Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino review – pizzica masters stomp into rapture

Rich Mix, LondonHailing from Puglia and smoothly updating the region’s folk traditions, the seven-piece band expertly blended trance-inducing dance with exhilarating rhythmsThey began with an eerie display of musical theatre. Six musicians dressed in black surrounded a tall, barefoot dancer, also in black, who had her back to the audience. A brooding wash of synth effects suddenly gave way to an attacking, precise and edgy onslaught of harmony singing that sounded like the soundtrack to so