Seeking to bring recognition and new life to Italy's diverse history of regional folk music, join us as this exciting ensemble brings their modern interpretations of near-extinct folk songs to the BLU stage! Featuring Anthony Taddeo, Amanda Powell, Dan Bruce, Tommy Lehman, Ian Kinnaman, Clay Colley.
Alla Boara seeks to bring recognition and new life to Italy’s diverse history of regional folk music. Their modern arrangements of near-extinct folk songs are variously surprising, playful, mournful, tender, and bewitching. Alla Boara’s dynamic work aims to inspire audiences of all ethnic heritages to treasure their musical roots and consider historical songs’ contemporary cultural relevance.
“(Alla Boara’s) more modern rendition of Italian folk music has created a new sense of cultural awareness and respect for a tradition passed down from generations of old…”
– New Frontiers
The vision of drummer and composer Anthony Taddeo (Helen Welch/Hey Mavis), Alla Boara also features vocalist Amanda Powell (Apollo’s Fire), guitarist Dan Bruce, trumpeter Tommy Lehman, bassist Ian Kinnaman, and accordionist and keyboardist Clay Colley. Currently finishing their first record, which will be released in 2022, Alla Boara has received critical acclaim for its originality and accessibility and was recently featured in La Gazzetta Italiana, and predicted to have a bright future by Cleveland Magazine.