Happy International Women’s Day!
Welcome back to La Befana’s Table.
Today, I am so excited to share with you my conversation with my dear friend, Michela Musolino.
Michela Musolino, American-born and raised, known for her fiery and passionate interpretations of both traditional and contemporary Sicilian Folk and Roots Music, enchants with a voice that seems to float between the ages.
She grew up in a household where the Sicilian dialect was spoken so the children wouldn't be able to understand the adults' conversations. The sounds of that language were like music to Michela and she fell in love with them.
Listening made her curious, hungry to understand, and determined to join in the conversations. On trips back to Sicily, she'd become enamored of the traditional folk songs and began to collect them, scouring tape bins with her dad trying to find recordings she didn't already have.
In this episode, we are celebrating International Women's Day with Michela who you may remember from our pre-launch episode. And our conversation today focuses on the ways in which we celebrate and care for the women in our midst, and the care that sustains us, individually and collectively. So let's jump right in.
More of what we talked about:
1:19 What are we really celebrating? How are we celebrating the women in our lives.
7:44 What it means to be a woman
13:05 We all have a role to play and your presence is important
19:52 Taking care of a brand new and fully formed human
25:53 Songs and stories of a woman. A song about the sea “The Wives and Fishermen”.
Connect with Michela:
Website: https://www.michelamusolino.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MichelaMusolino
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelamusolino/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michela.musolino.58
Listen to her music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/275QPH57IifD4vl0J76u4A?go=1&sp_cid=b102b9bdf24d8caacd62ad564c1b3eac&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1
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Ep 14. Celebrating and caring for the women in our midst with Michela Musolino (International Women's Day)