Night of the Taranta, an Italian folk music festival akin to Woodstock, celebrates a musical tradition that dates to antiquity. The Folk Music Festival That Started With A Spider Bite The tarantella ...

Today's Beautiful Music is a tantalizing tarantella performed by L'Arpeggiata. The early music group is led by Austrian harpist and orchestra conductor Christina Pluhar. They give this Neapolitan ...

Cellist Denise Djokic has recorded a warm and wonderful CD called Folk Lore. Djokic's music is inspired by folk songs such as Tarantella, an Italian folk dance that inspired Stravinsky. Tom Manoff has ...