If you’ve ever seen the elements of a Tarantella band, you will have likely noted a unique guitar as period in Italy. Battente which comes from battere tran...

La lira or lyre the instrument equated with ancient gods and cherubs is also common in a folk music formation, particularly in the tradition of the Calabrese...

Signore Tamburello: Mr. Tambourine Man’s Italian Cousin - As an Italian folk musician, I can’t help but wonder if Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” was inspir...

Juliet may have once argued that a rose is a rose but when it comes to Italian folk music there is in fact a distinction when it comes to the organetto which...