Rocco from the Bronx
From: Adam Allington
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Piece Description
Rocco Migliorelli grew up in an Italian farming family in the Bronx. He and his father sold vegetables out a cart on the street. Later on toward the end of the 1960's Rocco moved his family up the Hudson River to Red Hook, NY. In Red Hook Rocco together with his son Ken continued to grow fruit and vegetables and sell them all over the Hudson Valley and New York City. Rocco's story is the story a new generation of American farmers who take a turn of the century model of agriculture and give it a modern twist.
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Ben Trefny
Posted on January 15, 2006 at 01:34 PM | Permalink
Review of Rocco from the Bronx
Great voice. I'm totally drawn in by that, right from the start, but when music comes in, it felt a little out of place. I dig the tune, but not the placement. That guy's voice is music on its own.
Fun idea for there to have been vegetable farming in the city. This does a nice job of building the scene of receding agrarian land. I could see this playing as an historical piece that gives a look back at how land has been used.
I kind of lose the speaker during one of his tangents. While I'm completely drawn in from the start of the story, I lose the story as the point fades out.
Certainly, beautiful music used, and it's nice that the producer let it go long at the end of the piece.