About this event
Justin Adams is a guitarist/producer whose distinctive sound carries the mark of his itinerant life – A childhood in the Middle East led to a lifelong passion for the sounds of the Islamic world, while his teenage UK years instilled a devotion to the raw energy of punk and the trance sounds of Dub.
In recent years he has produced acclaimed albums by Fado singer Lina and French Algerian chanteuse Souad Massi, while his past collaborations with Robert Plant, Tinariwen, Rachid Taha, Sinead O’Connor, and West African Master Musician Juldeh Camara have been marked by emotional intensity and a “no borders” approach.
Mauro Durante (violinist, percussionist and composer) is a visionary inheritor of the folk roots of his native Salento, in Italy's Puglia region. He leads the internationally acclaimed and award-winning Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (founded in 1975 by Durante's family), playing in all major world music festivals. Durante is considered as a key figure in reinventing pizzica music for today, making "Taranta" the most vibrant and relevant form of Italian roots music.
Mauro Durante toured the world for many years with Ludovico Einaudi, and has collaborated with Piers Faccini, Ibrahim Maalouf, Ballake Sissoko, Jovanotti, Stewart Copeland, Sam Lee, Enzo Avitabile, Nickodemus, Red Baraat, bringing a contemporary edge along with his deep feel for tradition.
“Adams’s guitar burns like a torch in the dead of the night. Mauro’s singing channels ancestral voices. If he reaches back into the past, he makes every number seem alive rather than some arid historical artefact”. -THE TIMES (UK)
“You get Delta blues, rock, tarantella, Africa and the Arab world. It is sheer joy to
listen to” – BBC RADIO 3 (UK)
