Last June, while browsing through the latest issue of the London Review of Books, I came across an essay on the life and works of an Italian author, Italo Calvino (1923-85). He was one of Italy’s ...

"This is a tasty filled cookie in a cake-like pastry. The filling is mostly figs, with some nuts and raisins, chocolate and ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- While the Feast of San Gennaro is known for its authentic Italian cuisine, the musical entertainment is also sure to satisfy - your ears, that is. Each day features acts that ...

The tarantella is a lively folk dance and musical style originating in southern Italy's Apulia region, the heel of the Italian geographic boot. Its name derives from the poisonous bite of a local ...

The Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee, Tradizione Vivente -- which performs this weekend at Festa Italiana -- has been performing a wide variety of authentic Italian folk dances across the nation for ...

Pizzica has transcended its Dionysian roots to find its place in the centre of the biggest festival in Italy, and is now performed worldwide – but as with all ancient arts, adapting to modernity ...

This is why an Italian protest folk song is going viral as Iranian women lead protests An Italian protest folk song which gained prominence during World War II as an anthem of resistance against the ...

A nationally celebrated ensemble is bringing new life to traditional Italian folk music — and they’re performing right here in Rochester later this month. Alla Boara, known for blending centuries-old ...

Italian music, culture, food and wine will come to Main Street when Newpoli appears in concert on Friday, May 29, at the former Bloom's Variety Store. The now-vacant building will be transformed into ...

Newpoli, a band Songlines says grabs “southern Italian traditional music by the neck and recasts it in a dramatic style,” will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in the Avalon Theatre’s Stoltz ...

“O Solo Mio” and Andrea Bocelli aren’t the alpha and omega of Italian music. Not by a long shot. Just ask two transplanted Italians who moved to Boston to get a taste of American jazz and wound up ...

Night of the Taranta, an Italian folk music festival akin to Woodstock, celebrates a musical tradition that dates to antiquity. The Folk Music Festival That Started With A Spider Bite The tarantella ...