Louisa Lyne & Di Yiddishe Kapelye – A Farblondzhete Blondinke (Maestro Music MMCD004, 2015) Malmö-based vocalist and composer Louisa Lyne has focused most of her…
Nordic Klezmer
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Bavarian Klezmer
Andrea Pancur – Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer (Galileo MC, 2016) Munich singer Andrea Pancur has developed a fascinating new genre called Alpen Klezmer, an unconventional…
Artist Profiles: Frank London
Trumpeter and composer Frank London is a member of the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester…
Nigel Kennedy to Perform Pieces from his Album “My World” at the 22nd Summer Jazz Festival on July 12 in Cracow
One could say both: Poland is lucky to be loved by Nigel Kennedy and Nigel Kennedy is lucky to be loved by Poland. Polish…
Artist Profiles: David Krakauer
Clarinetist David Krakauer has mastered a wide-range of styles, including classical chamber music, Eastern European Klezmer music, the avant-garde, rock, and jazz. He is a…
Artist Profiles: Tomasz Kukurba
Tomasz Kukurba was born in Cracow, Poland in 1969. He started playing the violin in elementary school. At the age of ten he sang in…
Artist Profiles: Kroke
The Yiddish word Kroke means “Cracow”. The group Kroke is strongly linked to Kazimierz, a Jewish settlement that had been an autonomous Jewish town…
Artist Profiles: The Klezmatics
The original members of The Klezmatics, Alicia Svigals (violin), Dave Lindsay (bass) and Rob Chavez (clarinet) met after reading an ad in the Village Voice…
The Klezmatics Back to Roots
The Klezmatics – Apikorsim/Heretics (World Village, 2016) The Klezmatics, the grand masters and innovators of klezmer music continue to charm with their new album, Apikorsim/Heretics.…
Getting Reacquainted With Old Friends and Making New Ones
It’s been more than three decades since my musical tastes went global. In that time I haven’t stopped being amazed at the diversity of music…