Re: SHIRIM - On the Road July 5-8

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Yes! Shirim is marvelous. You can catch a review of their
last album on my klez pages,
     http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/

Now, when are ya'll coming out to San Francisco?

ari

contrabone (at) aol(dot)com (ContraBone) writes:

>The Shape of Klez to Come: 
>   Shirim will be in the NY region this week on their way to Toronto. Near
>Allegheny, July 5th, they will play the Hickey Tavern at 8pm. On July 6th,
>they will be at the Calumets Arts Cafe in Buffalo. Then , on Friday July
>7th, Shirim performs at the Ashkanaz Festival of Yiddish Music in Toronto-
>a free outdoors concert at 8pm at the harbor. 
>   Shirim is among the new breed of klezmer artists, with strong links to
>the Eastern-European roots, but determined to speak a new voice for
>klezmer music.  Their repertoire includes traditional instrumental and
>vocal music, new arrangements and reinterpretations of older styles, and
>bold new compositions that mark a new territory for klezmer  as a "world
>beat" music. This band will surely rock your socks off!