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PLUS: LIVE in the Berkshires—Moonshine Holler and Girl Howdy Newpoli embraces the many influences that create the distinctive sound of Southern Italian folk music; photo by Arguedas Photography As you hear the tamburello pounding out the heartbeat of the music of Newpoli, the two singers start up a wild, frenetic dance, and you'll have a very hard time sitting still. The group carries on a tradition that is so old it’s hard to date, performing music from the south of Italy laced with influences from all of the surrounding Mediterranean cultures. Originals are mixed with exciting arrangements of traditional music, the tempo is high, and the drama and passion in their blood can be heard in every note. "Nun te Vutá," released in May 2015 by Boston-based Southern Italian folk group, Newpoli, Their latest CD, Nun te vutà, features twelve tracks, six originals, six traditionals, and more then a dozen handcrafted indigenous instruments played by eight talented musicians. It’s an album that deals w

Fantastic Negrito Kicks Off Downstreet Art in North Adams, Returning to the Land of His First Life; PLUS: Wishbone Zoe Talks about the Western Mass Music Scene and Being a Woman Rocker Today. JUST IN TIME to celebrate the release of his debut, self-titled album, Oakland-based (but Berkshire-born) Fantastic Negrito lands in downtown North Adams to help launch Downstreet Art 2015! You do NOT want to miss this interview. Fantastic Negrito's June 24, 2015 release, "Fantastic Negrito" is as raw, tender, funny, and honest as you could ever want. I really don't have anything to write about Fantastic Negrito that you can't figure out either from his music, this interview, or the NPR Tiny Desk Concert (he IS the 2015 winner, after all...) embedded below. Enjoy! Wishbone Zoë — "Fossil's Dream" "Fossil's Dream," by Wishbone Zoë, 2015, image courtesy Wishbone Zoë. Album available for purchase through Bandcamp! Sometimes you just KNOW, listening to someone's lyrics, that the back-story is even

Molly Pinto Madigan relates her long (and, in our view, fated) journey from performance, to classical study, to music ethnoelectrogrammaticographacology, back to performance. We're glad she made it. With a voice stolen from the Fae Folk, Molly Pinto Madigan has been enchanting audiences since she was a young teen. Her 2015 release, "Wildwood Bride," does not disappoint; filled with longing and clarity, this ambitious effort confidently treads the divide between delicate and driven. "Wildwood Bride" A stroke of pure luck brought us through the time warp back to 2005 when I was hosting a different podcast and had just discovered the band Jaded Mandolin. While that group has since disbanded, the members are busy with solo projects. Molly Pinto Madigan, the silver-throated leading lady of the erstwhile folk/roots combo, has JUST released a new CD, "Wildwood Bride." Molly invited me to share a track from this collection with you, and I had a tough time deciding between them all. You can listen t

Munk Duane talks with INDIEcent Exposure about Life, Music, and more Life on our first episode I really can't thank Munk enough for his generosity and honesty during our conversation. I can't think of a more ideal guest to kick off this show—his experience, talent, and attitude are all examples of the traits an entrepreneur musician needs to survive and thrive today. Give a listen to the show, and if you have any musician friends who could benefit from Munk's tale, send them our way... Munk, a pioneer of podsafe music, achieves new levels of sophistication, but somehow manages to keep the emotional truths deliciously raw. With a "just-tapped" sense of honesty, "Argue With Gravity" presents listeners with a hard-won wisdom that is matched by an absolute mastery of the craft. Argue With Gravity, by Munk Duane. Click on the album artwork to buy this release through our affiliate link from Amazon.com. Here on the "Will Call," we spin "Where Is My Ever After?" Check out another track from this rele