Paul Hormick in San Diego Troubadour, June, 2008

After two sets playing swinging Gypsy jazz on the Park Stage at this year's Adams Avenue Roots & Folk Festival with Patrick Berrogain's Hot Club Combo, Lou Fanucchi remained on the same stage for another two hours, playing freilachs and horas with Yale Strom's klezmer ensemble Hot Pstromi. Fanucchi's schedule is not always this tight, but, being San Diego's most eminent accordionist, he performs with a cornucopia of musical organizations. Last summer he was part of an African band at the Wild Animal Park, and he regularly plays the Tarantella and "That's Amore" with an Italian ensemble. Of course, as an accordionist, when Oktoberfest rolls around he adds his part to the oom-pah and polka bands. This past season Fanucchi had two performances with the San Diego Symphony. Anywhere you'd find an accordion –  folk, pop, jazz, or classical – you can find Fanucchi.
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Bob Warner in Reed Block, April, 2008

Louis FanucchI’s “BACK TO THE FUTURE” release of a two-disc collection of his personal recording history is indeed a trip from the past into the future. Here you will find everything from avante garde jazz, classical Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Tchaikin, Bach and Galla Rini, novelty numbers, Astor Piazzolla tangos, Gershwin, pop tunes, concerto suite for accordion, sonata for accordion mixed in with recording studio sessions and live performances. You can follow Lou’s musical career from 1985 through to the present, 2007. Some of his output consists of solo, other is with a hot modern ensemble.
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Mike Alvarez in San Diego Troubadour, April, 2008

The new CD release by local accordion icon Louis Fanucchi, Back to the Future, is packaged in a DVD slipcase, so hopefully you won't laugh when I tell you that my first move was to pop disc one into my DVD player. Imagine my surprise when I got sound but no picture! But that was only the first of many surprises and hardly the biggest one. Over the course of the two-disc set, Fanucchi dazzles, delights, and astonishes with the breadth of his artistic vision and his virtuosity. On the accordion, no less, an instrument that has been the butt of many a joke.
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