Jazz Articles about Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico

Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico: Songs of An Other

by John Kelman
September 5, 2008

Greek singer Savina Yannatou and her longstanding group, Primavera en Salonico, continue to mine music from a wealth of seemingly disparate cultures, proving that politics and religion may divide, but music unites. Avoiding the liner notes, what's perhaps most surprising about Songs of An Other is how the songs may feel as if they're aligned with one culture when, in fact, they come from another. It's all part of the boundary-breaking aesthetic that has defined Yannatou's group since they first ...