Still Moving (Ponderosa Music Records) celebrates the meeting between the producer, composer and guitar hero English justin adams and Mauro Durantefervent violinist hero Italian, leader of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino and visceral defender of the pizzica, the traditional music of Puglia.
justin adams is the guitarist of Robert Plantproducer of Tinariwen, Lo’Jo, Rachid Tahaa lover of African music, he notably released JuJu, a few years ago, with the Gambian Juldeh Camara (one-string violin, two-string banjo) and North African groove, creator of an ultra raw mixed blues. His collaborations with Jah Wobble and Sinead O’Connor have always been imbued with this London post-punk spirit. Hungry for discoveries, he discovered the Trans des Pouilles a few years ago. He has also participated several times in La Notte de La Taranta, the most emblematic festival in the region. It was in Melpignano in 2011 that he played, for the first time, on stage with Mauro Durantea veritable local superstar, violinist and percussionist with unbridled energy.
Ten years later, thanks to their respective confinements, the idea of producing this duo emerged. Still Moving is the result and yes we are still moving.
Titles performed at the Grand studio
– Dark Road Down, Live RFI see the clip
– Amara Terra Miafrom the album Still Moving
– Still Moving, Live RFI see the clip
– Cupa Cupa, Live RFI.
Musicians
-Justin Adams – Guitar and vocals
-Mauro Durante – Violin, tamburello, daf and vocals.
His : Mathias Taylor, Fabien Mugneret and Benoît Letirant.
playlist
– Tinariwen The song of the beasts (justin’s choice) see the clip
– Ludovico Einaudi Taranta (Mauro’s choice) see the clip
– Muddy Waters And Still a Fool (justin’s choice)
– Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Balla Nina (Mauro’s choice) see the clip.
Justin Adams chose a title of Tinariwen because Wedge reissues 2 emblematic albums of the group:
The Radio Tisdas Session, originally released in 2002, and Amassakoul in 2004.
There is something universal in Tinariwen’s music. But to fully understand their message, you have to understand where they come from. The Tinariwen are Tuaregs, descendants of a nomadic Berber tribe that roamed the Sahara desert for thousands of years.