There is always much work to be done behind-the-scenes to prepare for a show. There are contracts to be negotiated and completed, tax forms to be submitted, endless promotional correspondence; travel and sound checks to be coordinated… Apart from the administrative work, there are hours and hours of rehearsals. I actually enjoy rehearsing, but before I rehearse with the band, I spend endless time rehearsing alone so that the repertoire is ready for the musicians. All of this is done with one goal in…
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Sabbinirica! Welcome! So glad you stopped by. Remember when you were a child how you collected shells as you wandered along the beach? I still do that...and I do the same with songs...Sicilian songs...
So, c'mon, wander along with me...
Gustiamo & La Primavera Vinni III
What could be better than to celebrate with music, dance …and food?
On March 21st the 3rd Annual La Primavera Vinni will take place at the Goddard Riverside’ Bernie Wohl Center in New York City from 7:30-10pm. It’s a festive night to celebrate and welcome spring with Sicilian folk music and dance. This year, every reveler will be entered into a raffle to win the makings of a Sicilian feast! To help celebrate Persephone’s return to the land of the living, Gustiamo has offered a beautiful crate of Sicilian…Read more
On March 21st the 3rd Annual La Primavera Vinni will take place at the Goddard Riverside’ Bernie Wohl Center in New York City from 7:30-10pm. It’s a festive night to celebrate and welcome spring with Sicilian folk music and dance. This year, every reveler will be entered into a raffle to win the makings of a Sicilian feast! To help celebrate Persephone’s return to the land of the living, Gustiamo has offered a beautiful crate of Sicilian…Read more
Reconnecting and the Mazurka Klandestina
Has it really been a year since the last blog post? How's that possible? Ahh, the time-vacuums of social media have also consumed correspondence during the year. The only problem? Social media decides who sees what so lots of messages and stories get buried under an avalanche of current trends. As valuable as social media is for marketing and connecting to fans, I promised myself back in November to connect more to the folks who visit this site and inhabit my email list. Then there was the hurdle…Read more
New CD from Terra Sangue Mare!!!
We did it! Terra Sangue Mare ( Michael Delia, Fabio Turchetti and I) just recorded our first CD and shall launch it in April of this year. At the end of 2015 after a concert tour on the East Coast here in the US and while in the middle of a concert tour abroad, we found ourselves in a recording studio in Prague. Not just any studio; this one had a comfy white sofa and was chosen for that specific reason. Months before, we had tried to record and I kept falling asleep while sitting on a drum throne…
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Autumn is officially here and the season begins for the Sagre. As my friend Karen LaRosa of LaRosa Works just mentioned in her photo-journal, “A Sagra is a festival that celebrates local food products and traditions. In Sicily they are ubiquitous, especially in the fall, when it is harvest time.” Just reading about Sicily and the Sagra got me to thinking…why not throw one?
On October 19th at 7pm at the Music Room in NYC, I’ll be performing with my trio, Terra Sangue Mare. It will be our only…
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On June 26 & 27th, Fabio Turchetti and I had the great honor and pleasure of visiting Germantown, Philadelphia to perform. With stops at the Mermaid Inn and a house concert for friends old and new, Germantown welcomed Sicilian folk and roots music ( and us, too!) with open arms. Before the performances, we stopped in at G-town Radio to chat with Ed Feldman and make some music; we were joined by the G-town communitarian, Rita Sinorita Fierro. Heartfelt thanks go out to the phenomenal Rita Sinorita Fierro…Read more
Una Cantante e Uno Zampognaro
Just had an interview with Sicilian-American journalist, Lilliana Rosano, for La Voce di New York about my work with my friend, Dom Porco!!
Here is the article:
Una Cantante & Uno Zampognaro
Here is the article:
Una Cantante & Uno Zampognaro
Warm thoughts, cold days...
Lately, my mornings have involved shoveling snow, throwing sand, spreading salt and commiserating with the mailman over yet another dire prediction made by the tv-weathermen. I have to wonder: how is it possible that a few short weeks ago, I was in Sicily, where it was unseasonably warm for mid-November? While I was visiting, Michele Termine from TeleRadioSciacca interviewed me at the Casa Planeta in Menfi. Here is the interview which took place in the midst of the installation, Discorsi…Read more
Music in Nature & Discorsi Dendros
If you listen, there is music everywhere. The most beautiful music comes from nature and when I am in Sicily, especially when I am walking among the olive trees in the mountains or through the pines along the ragged seacoast, my soul becomes transfixed, ennobled and ever grateful at the sounds of the melodies and rhythms nature so freely composes.
The nourishing connection to this natural music has been jeopardized not only by the clamor of modern life, but by the ravages of pollution.…
Read moreWhen a song wants to be heard, it will find its way to the world.
Like the wind or like a spirit, a song can be neither touched nor seen, but it can be heard and its presence felt. Sometimes people have asked why I sing the Sicilian songs I do. I always tell them that it’s because these songs want to be heard. It is as if they want to make their presence known.
In April of 2014, Fabio Turchetti came to visit NYC and brought with him a beautiful song, Navigando col Vento del Sud. Written in Italian, it is a wish for happiness for each…
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Christmas Traditions of Sicily & Southern Italy with Rosa Tatuata
Fill up on the Christmas Spirit with an afternoon of Sicilian & Southern Italian Christmas songs and traditions!
Admission is FREE and OPEN to the Public.
Rosa Tatuata Presents: A Christmas EXTRAVAGANZA
Goddard Riverside's Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10024
Celebrate with the Christmas music and traditions of Sicily and Southern Italy! We are playing our favorite Christmas songs from Sicily and Southern Italy ( so you just know we'll be throwing in a strina or two...). There will even be a game of tombola!! Enjoy some light refreshments and welcome the Season and dance and sing with us! This event is sponsored by La RosaWorks Sicily Tours and Travel.
Rosa Tatuata takes our Sicilian Music Party to the Bossa Bistro World Music club!
https://www.facebook.com/events/568927857246995/
Tickets are $10 at the door
Rosa Tatuata's The Solstice Soirée at the Maryland Meadworks
The Maryland Meadworks, 4700 Rhode Island Ave Ste B, Hyattsville, Maryland 20781-2134
It's the Solstice Soirée at the Meadworks as Rosa Tatuata takes the stage and celebrate changing seasons! We'll be playing the music of Sicily on the same instruments the ancients used to welcome the sun, but we'll be adding our own modern twists with new sounds and rhythms! https://www.facebook.com/events/536362060253480/
Italian Holiday Concert with Rosa Tatuata at the Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church, 100 W Washington Street, Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
ITALIAN HOLIDAY CONCERT WITH ROSA TATUATA SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 4PM SHEPHERDSTOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Love of Sicilian and Southern Italian roots music drives Rosa Tatuata to passionately interpret the traditions and melodies of their ancestors.
For this concert, Michela Musolino and the band bring you seasonal favorites of Sicily. “These aren’t the familiar Christmas songs one would expect to hear, simply being sung in Italian. These ancient carols are exclusively Sicilian, and pre-date many common traditions. Yet somehow they convey the universal spirit of the season without the overt references to fireplaces, reindeers, wreaths, and snow!”, Musolino quipped.She continued, “Our name, Rosa Tatuata, comes from Tennessee Williams’ beloved play about the happy, raucous collision of immigrant and American cultures in the 1950’s. In performance, we relate that incredible, exciting, commingling to the audience through song and dance. We think our band’s name is quite apropos!”
Research into traditional instruments fuels their compelling presentation. Expect to hear the tamburo (Sicilian frame drum), marranzanu (jaw harp), brogna ( conch shell), friscalettu (reed flute) and zampogna (Italian bagpipes)— rare sounds indeed! The enchanting mix of ballads and dance tunes will take your imagination to sunbathed Southern Italy and the clear, crystal-blue waters surrounding Sicily. Advance tickets are $20 adults, $18 seniors and $15 members and $10 students. At the door: $25 adults, $22 seniors, $20 members and $10 children/students.
Advance tickets will be available online from Brown Paper Tickets , by mail (send a check to SMaD, PO Box1293, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 with your order), or for full price at the door.