Alicia Svigals, a violinist, composer, and founding member of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, has been awarded a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Folk/Traditional Arts. Svigals is…
Klezmer music is an instrumental tradition that originated with the Ashkenazi Jews in Central and Eastern Europe. The term Klezmer comes from Yiddish, and is…
A term like “Eastern European music” gets bandied about by many, including me. It’s one of those convenient generalizations used to cover a category that’s…
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 – Apikorsim/Heretics (World Village, 2016) The Klezmatics, the grand masters and innovators of klezmer music continue to charm with their new album, Apikorsim/Heretics.…
“Yiddish culture as it existed in Eastern Europe can never be revived as it was. Luckily, enough of the culture has been preserved in books,…