- country:United Kingdom
- region:Apulia
- style(s):Mediterranean, Taranta
- label:Ponderosa Music & Art SRL
- type:Duo
- gender:male
- instrumentation:vocal, percussion, string, guitar
- artist posted by:Sasa Music Agency
Line up
- Justin Adams (Guitar Vocal)
- Justin Adams & Mauro Durante (guitar, violin, percussion)
- Mauro Durante (Violin , percussion, vocal)
Links
2022 winners of 'Best Fusion' in Songllnes Awards
Justin Adams, guitarist, producer and composer, has been a chief collaborator with Robert Plant in his band, the Sensational Spaceshifters, co-writing a series of 4 albums and touring the world. His production on landmark albums by Tinariwen and Rachid Taha highlight his feel for North African groove, while his award-winning project with Gambian maestro Juldeh Camara, JUJU, linked griot tradition with raw blues spirit. His recent solo album of guitar atmospherics, Ribbons, was cited amongst the top 50 albums of the past decade by Songlines magazine.
Mauro Durante toured the world for many years with Ludovico Einaudi playing violin and frame drums. He is one of the leading players in the pizzica style of Southern Italy and leads Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, who have played great festivals all over the world. Last year CSG were featured in their own concert at the BBC Proms (where Justin Adams guested with them) and they won Best Group in the Songlines Music Awards.
This new collaboration stems from a concert led by Ludovico Einaudi, the Notte della Taranta in Puglia, where the two first played together, recognising kindred spirits in the trance rhythms of Taranta which transcend “melancolia” or the blues. Together they create a raw, stripped-back sound that moves and mesmerises.
