Sunday Dec 10th 2017 7:30-9:00pm @ Calvary Center 801 S. 48th St., Phila, PA 19143 - www.michelamusolino.com/rosa-tatuata TICKETS: at the door or in advance $10 - $20 - $30. Love of Sicilian and Southern Italian roots music drives Rosa Tatuata to passionately interpret the traditions and melodies of their ancestors.

For this concert, Michela Musolino and the band bring you seasonal favorites of Sicily. “These aren’t the familiar Christmas songs one would expect to hear, simply being sung in Italian. These ancient carols are exclusively Sicilian, and pre-date many common traditions. Yet somehow they convey the universal spirit of the season without the overt references to fireplaces, reindeers, wreaths, and snow!”, Musolino quipped.

She continued, “Our name, Rosa Tatuata, comes from Tennessee Williams’ beloved play about the happy, raucous collision of immigrant and American cultures in the 1950’s. In performance, we relate that incredible, exciting, commingling to the audience through song and dance. We think our band’s name is quite apropos!”

Research into traditional instruments fuels their compelling presentation. Expect to hear the tammburro (Sicilian frame drum), marranzanu (jaw harp), brogna ( conch shell), friscalettu (reed flute) and zampogna (Italian bagpipes)— rare sounds indeed! The enchanting mix of ballads and dance tunes will take your imagination to sunbathed Southern Italy and the clear, crystal-blue waters surrounding Sicily.

ROSA TATUATA is Michela Musolino, Phil Passantino, Jeff Pannettieri, and Philly’s own- Charlie Rutan. They appear courtesy of Crossroads Music, Samuel S. Fels Fund, Spruce Hill Community Ass’n, Greater Phila Cultural Alliance, PA Council on the Arts, PA Partners in the Arts, and Philadelphia Cultural Fund.

“Imagine the wild soulfulness of Tina Turner and the earthy yet ethereal voice of Neapolitan songstress Teresa De Sio combined, then think even more vibrancy, more urbanity, in songs that somehow also feel impossibly intimate. No wonder Michela Musolino has such a devoted underground following!” – Peter Covino, (Academy of American Poets, U of Rhode Island Faculty)