Elina Duni, one of the stars of the prestigious ECM label, is among the most intense voices of the new European music scene, a young singer travelling between traditional Albanian, Kosovar and southern Italian sounds. Having arrived in Switzerland as a child from her native Albania, she approached music during her formative years. In the course of time, she developed her own path, to establish herself as a rising star on the European jazz scene. Her superb voice mesmerises us with old Albanian songs interpreted in a jazz key. The music is soft, intimately meditative and passionate. With a look back to her roots, but from a current point of view. Her knowledge of vocal jazz enters into a sensual and vibrant communion with a non-negotiable love of the centuries-old musical traditions of her native Albania. The result is breathtaking.
