Ludovico Einaudi
is a musical mixologist. On Taranta Project, the popular
composer shakes up classical music convention with this potion of trance music from West Africa; Turkey; and Salento, Italy. Guitarist Justin Adams and ritti player Juldeh Camara – both from Robert Plant’s band – play African riffs that gust through traditional Italian folk music like the hot sirocco winds that begin in the Sahara and move across the Mediterranean. Einaudi contributes meditative piano to “Nuvole Bianche.” A potent concoction.