Re: What is Klezmer ?

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>it may be here sooner than later. While it's unlikely to be a "pop" hit,
>and not quite Klezmer (Yiddish folk/pop is more like it), folksinger June
>Tabor (I use the term "folksinger" loosely -- calling June Tabor a
>"folksinger" is like calling Mother Teresa a social worker) has a new
>album out called "Aleyn" (Green Linnet). While it mostly consists of
>Tabor's versions of traditional folk ballads, the title track is "Di Nakht
>Nor Aleyn Iz Mit Mir," written in New York in 1929 by Aaron Domnits and
>Mikhl Gelbart. Sung by Tabor in Yiddish, it is, to say the least, a very
>unusual cut on a contemporary folk album. 

Well, I was thinking more about pop songs with Jewish roots, 
rather than Yiddish songs transformed, but any excuse to 
give in to temptation and pick up a new June Tabor album
is certainly welcome ;-).

In a similar vein, Toronto violinist Ann Lederman released
an album with songs by many of ethnic groups that make Toronto
the most ethnically eclectic city in the world (at least, according
to the UN). "Not a mark in this world," I believe it was called, 
and it contained an excellent Yiddish labor song whose name 
entirely escapes me--like most of my albums, it is in storage on the
other side of the continent.

ari


Ari Davidow
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