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klezmer
Yiddish Art Trio brings a collection of influences to Klezmer outfit
Clarinetist Michael Winograd, accordionist Patrick Farrell and bassist Benjy Fox-Rosen have carved out a unique niche in the larger klezmer shtetl as the Yiddish Art Trio.
MUSIC: ‘That Yemenite Kid’ Diwon makes a mix tape — in Yiddish
Courtesy of Diwon, the artist formerly known as DJ Handler and otherwise known as the executive director of Modular Moods and Shemspeed.com, comes this fresh mix of pop, hip-hop, electronica and . . . Yiddish?
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks for September 13-18: When Ladino met klezmer, Torah Slam, a lawerlyy
JDub throws off the label and opts for change
JDub was never supposed to be just a record label, and as JDub records celebrates its fifth anniversary with a free concert on July 27 downtown at California Plaza, it is more clear than ever that the organization\’s founders have greater ambitions than merely putting out good Jewish CDs
There’s no shame in the Shondes’ melodious yelling
It is no easy feat to yell melodiously, but the Jewish rock quartet, The Shondes, has achieved just that. The screams on their new album, \”The Red Sea,\” sound ancient and somewhat cantorial, piping in from the Old Testament to talk to us about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, misogyny, Bible tales and intimacy.
Master of musical fusion blends klezmer with salsa
Practitioners of world music are constantly exploring ways to fuse disparate musical strains in new and interesting ways. Given all that, it should not be a surprise that there is a new group that combines klezmer with salsa. Odessa/Havana — \”The Explosive Jewish/Cuban Musical Mash-Up\” — a musical project that brings together these two musical traditions in a jazz context will perform at the Skirball Cultural Center at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29.
A Musical Odyssey, Comic Con at the Shrine, Two’s Company, Man Ray
Arts and entertainment briefs.
Good albums drown out naysayers’ dire predictions
All in all, 2006 was a very good year for Jewish music.