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Justin Adams & Mauro Durante in Concert at Constellation Chicago
Justin Adams, acclaimed guitarist, producer, composer, and longtime Robert Plant collaborator, has deep experience in African traditions and post-punk grooves. Adams returns to Chicago in a new collaboration with Mauro Durante, one of the leading musicians in the pizzica style of folk music in Southern Italy and the leader of the Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino music ensemble. This organic collaboration between Adams and Durante stems from a concert led by Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi, at the legendary Notte della Taranta music festival in Puglia, Italy where the two musicians first played together. Recognizing kindred spirits in the trance rhythms of Taranta which transcend “melancolia” or the blues. A recording session and a full album soon followed and ‘Still Moving’ was released in 2021 to much press and attention and many more concerts by the duo followed. In the past year, the duo has performed live at venues, festivals, and places such as NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, Lincoln Center in NYC, WOMAD Festivals in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and Big Ears Festival in TN. The two musicians have previously played in Chicago with other projects, but this concert on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at 8:00 PM at Constellation Chicago will mark the duo’s debut performance in Chicago. Presented by People of Rhythm Productions and Constellation with support from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago.
Details:
Justin Adams & Mauro Durante in Concert at Constellation Chicago
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024.
Doors at 8:00 PM, Show at 8:30 PM, Fee: $25. in advance, $30. on day of show
Address: Constellation Chicago, 3111 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Age: 21+ with I.D.
*Constellation has wheelchair seating and accessible washrooms. To reserve accessible seating or request other accommodations please email [email protected]
Artist Bios:
Justin Adams: Electric Guitar, Voice:
UK-based Justin Adams, guitarist, producer, and composer, has been a collaborator for many years with Robert Plant in the group, the Sensational Space Shifters. Justin’s production on landmark albums by Tinariwen, Rachid Taha, Terakaft, and Souad Massi highlights his feel for North African groove, while his award-winning collaborations with Gambian musician Juldeh Camara (released on Real World Records) linked griot tradition with raw blues spirit. The project brought Adams to Chicago’s Millennium Park’s Music Without Borders series in 2009. He has also played Chicago several times with Robert Plant over the years. His work on many albums with the late singer Sinead O’Connor and bassist Jah Wobble was infused with the spirit of post-punk London, while his solo guitar album ‘Ribbons’ was cited by Songlines magazine among the top 50 albums of the past decade.
More info: http://www.justinadamsmusic.com/
Mauro Durante: Violin, Frame Drums, Voice:
Mauro Durante grew up playing various musical instruments in his family’s music and dance ensemble. He is one of the leading players in the pizzica style of Southern Italy and he currently leads the traditional music ensemble Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino which his father founded in the 1970s. The ensemble has played many great festivals all over the world, including World Music Festival Chicago in 2009. The group’s most recent Chicago visit was at the Old Town School of Folk Music in 2013. Last year Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino was featured in their own concert at the BBC Proms (where Justin Adams played as a special guest) and they have won Best Group in the Songlines Music Awards. Mauro, being a gifted percussionist, has also collaborated with The Police drummer, Stewart Copeland, and toured the world for many years playing violin and frame drums with Italian pianist and composer, Ludovico Einaudi.
More info: https://canzonieregrecanicosalentino.net/artists/mauro-durante/
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2173632-0
