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How do you cure the venomous bite of a tarantula? By dancing! In Apulia, in southern Italy, ritual dances known as “pizzica tarantata” have been used since the late 14th century to treat the effects of a tarantula bite. Through ecstatic dancing to the point of trance, the venom was believed to be sweated out of the body. Whatever the scientific merits of the practice, it gave rise to the “tarantella” – a wonderful, exhilarating dance tradition. The group Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino has specialised in this musical form for more than 50 years, combining traditional and contemporary sounds with electrifying dance energy.

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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

Berliner Philharmonie

Justin Adams is a guitarist, producer, and composer who has worked with the likes of Robert Plant in the Sensational Space Shifters, Jah Wobble, and Sinead O’Connor. Adams has also produced luminaries such as Malian group Tinariwen, Gambia’s Juldeh Camara, and, most recently, Puglian ensemble CGS (Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino). His own personal projects have received critical acclaim as well. Ribbons, Adams’ solo guitar record, was cited by Songlines Magazine among the top 50 albums of the past decade. This latest collaboration with Mauro Durante, composer and bandleader of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, stems from a concert led by Ludovico Einaudi, the legendary Notte de Taranta in Puglia, where the two first played together. Adams and Durante’s most recent musical effort Still Moving was recorded straight to tape with no overdubs. The record effortlessly weaves through love songs of southern Italy and rasping blues from North Africa and North America. WMI is excited to present this long-time, collaborative duo in an intimate setting.

World Music Institute Presents Justin Adams and Mauro Durante

The sound of Mediterranean migration blends ancient frame drum rhythms and raw electric guitar to create a starkly hypnotic musical landscape.

Justin Adams & Mauro Durante

Paradise Theatre

An intense, hypnotic meeting of southern Italian dance music and blues

Singer, Violinist

Mauro Durante

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 9, 2027

Justin Adams & Mauro Durante · Cosmopolite Scene

Past events

Oct 10, 2026

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino · Berliner Philharmoniker

Feb 15, 2024

World Music Institute Presents Justin Adams and Mauro Durante · New Music USA

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