Blog d'Elisson (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
Tiny, displaying her usual effervescence in this shot by the estimable Sissy Willis. It’s Friday, time once again for Blog d’Elisson’s Friday Random Ten, the weekly Shufflement of Selected Songs as spewed out by the iPod d’Elisson. Today’s Random Ten is brought to you by Tiny, one of Sissy Willis ’s sparkle-eyed kitties , who reminds us that Friday Ark #185 is underway at the Modulator . While you’re...
The Matisyahu Videos Website (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
Trumpeter/composer FRANK LONDON is a member of the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester Bowie¹s Brass Fantasy, LaMonte Young, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Jane Siberry, Ben Folds 5, Mark Ribot, Maurice El Medioni and Gal Costa, and is featured on over 100 cds. His [...]
Hellbound Alleee (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
Playlist Ray Brenner & Barry E Blitzer * Problem 1 Alleee 1 Eric Metronome * Hanukkah Girl Ray Brenner & Barry E Blitzer * Problem 2 Pudie Tadow * Get Your Dreidel On Ray Brenner & Barry E Blitzer * Problem 3 Hal Singer * I Saw Hanukkah Harry Beat Up Santa Claus Ray Brenner & Barry E Blitzer * Problem 4 Klezmer Nutcracker * Sugar Plum Shirim Ray Brenner & Barry E Blitzer * Problem 5 Kenny Ellis * ‘Twas...
Hirhurim - Musings (Free subscription) | 12/14/2007
The Forward says the following about the origin of the Mezinke Dance aka Broom Dance ( link ): The mezinke tanz, or krenzel, is a special dance done by Ashkenazi Jews at a wedding to honor parents who have just married off their last child. The krenzel, or crown, is the wreath of flowers traditionally placed on the mother’s head during the dance. The parents sit on chairs in the middle of the dance...
los amigos de durutti (Free subscription) | 12/09/2007
Here we are half-way through the Festival of Lights. As promised, here's this year's Chanukah post. While los amigos has featured Hanukkah hip hop , jazz, and klezmer in the past, we're going all Mickey Katz on the kandles this year. Mickey Katz was a Borscht Belt comedian and superb clarinetist who played with Spike Jones (not Spike Jonze ) in the 1940s. He later broke out on his own, performing Spike...
Pound for Pound (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
Klezmer Conservatory Band, "Khasidm Tant" ( YSI link ) Klezmer Conservatory Band, "A Yingele Fun Polyn" ( YSI link ) Klezmer Conservatory Band, "The Dreydl Song" ( YSI link ) Klezmer Conservatory Band, "Oy Chanukah, Oy Chanukah" ( YSI link ) Klezmer Conservatory Band, " Thank G-d this holiday is eight days long, allows me to maintain my normal few days behind pace while still being relevant. Yeah!...
BobFromBrockley (Free subscription) | 10/19/2007
From Aurgasm comes Yael Naim , a French/Israeli singer-songwriter with a lovely voice, who works with a sparse jazz-ish accompaniment From DJ Durutti comes The Harlem Experiment , who recreate the various textures and rhythms that have made Harlem , and through Harlem made American music itself. Obviously, this includes the sounds of African-American and Latino Harlem, but also less expected sounds,...
Jewschool (Free subscription) | 07/19/2007
From Workmen's Circle HQ comes word of the upcoming Yiddish Fest at Lincoln Center: This Sunday, July 22, at 6pm the world renowned Klezmer Conservatory Band from Boston will perform a FREE concert of Yiddish music at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park, 62nd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam. The concert, which will pay special tribute to CLAIRE [...]
English Webster (Free subscription) | 06/10/2007
While searching for videos of some of my favorite bands and artists last week, I came across this fragment from the DVD/video In the Fiddler's House, in which you can see and hear Itzhak Perlman play together with some of today's best klezmer bands and musicians; Brave New World, the Klezmatics, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Andy Statman. I very much recommend the CDs In the Fiddler's House and Live...
