unmistakably clear that the island was calling. And through every twist of the road, every leap of faith, and every soulful offering, one thing has remained constant: that quiet voice within, still whispering—gently, faithfully, relentlessly:
"just keep playing."
