Pompeo Stillo

Part 1 of a 4-part interview with Pompeo Stillo, recorded at his store, Harrison Radio, 5909 W. Irving Park Rd., Irving Park IL; Stillo's story of coming to America and continuing his musical career here; about the Italian Americans from many regions in Italy who come into his shop; about Stillo’s musical career in the U.S. and Canada; how he bought Harrison Radio; about his success in stocking and selling only Italian music with an emphasis on folk music; about his childhood in Calabria and.growing up with music; making bamboo flutes; the ocarina, a traditional instrument; plays the a tarantella on the ocarina; and a variation, “Carnival in Venice”; about his village and traditional music, and folk dances in Calabria; the cantastoria; Stillo sings a cantastoria and translates a funny and slightly bawdy story; Stillo plays a mouth harp (sometimes called a Jew’s harp); customer enters the shop; about regional dialects in Italy; Stillo sings a song; about the destruction of Calabria by tourism; Stillo’s love of folk music, as the true expression of the folk.
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