AVAST is the debut album of the Soballera, a research project on traditional music from Southern Italy. It is made up of nine tracks, both original compositions and new interpretations of traditional songs. This record offers a fascinating sound journey, throughout the Apulia region to the Lucania one. Children’s songs and ancient but forgotten works from this inland area and the sunny “Capitanata” gain a new light thanks to these new interpretations and original melodic lines. When listening to them, you are delighted by the excellent melodic textures of the acoustic guitar and the chime, the accordion and the drums and the dense gloom. This is the atmosphere you breathe with "Accummenza a candA", the heart-breaking love song "Damme Nu Ricciu" or "Pizzica Avvelanta" and "Tammurriata", giving to the record a final overwhelming rhythmic vibe.