Re: Mentesh disc...

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Chevra,
>
>I listen to an incredibly wide range of differing renditions of the Jewish
>repertoire, and can usually find something to like in many different
>styles. But I just got the disk on Adama of Mentesh Nachmias and felt moved
>to comment. The liner notes say this 85 year old former Yugoslavian is
>singing in Ladino, Macedonian and Spanish, but one would be hard pressed to
>tell, underneath the reverb, synths, rhythm tracks etc. 

Boy, I'm surprised to hear this about the Mentesh disk. My brother is
supposed to be picking up a copy for me in Haifa, based on someone's
posting several months ago to this list:

>From: Yoel Epstein <yoel (at) netvision(dot)net(dot)il>
>To: "World music from a Jewish slant." <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Mentesh Nachmias, Gypsy fiddler from Yaffo
>Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 07:52:04 +0200
>
>For those interested in Israeli ethnic music, there is a new CD released in 
>>Israel of Mentesh Nachmias, 85-year-old Gypsy fiddler from Yaffo.  Mentesh 
>>plays and sings songs in Ladino, Macedonian, and Esperanto, accompanied by 
>his >son Avi and other musicians from the Israeli rock scene.
>Until this record, Mentesh was a musician of strictly local Yaffo renown.  
>>Following the release, Haaretz ran a feature about this remarkable musician, 
>>who came to Palestine more than 60 years ago.
>The record is released in a joint venture by Adama and Hed Artzi.
>Yoel Epstein

ari

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