CANZONIERE GRECANICO SALENTINO- Performing North American Tour 9/15-10/6/2011

Leading Italian Musical Group
CANZONIERE GRECANICO SALENTINO
bring the power of Taranta to North America for the first time
11 city debut concert tour of the US and Canada announced for September 15 – October 6, 2011

Italy’s fascinating dichotomy of tradition and modernity come together in the music of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. ( http://www.canzonieregrecanicosalentino.net/ )

Hailing from the Puglia region, the seven piece band and dancer are the leading exponents in a new wave of young performers re-inventing Southern Italy’s Pizzica Taranta musical and dance traditions for today’s global audience. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino’s North American tour brings the concert experience of The Notte Della Taranta festival to US and Canadian populations for the first time.

This music is so meaningful to me, I basically grew up listening to this in my house. Every time we would go to Italy, we ended up going to festivals where these types of musical groups played this one of a kind music. It's true it's a genre of music that has become a lost tradition. When we do see the bands play my mother, father and aunts would join in with other people in the groups and start dancing, and playing the tambourines. I may be a modern Italian American in the tri-state area but I am a true Calabrese with hard core traditions. Thank God..

Not to mention, they still blast this music at home occasionally and in the car. I'm so excited for this unknown genre here in the states to have a chance at being exposed to Italian Americans. It truly is history.

Here is list of concert dates:

Thu, 09/15/11 New York, NY New York Gypsy Festival
http://www.nygypsyfest.com/

Fri, 09/16/11 Madison, WI Madison World Music Festival
http://www.uniontheater.wisc.edu/worldmusicfest/

Sun, 09/18/11 Chicago, IL Chicago World Music Festival
Mon, 09/19/11 Chicago, IL Chicago World Music Festival
http://worldmusicfestivalchicago.org/

Wed, 09/21/11 Cedar Rapids, IA Landfall 2011
http://legionarts.org/

Thu, 09/22/11 St. Louis, MO Washington University
http://rll.wustl.edu/italian

Fri, 09/23/11 Bloomington, IN Lotus World Music & Arts Festival
Sat, 09/24/11 Bloomington, IN Lotus World Music & Arts Festival
http://lotusfest.org/

Sun, 09/25/11 Boston, MA Club Passim (Cambridge)
http://www.clubpassim.org/

Wed, 09/28/11 Toronto, ON Small World Music Festival
http://www.smallworldmusic.com/

Fri, 09/30/11 Montreal, PQ Maison de la Culture Frontenac
http://www.accesculture.com/emplacement/maisondelaculturefrontenac

Sat, 10/01/11 Montreal, PQ Maison de la Culture Ahunstic
http://mcahuntsic.com/

Sun, 10/02/11 Montreal, PQ Maison de la Culture Rivieres des Prairies (Cégep Marie-Victorin Salle Désilets)
http://salledesilets.collegemv.qc.ca/accueil/index.shtml

Wed, 10/05/11 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=4047

Thu, 10/06/11 Washington, DC National Geographic
http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/

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