Italian folk music

Host Anna Harsh speaks with drummer and composer Anthony Taddeo and vocalist Amanda Powell about their band and the unique sound they bring to audiences. They discuss why it's important to study or listen to cultural music as well as offer advice to inspiring artists out there. Alla Boara seeks to bring recognition and new life to Italy's diverse history of regional folk music. Their modern arrangements of  folk lullabies, laments, hymns, and festival songs are variously surprising, playful, mournful, tender, and bewitching. Live performances can also be accompanied alongside projected visual images that reveal a deeper insight to where these songs come from. Alla Boara’s dynamic work aims to inspire audiences of all ethnic heritages to treasure their musical roots and consider historical songs’ contemporary cultural relevance. Vision of drummer and composer Anthony Taddeo (Helen Welch/Hey Mavis), Alla Boara also features vocalist Amanda Powell (Apollo's Fire), guitarist Dan Bruce, trumpeter Tommy Lehman, bassist Ian Kinnamon, and accordionist and keyboardist Clay Colley. Currently finishing their first record, which will be released in fall 2022, Alla Boara has received critical acclaim for its originality and accessibility and was recently featured in La Gazzetta Italiana and predicted to have a bright future by Cleveland Magazine.  Alla Boara also features a robust outreach curriculum that is suitable  for adults and children alike! Band website: https://www.allaboara.com/  Anna's website: www.AllegroDanceCompany.net    Book classes with Anna www.AnnaHarsh.com