The Full Belly Sings, Not the Fancy Shirt: Calabrian Dialect with Peppe Voltarelli

Peppe Voltarelli is a songwriter and actor who travels all around the world singing in Calabrese, the Calabrian dialect. He and Rose Thomas taste a wine from the Cirò DOC. They discuss moving from Cirò to Bologna, and from Nebraska to NYC. They swap sayings, and both Peppe and Rose Thomas perform live songs! Peppe demonstrates how the tarantella rhythm changes from region to region all over the south of Italy, and shows how the spiky--spigoloso--Calabrian dialect is perfect for expressing that you are not joking around. Don't miss this delicious episode.



Peppe's Music:
https://linktr.ee/peppevoltarelli

We were drinking a wine by Sergio Arcuri:https://golden-vines.com/producers/sergio-arcuri/

Read more about Peppe's Tribute to the Italian folk singer Otello Profazio: https://italoamericano.org/peppe-voltarelli-singer/

Learn more about that Sicilian folk tale in the book Peppe mentions by Italo Calvino:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Folktales

This is the Russian songwriter Peppe mentioned, Vladimir Vysotsky

Hear more music by Rose Thomas Bannister: https://rosethomasbannister.bandcamp.com/

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Music composed by Ersilia Prosperi for the band Ou: www.oumusic.bandcamp.com
Audio recorded and edited by Rose Thomas Bannister with assistance from Steve Silverstein. Steve also mixed the live song recordings for this episode.
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