Spartenza is a bridge over the Mediterranean between Southern Europe and North Africa. If the word, Sicilian, means a separation, it is nevertheless an encounter that the record celebrates. It is the meeting of Maura Guerrera, a Sicilian from Marseilles, and Malik Ziad, an Algerian from both shores. It is among the songs and rhythms of the Sicilian peasant tradition and from collector's recordings that Maura Guerrera has selected the ten tracks that make up the album. Her timbre, imbued with the vocal tradition of her native island, naturally marries the mandolin and guembri of Malik Ziad. At the crossroads of academism and its transmission in popular practices, Spartenza's musical colour embodies the travelling spirit of these pieces through the centuries.
Tracks:
1. Ramu vecchiu 04:29
2. Muttetta 04:45
3. Spartenza amara 04:16
4. A pisera 05:24
5. Figghia mia riposa un pocu 05:42
6. Affacciti bbedda e sentimi cantari 03:25
7. Ialofru ca ri spagna si binutu 03:25
8. Sta terra nun fa pi mia 04:18
9. Figghia mia quantu si fina 04:02
10. Spunta lu suli 03:42
