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July 29, 2008

Youth Masses, Black Skin, and Italian Beat Music

Laura E. Ruberto
I Barrittas singing "Gloria al Signore" (w/commentary)

A look at the Italian youth masses of the 1960s, beat music, and una ragazza from New Orleans.

February 11, 2008

Luciano Chessa’s Musical Inventions

Laura E. Ruberto
Luciano Chessa
From Part Two of "Variazioni su un oggetto di scena" for piano and stuffed animals

Sardinia, San Francisco, the traditional, the avant-garde: everything finds a home in Luciano Chessa's music.

March 1, 2008

Gramsci, Cinema, Photography and Music

Laura E. Ruberto
Casa del Cinema, Villa Borghese, Rome

Listening, watching, and thinking about culture as a political tool.

August 26, 2008

Italian Metal Gets Religion

Laura E. Ruberto
Fratello Metallo

An Italian monk hears Metallica and turns the mystical and divine into heavy metal.

December 24, 2010

Vince Guaraldi--“the sound of Yuletide on these shores”

Laura E. Ruberto
Charles M. Schulz/Vince Guaraldi
Italian version of Charlie Brown's Christmas Album, 1979

Some Italian-American notes about the man behind the music of Charlie Brown’s Christmas.

October 12, 2011

Il Fanciullo del West: Shorty Joe Quartuccio’s Country Western Sound

Laura E. Ruberto
Shorty Joe and his Red Rock Canyon Cowboys - 1947 (Shorty Joe Quartuccio, Bob Simas, & Jim Franchina)

A Few Notes on California’s Sicilian American country music history.

October 12, 2011

Il Fanciullo del West: Shorty Joe Quartuccio’s Country Western Sound

Laura E. Ruberto
Shorty Joe and his Red Rock Canyon Cowboys - 1947 (Shorty Joe Quartuccio, Bob Simas, & Jim Franchina)

A Few Notes on California’s Sicilian American country music history.

March 20, 2013

Italian American Victrola-Spinning

Laura E. Ruberto
Laura E. Ruberto
Italian American Music Store Labels, Found on 78s and Their Sleeves

From a Massachusetts living room to a California garage—collecting and preserving Italian American soundscapes.