by Alejandro Luque

In spite of still being young, Etta Scolla (Catania 1958) is an authentic encyclopaedia of traditional Sicilian music. Genes, love of her homeland and an insatiable curiosity have conspired to keep this rich legacy alive: alive, that is, not as an archaeological reconstruction, but as a breathing phenomenon, which continues to be enriched in the light of new times without losing its essence.

Records like Canta Ro' (2005), dedicated to the great Rosa Balisteri, il fiore splendente (2008), based on Siculo-Arabic poetry, or Lunaria (2012), about the self-same work by Vincenzo Consolo, make Scollo a key figure in the island's culture. She actually divides her time between Catania and Berlin, but agreed to talk to M'Sur on a fleeting visit to Seville.

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Source: http://www.timesofsicily.com/