Music

The Italian Beat – When Italy was covering all of our music

2 years ago

by Michael in Culture, Music, Things that make me scratch my head

TweetI was searching for Italian covers of popular International songs for the fun of it, and I couldn’t believe what I found. In the 60′s and early 70′s there was a huge trend for covers. Some are absolutely fantastic, while others are… well, they should have been left alone. I found [...]

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Cooking & Touring Tuscany, Umbria & Lazio Italy in 2008, a look back

3 years ago

by Michael in Cooking, Culinary, Culture, Festivals, Food, Lazio, Music, Tours, Travel Tips, Tuscany, Umbria, Wine

Tweet7 months, 17 tours, 56 cooking classes, 144 guests and over 35,000 miles of Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio are behind us. That was the 2008 season for us at Culture Discovery. As with last year, after coming back to the US, I have gone into video mode. Here is the first video I have [...]

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Why Italy is not known for modern music

4 years ago

by Michael in Music, Things that make me scratch my head

Tweet You know, there is a really, really good reason that you don’t see any Italian groups on the International rap scene. What could that reason be, you may ask… just click above and remember that Italians make great food and wine, ok? Oh yeah, and promise you will keep watching it at [...]

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The Flag Throwers ( Sbandieratori ) of Soriano nel Cimino

4 years ago

by Michael in Culture, Festivals, Lazio, Music, Tours, Travel Tips, Umbria

TweetThings got quite busy since my last post. We had a wave of guests come to Soriano, and the annual chestnut festival ( Sagra delle Castagne ) began, which really kept me running, camera in hand. The folks in Soriano’s tourism office were kind enough to issue me an all-access press [...]

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The Tuscia in Jazz Festival

4 years ago

by Michael in Culture, Lazio, Music, Travel Tips

TweetFor the first time, Soriano hosted the Tuscia in Jazz Festival. This international festival had been held in nearby Ronciglione for the past five years, but apparently that town had complained about the noise and decided they didn’t want it anymore. The festival promoter, Italo [...]