Global Notes: New documentary chronicles Neapolitan music scene with connections to mafia

In Naples, Italy, the mafia syndicate known as the Camorra controls neighborhoods, the garbage industry, even the local music scene. They fund musicians dubbed "neomelodics," mostly male artists who sing in the local Neapolitan dialect. While they’re mega-stars at home, neomelodics are virtually unknown in the rest of Italy. A new documentary about the scene debuts today on the...