greetings from oz

[Bill Parker <renew...>]

I recently subscribed to  jewish-music, and as is my usual habit I do a
"REV" to the listserv to see who is out there.....I appear to be the only
one in Australia!  So here goes with a little intro:

My interest stems from the fact that I paly in a klezmer band on the west
coast of OZ called the "Red Sea Pedestrians" - as far as I can gather we
are one of four bands in this country that play klezmer or modern Israeli
repertoire, the other being

"Klezmania" in Melbourne, "Kloset Klezmer" in Canberra and "Negev" and the
"New Hepkatz" and ourselves in Perth.

As far as commercially available recordings go, Klezmania are the only band
to have produced a CD, although we have done some recording for our
national public radio system - the ABC.

Most of our audiences since formation in 94 have been multicultural, world
music and folk festivals. The Jewish community is fairly small, and when we
have played for Jewish audiences, its mainly the oldies that show up.


Well, I guess I expected some lively discussion here, but silence thus far
on the music front. So let me ask a rhetorical question. How ell do you
think the digeridu fits with klezmer?

Bill

Red Sea Pedestrians
Perth Western Australia.
renew (at) iinet(dot)net(dot)au