Tarantolati di Tricarico are a group of Lucanian folk music.
The group was founded in 1975 by Antonio Infantino, with early performances in the Rome music club Folkstudio, run by Giancarlo Cesaroni. Their lyrics in Lucanian dialect showcase the Tricarico tradition: the drums, the holy water font and the wine fiasco. Popular and pagan celebrations with the rhythm of the tamburo highlight denunciations against poverty and daily injustices to the peasant population.
Over the course of their career, Tarantolati di Tricarico have participated in national and international festivals such as the De Andrè prize in Rome, Rock Against Racism in Brussels in 1978, WOMEX held in Copenhagen and the Jova Beach Party organized in Praia a Mare and Policoro in 2019. Other performances have been held in Brazil with the Rio Samba School, in Uruguay with Beth Carvalho, in Russia, the United States and Romania.
Some of Tarantolati di Tricarico's songs were featured in the film soundtrack to Mario Monicelli's The Roses of the Desert and to the multimedia piece Magna Grecia: Il mito delle origini by Emir Kusturica.