If your travel bucket-list includes a trip to magical Greece, but the funds aren't ready yet, you could do a whole lot worse than taking in Savina Yannatou and her band Primavera en Salonico at Womad 2016.
You'll capture the very essence of Greek and traditional Mediterranean songs, delivered by a stunning voice, aided by a six piece ensemble that is both intense and exhilarating.
Savina sings the songs of Greece, Spain, Turkey, Albania, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Arabia in their original dialects delivering a unique sound to the accompaniment of accordion, guitar, violin, double bass, and local instruments like the oud, ney and quanum.
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Primavera en Salonico was formed in 1995 so together with Savina they've refined their music so that it's tight, expressive and conveys passion, enthusiasm and brilliance in spades.