Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
“The band has few peers in contemporary world music.” – The New Yorker
Italy’s fascinating dichotomy of tradition and modernity come together in the music of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS). The seven piece band and dancer are the leading exponents in a new wave of young performers re-inventing Southern Italy’s Pizzica musical and dance traditions for today’s global audience. Their shows are are a life explosion: full of energy, passion, rhythm and mystery, they bring the audience from the past into modernity, and back. Critically acclaimed with 19 albums and countless live performances throughout the USA, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, in 2010 CGS was awarded Best Italian World Music Group at Italy’s MEI confab.
