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 festival will begin at 4 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Every year in Mahoningtown, a giant mannequin baby doll dances in a circle with fireworks coming off while Italian music plays in the ...

Cellist Denise Djokic has recorded a warm and wonderful CD called Folk Lore. Djokic's music is inspired by folk songs such as Tarantella, an Italian folk dance that inspired Stravinsky. Tom Manoff has ...

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 ...