NEWPOLI Tour
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Called “…a brilliant outfit,…who grab southern Italian traditional music by the neck and recast it in a dramatic style” by Songlines (UK), Newpoli is a unique group with a powerful sound and a 21st century take on their tradition that is beyond comparison.
With exciting interpretations of traditional and originals that draw deeply from one of the world’s lesser known music traditions, Newpoli is Italy’s next inspiring interpreter of southern Italy’s taranta tradition.
The group stirs up a mesmerizing sound that melds traditional Italian folk music, Greek and Turkish Grooves, Mediterranean and Spanish colors, and a contemporary sensibility they call “Mediterranean Pulse – Ritmi della Terra.”
The group is fronted by singers Carmen Marsico and Angela Rossi, a pair that PopMatters called “…, visual and musical cynosures with their contrasting looks and twining vocal lines.”
In concert you’ll hear the tamburello, played by virtuoso Fabio Pirozzolo, pounding out the heartbeat of Newpoli’s music, the two female singers will start up a wild, frenetic dance and you’ll have a very hard time sitting still! The tempo is high, and the drama and passion can be heard in every note!
AWARDS
2019, 2016, 2014 Nomination for Premio Nazionale Citta’ Di Loano Per La Musica Tradizionale Italiana (Currently being voted on for 2019)
2018 Finalist in USA Songwriting competition for “So’ Emigrant’ “
2017 Grant Recipient Passim Iguana Music Award
2016 Winner Independent Music Awards for “Best World Traditional Album, Nun te Vutà”
2016 Finalist Independent Music Awards for “Parimatch Best World Traditional Song “Bazaar”
2016 Finalist in USA Songwriting competition for “Sciure d’arance”
2008, 2009, 2010 Boston Phoenix Best World Music Nomination
Performance Highlights
AMP Concerts 2020, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM
La Luna e i Calanchi Festival 2019, Aliano, Italy
The Cedar Cultural Center 2019, Minneapolis, MN
Buckman Performing Arts Center 2019, Memphis, TN
Battery Park City Parks, Family Dance 2019, New York, NY
Madison World Music Festival 2019, Madison, WI
Mundial Montreal on the road 2019, New York, NY
PVD Fest 2019 & 2016, Providence (RI)
DROM 2018, 2019 & 2020, New York (NY)
Library of Congress 2018, Washington DC
CRASHfest 2018, Boston (MA)
Flushing Town Hall 2018, New York (NY)
Berklee Performance Center, Boston (MA)
Joe’s Pub 2017, New York (NY)
Chicago Summer Dance 2017, Chicago (IL)
Evanston World Music Festival 2017, Evanston (IL)
Club Passim 2017, Cambridge (MA)
Adriatico Mediterraneo 2016, Ancona, ITALY
Maqam Fest, APAP 2016, New York (NY)
Brooklyn Arts Council Folk Arts Tent 2016, Williamsburg (NY)
OBERON, American Rep 2016, Cambridge, (MA)
Old Town School of Folk Music 2015, Chicago (Il)
Sarah Lawrence College – Reisinger Concert Hall Bronxville (NY)
Hofstra University – J. G. Astman Intl Concert Series, Long Island (NY)
New York University, New York (NY)
Santa Cruz Foundation for the Performing Arts, Patagonia (AZ)
Regattabar, Cambridge (MA)
Stanford University, Stanford (CA)
Berks Jazz Fest, Reading (PA)
Scranton Cultural Center, Scranton (PA)
Northeastern University, Boston (MA)
Wellesley College, Wellesley (MA)
Harvard University, Cambridge (MA)
Appearances on RAI, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
