tradition

We Southern migrants to Italy’s industrial north all share the same ritual. We take any opportunity we can to break away from grey polluted skies, the heaviness of the air and the stark furrowed fields populated by crows. Year in...

It will be interesting to observe how this heritage continues to renew itself as the shared stories inevitably warp and older relatives’ memories fade away– but whatever happens, Italian Americans today are certainly willing to keep spinning the fabric and...

Canzoniere, the fourth album the band has made under the leadership of violinist, percussionist, and vocalist Mauro Durante, is a marked departure from their previous work. The album, whose title is Italian for “songbook,” comprises eleven new compositions and one...

La Notte della Taranta 2016, the festival's nineteenth edition, runs from August 8-27 in the Grecia Salentina of the Lecce. Although tarantismo has died out, its music not only has survived but thrives. Last year's edition drew the largest crowds...

Critics of the ruling of the Supreme Court which guaranteed the rights of same-sex marriage remind me of those who oppose the introduction of modern methods in winemaking: in both cases there is a fear that long-lived traditions will be...