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Vittoria Pietropaoli, An Appreciation

(29 06 2009) Joseph Sciorra

A contadina performer of musica popolare is a constant companion.

Dean Benedetti, Jazz Ethnographer

(15 05 2009) Joseph Sciorra

Vilified for decades, Dean Benedetti is now lauded as a “true jazz hero.”

Thinking Neapolitan

(14 03 2009) Joseph Sciorra

The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject

LaVeritàLaVerdadTheTruth

(28 02 2009) Joseph Sciorra

Giuseppe Gagliardi’s film La vera leggenda di Tony Vilar is a musical journey tracing the circuitous routes of the Italian diaspora.

An American Folklorist in Italy

(21 02 2009) Joseph Sciorra

Alan Lomax’s stunning photographs from Italy (1954-1955) are published.

The Sound of Italian-American Cultural Philanthropy

(14 09 2008) Joseph Sciorra

What happens when a PBS station targets Italian Americans as donors?

Italian Metal Gets Religion

(26 08 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

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

A Sicilian named George Wallington

(24 08 2008) Joseph Sciorra

Jazz pianist Giacinto Figlia aka George Wallington was at the founding of be-bop. Then he disappeared. Now Anthony Scotto’s resurrects his life and music.

Youth Masses, Black Skin, and Italian Beat Music

(29 07 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

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

“O’ Giglio e Paradiso”: An Italian-American Musical Classic

(09 07 2008) Joseph Sciorra

What the Brooklyn giglio feast and an obscure musician might tell us about Italian-American culture.

Linking the Diaspora Musically

(22 06 2008) Joseph Sciorra

Hip hop is contributing to an expanding Italian diasporic consciousness, one that offers possibilities for an anti-racist politic.

"C'è la luna": Anatomy of an Italian-American "Folk" Song

(14 06 2008) Joseph Sciorra

An Italian-American standard turns out to have a convoluted history that belies the simplistic label “folk song.”

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