Klezmer is best known for its wildly exuberant dances, but the genre also has a quiet, more deeply emotional side, equivalent to the melancholy airs of Celtic music. Here the European Jewish folk musicans could fully express the pain, heartache and anguish of ghetto life. Kol Simcha is a Swiss klezmer group of virtuoso jazz [...]
Something For Rockets infuse hypnotic dance-floor beats with lush melody and poignant lyrics. Evocative, intelligent, and stylish, the result is a sound that is both vintage and future, dark and playful, and all anchored by the romantic sentiment of young and hopeless-self-destruction. Something for Rockets (EP) were an American alternative rock band out of Los [...]
There are plenty of iPhone apps out there which let you play different instruments, and some bands like Atomic Tom have even made some great videos of themselves jamming on these instruments. The band Gorillaz is set to release an entire album recorded on the iPad. Getting in on the trend is a couple Israeli musicians, Ilan & [...]
“Paul Brody is a remarkable trumpet player, composer, arranger based in Berlin. …he brought together some of the best players from both the U.S. and Germany to create a new Jewish supergroup. The music combines exciting arrangements, catchy tunes, and compelling solos into another classic of the new Jewish Renaisance… Brody is forging a new [...]
In the Fiddler’s House is a collection of traditional klezmer music performed by the acclaimed violinist Itzhak Perlman. Perlman captures the careening, infectious spirit of klezmer with style and grace, making In the Fiddler’s House an intoxicating listen. Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli-American violin virtuoso, conductor, and master-instructor. He is known for [...]
The Shirim Klezmer Orchestra had been playing traditional Klezmer music in the Boston-area for 14 years when they created Naftule’s Dream as a more adventurous outlet for their improvisations and original compositions. The group has continued to evolve, recording two impressive albums, Search for the Golden Dreydl in 1997 and Smash, Clap! in 1998, on [...]
The great swing revival of the late ’90s introduced the mostly forgotten style to a new legion of fans, as well as reconnecting with others. And while a landslide of swing-themed releases flooded the marketplace, it’s safe to say that there wasn’t a single swing release to incorporate Jewish and Hanukkah themes into its sonic [...]
The Klezmatics take one of the wildest approaches to klezmer, the traditional dance music of the Eastern European Jews. Although their music is heavily influenced by the recordings of Abe Ellstein and Dave Tarras in the 1940s and 1950s, their lyrics comment on a wide variety of political and social issues and have led the [...]
Jon Simon divides his time between composing and performing his works for ensembles and solo piano and serving as a senior executive and consultant to a variety of companies throughout the United States. Jon’s ninth recording, SOAR, released on the Silver Lining Records label, features ten original compositions performed by Mr. Simon and some of [...]
British composer, trumpeter, and multi-instrumentalist Erran Baron Cohen is a member of the world fusion ensemble Zohar as well as the brother of comedian/actor Sacha Baron Cohen. Although he is a classically trained trumpeter, the London-born Cohen grew up with a wide array of influences including klezmer, jazz, hip-hop, rock, and dance music, all of [...]
Shop every store with every product (incl. kosher food, Jewish and Israeli books and more) on the web from your iPhone. TheFind: Where to Shop lets you know which stores carry the products you’re looking for, where those store are located, and the online prices for those products. If you have been driving around looking [...]
Reviews Amazing work by Accentus Ensemble by artists who demonstrate their love and care for this genre. Not a bad piece in this collection. Listen to the wonderfully complex rhythm arrangements of ”Si Verias” and “Sa’dawi, and the infusion of love and longing in “La Serena.” This virtuoso ensemble has connected to the soul of [...]
