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# ▷S1E7 Wine Makes Blood: Sicilian-American Folksinger Michela Musolino
- URL: https://www.mododibere.com/podcasts/en/s1e7-michela-musolino/
- Published: 2023-04-12T13:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-26T03:14:32.000Z
- Description: She learned Sicilian so she could know what the grownups were laughing about.
- Author: Podcast
- Tags: English Podcast, #no-paywall, Season 1, #Migrated-1786647123788, #sqs, #Import 2026-08-13 18:52, Italy, Sicilia, #sicily, Siciliano, #Sicilian, New Jersey, Music, Folklore, Michela Musolino, Local Languages

[Ascolta in italiano / Listen in Italian](https://www.mododibere.com/podcasts/it/s1e7-michela-musolino-2/)  
  
As a drummer, storyteller, singer and culture-keeper, Michela Musolino is heir to *sacerdotesse,* the Sicilian priestesses depicted on ancient vessels leading the party with their jingle-bedazzled drums. As a Sicilian-American child in New Jersey, Michela couldn't stand not understanding what all the grown-ups were laughing about. She made the study of Sicilian language and culture her life's work even before she started to sing. Michela shares her deep experience with Sicilian folk instruments, Italian poetry, the history of wine as medicine, and a sweet vision of every pre-commercialization Italian farmer who made—and still makes—wine for "family consumption." 

Download Michela's records and check out her tour schedule at her site: [www.michelamusolino.com](https://www.michelamusolino.com/?ref=mododibere.com)  
  
[Gutturnio](https://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-gutturnio?ref=mododibere.com) was recognized as a separate wine denomination (DOC) in Emilia Romagna in 2010\. Michela reports they drink wine out of a bowl.  
  
Another Sicilian band that Michela has worked with, [I Beddi](https://italychronicles.com/i-beddi-folk-music-from-sicily/?ref=mododibere.com)  
Here is [an interesting paper](https://iris.unipa.it/handle/10447/332152?ref=mododibere.com) about the high proportion of women included in Alberto Favara's "Corpus Favara," the ethnomusicological document of 1,090 Sicilian folk songs that Favara documented at the turn of the 20th century.

Theme music composed by Ersilia Prosperi for the band Ou: [www.oumusic.bandcamp.com](http://www.oumusic.bandcamp.com/?ref=mododibere.com)  
Buy their newest album: [folderolrecords.bandcamp.com](https://folderolrecords.bandcamp.com/?ref=mododibere.com)

Produced, recorded and edited by Rose Thomas Bannister  
Audio assistance by [Steve Silverstein](https://www.instagram.com/steveco.worldwide/?ref=mododibere.com)

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