Have you heard Sicilian folk music? If not, you should. Our guest today, Michela Musolino is an all around talented musician. Her passionate music is rooted in Sicily, from which much of her family immigrated. Although born in America, her Sicilian family life celebrated their family traditions with food, storytelling and music. Within her performances, Michela weaves family, folklore, history and storytelling within the live concerts. Originally she felt her audience might not want to hear so much talking in between songs, but that the addition of cultural stories helped to make the audience feel more connected to her music.
Links
On this page you’ll find
When we spoke about the lullaby I learned from a friend in Naples and how we eventually turned it into a rockabilly sounding song
‘Ninna Nanna di Sant’Anna del ‘700’,
the way songs travel and how a Sicilian song eventually became the basis of a Civil Rights anthem
Track 4, & ‘O Sanctissima’ Track 7
When we spoke about the good luck Fava bean:
On this page, ‘ Chianta la Fava’. Track 2
This is a video from the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival and I am with my band, Rosa Tatuata. We are playing ‘Cummari Nina” the nursery rhyme song about the midwives.
