One Sunday night in Autumn 2018, they turned Hootananny upside down with their frenzied pizzica and taranta rhythms. So, we thought it was time to set the tarantula free and let it bite Brixton once again. On the 26th of April, Amaraterra will liberate into South London all the Mediterranean-scented...
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Come December, we are all in that greetings mood. So, join us on the 15th of December to say “Happy Birthday” to one of our favourite and liveliest new music spots in London. It was May 2017 when Balabam first opened its doors, but it was late in the year...
Our Rootmaster Goes Mediterranean events have one last docking for 2018, which is on schedule for Sunday 25th November, with Amaraterra and DJ Aly Prince spinning the Hootananny’s helm. The third episode of the series will release all the rhythmic and enrapturing power of Southern Italy and Greek traditional music enhanced...
Two years ago, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS) celebrated their ruby wedding anniversary with music, and their love for Pizzica and tarantella is stronger than ever. That’s why Canzoniere, their recently released 20th studio album, can be considered as another referential work for anybody interested in traditional Mediterranean sounds. The band...
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino will be keeping the folkloric tradition of pizzica tarantata alive and whirling on the festive dance floor this December. The group is formed of a seven-piece band and one dancer from Salento, Southern Italy, and perform modern renditions of their region’s musical style. These frantic tambourine laden...
![Album Review: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Canzoniere [Ponderosa Music & Art]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/190917111730cover-335x335.jpg)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS) are the ambassadors of Pizzica Salentina in the world and have become a household name in the festival circuit worldwide and back home in Salento, Italy. The group achieves this by expertly extending and enriching the traditional musical style of the far South East of the...
Hear ye, hear ye, lovers of Italian and Jamaican sounds – the world-renowned pioneers of reggae/dancehall made in Salento are on their way to London! Sud Sound System is ready to inflame the stage at Brixton Jamm on the 9th of November, together with PAPA LEU + MR FASO and Fenomeno Show...
On 13th June Italy played its first match of the European Championship 2016 against Belgium. The football was the perfect excuse for Rich Mix, the Shoreditch independent multi-arts venue stretched over five floors, to organise an all-Italian event, inviting Amaraterra to perform on stage after the match, either to celebrate...
Amaraterra are a collective of musicians and dancers who hail from Southern Italy but now reside in London, making them the first pizzica ensemble to be based in the British capital. Pizzica is the music and dance style at the heart of the folk tradition of Salento, the “heel” of...
![Album Review: Giuliano Gabriele – Madre (The Hypnotic Dance’s Time) [iCompany, 2015]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/giulianogabriele1-335x302.jpg)
Madre (“mother” in Italian) is the second album by Italo-French artist Giuliano Gabriele, one of the leading figures of today’s Italian folk music renaissance. Madre is much more than a folk album though. It is rock, progressive, jazz; it is an experimental and contemporary take on old, long-standing musical traditions. The album...