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Classic Album Review: Various Artists | La Musica Della Mafia – Il Canto di Malavita

This collection of traditional Italian Mafia folk ballads is an offer you can refuse.

This came out in 2002 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Here’s something you don’t hear every day: An album of traditional Italian folk ballads about — no fooling — The Mafia. If The Sopranos’ Uncle Junior sang The Traitor or Omerta, this would be cool. But he doesn’t. So it’s an offer you can refuse.