When Primavera en Salonico slide into one of their hypnotic Mediterranean grooves, the tension slowly builds. Then Savina Yannatou, the band's singer, opens her lips and takes you into another dimension, a place where space, ...

Yannis Alexandris music CDs. If ever there were a seamless collaboration between a recording artist and a producer, this one is it. Greek vocalist Savina Yannatou and her band Primavera en Salonico make their ECM studio debut with Sumiglia, produced by label head Manfred ...

Yannis Alexandris albums. No one can accuse Savina Yannatou of not taking chances. On this live recording (with the pristine sound quality one associates with everything on ECM), she not only goes through Mediterranean and Sephardic music, but also some Celtic and a healthy dose of Arabic. Her band, Primavera en Salonico, keep things close to the edge, as on "Madonna ...