Winter Opera St. Louis has created a coloring and activity book (“Operatoons”) to introduce opera to children.  It includes highlights of past operas, word searches, mazes, connect-the-dots activities, and an introduction…

On Wed., Sept. 9 (8 p.m.), legendary jazz guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter John Pizzarelli will present “A Centennial Celebration of Nat King Cole” at the Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington…

(Popular Song - 1848) Popular singing is an artistic form that is lost in the mists of time. Popular singing was born with human civilization. The first popular songs are…

I have reported the web site https://www.stlouisitalians.com/ for abuse and defaming Italan-Americans in St. Louis.  I hope that this site will be taken down soon.  This organization has be found…

Many common expressions in popular parlance have deep historical origins. Going to discover them is part of the work of those who, like me, in the form of concert lessons,…

Sciur Padrun It is thanks to our grandmothers, great and great grandmothers that the world began to raise its head and to claim rights at work. To these women, silent…

L Camerè porta mezz liter: On our journey through the popular song, where stories and traditions are told, we cannot avoid, very often, talking about Inn songs. So here is…

Milano or Vienna: Milano!!!! We often hear that the Milanese cutlet comes from Austria and that its real name is Wiener Schnitzel.  It is evident that there is still a…

Bel Paese This cheese that carousels has accompanied the childhood of many of us who have spent sixty years of age was born from an original recipe by Egidio Galbani.…

La Bella la và al fosso The beauty goes to the ditch The first time I heard this song, it was in the early 70s of the twentieth century and…