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yiddish
Klezmatics bringing a healthy dose of heresy on tour
Jewish Journal
November 22, 2016
Grab your children and your grandparents! A band of Yiddish heretics are zingen their way to Southern California!
Brooks Arthur brings stars’ hearts and humor to ‘Jewish Songbook’ CD
Naomi Pfefferman
June 19, 2008
Music producer Brooks Arthur turns nostalgic with a new CD of classic Jewish music
Arts in L.A Calendar
Jewish Journal
September 14, 2006
\”The California Modernist Portrait\”; \”Vaudeville Extravaganza!\”; \”Five Days of Freedom: Photographs From the 1956 Hungarian Revolution\”; Lucinda Williams and Miller Williams; and other events to see during September
Jewish Music Fills Big Easy
Larry Luxner
April 6, 2006
Think of New Orleans music and you don\’t usually think of Hebrew or Yiddish song. But Hebrew, Yiddish and English tunes filled the ears of nearly 1,000 music lovers last weekend as a variety of acts — ranging from New York pop singer Gershon Veroba to Moldovan crooner Efim Chorny — converged on New Orleans for a two-day benefit concert.
It’s the Swan Song for Hatikvah Music
Kirk Silsbee
December 22, 2005
On a recent afternoon, boxes were scattered around the floor of Hatikvah Music International on Fairfax Avenue. Stacks of CDs, piles of mailing envelopes and piles of boxes to be mailed threatened the barely discernible order of the store. Aside from owner Simon Rutberg and his visitor, the store was empty.
It’s Not Your Zayde’s Klezmer Anymore
Gaby Friedman
May 19, 2005
\”There was level of musical sophistication that goes with the kind of music you can play on the mandolin, and my intention was to start a new acoustic-fusion thing, with an emphasis on string and wind instruments,\” said Eric Stein, who went on to form Beyond the Pale, a klezmer-fusion band.
A Jewish Visit to Guthrie’s Land
Tom Tugend
December 2, 2004
Arlo Guthrie, the son of the legendary folk singer and composer, says that his father\’s mother-in-law, Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, inspired Woody\’s largely unknown lyrics for Chanukah, Holocaust and Jewish children\’s songs.
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