Sunday Salottu Session, Edition 1: LINGUA BEDDA!

Sunday Salottu Session, Edition 1: LINGUA BEDDA!

The  Sicilian sound system is a unique fusion of global influences rooted in  the ancient pre-roman Sicel, Sicanian and Elymian cultures, grafted to  the sounds of Greek, Arabic, Norman French, Spanish, Catalan, Albanian, Jewish and Italian settlers who used the island as a trading post, refuge and site of conquest.

Stigmatised  and discouraged by the Italian national project, many Sicilian  languages, along with the stories and music that carry them, are listed  as vulnerable or endangered in their place of origin. But the Australian emigre brought these with us and today, we play a vital role in their revival.

Join  Sicilian Arts Collective Australia in celebrating the survival and  revival of Sicilian languages and in recognising the ongoing importance  of sustaining mother tongue languages across Australia.

Featuring poet  & lingua rivivalist, ROSANNA MORALES, the sultry rhythms of  SANACORI and PIPPO DJ (3cr) presenting the best of contemporary Sicilian  roots, folk, electronica.

The Band

Sanacori combines traditional and contemporary musical instrumentation to soulful singing and storytelling to present songs  of love and longing, resistance and rebellion, with passion and  cheekiness, elemental traits of southern Italian attitude and culture. Sanacori are:

Rosa Voto: vocals, tamburello, whistle, dance

Phil Carroll: accordion, ciaramella, flute and nay

Renato Vacirca: drums, percussions , vocals, guitar