Jewish Music in March at Wash. DC JCC

[GAronoff <GAronoff...>]

Any list participants in the Washington DC area might want to check out a
couple of exciting music programs coming in March at the DCJCC, 16th and Q
Streets, NW, Washington, DC.

Yossi Piamenta on March 11 and Flory Jagoda on March 18, details below.  For
tickets, call Kate Kline (202)518-9414, ext. 247.

Hope to see some of you there.
Gideon Aronoff
Garonoff (at) aol(dot)com


"The Hasidic Hendrix:" Yosi Piamenta
Thursday, March 11
8:00 p.m.
Cecile Goldman Theater
M: $15 / NM: $20

Yosi Piamenta is bringing his superb guitar licks to the DCJCC. Piamenta has
been dubbed everything from the "Hasidic Hendrix" (Village Voice) to "the
Mizrahi Rocker" (Civilization) to "the Sephardic Santana" (New York).


Critics and fans who have stumbled upon Piamenta's many club dates and
television appearances (most recently on The Roseanne Barr Show) have
witnessed the emergence of a new wave of Jewish music- a unique sound bred in
Hasidic communities that embraces secular rock, blues, jazz, funk and beyond.
He is an electric guitarist with few equals who has revolutionized the sound
of Jewish music by bridging the world of heavy rock with the exploding
underground sounds of the Jewish alternative music movement. 
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Flory Jagoda Performs Sephardic Music Preserved by Women
Thursday, March 18, 8:00 p.m.
M: $12 / NM: $16


Flory Jagoda maintains one of Judaism's rarest and richest cultural traditions
through her performance of authentic as well as original compositions of
Sephardic songs. These songs are a lyrical history of the Sephardim, Spanish
Jews who fled Spain's 15th century Inquisition and settled throughout the
Mediterranean. 


In their centuries of exile, Sephardim women maintained their unique culture
with astonishing faithfulness. Their songs paint a detailed picture of their
daily lives, religious observances, memories and longings. Jagoda's music
spans a broad range of styles and moods and blends the themes and sounds of
their adopted countries.


Jagoda grew up in the Sephardic tradition in Sarejevo, Bosnia. Of her entire
family, only she now survives and, with her own children, is intent on
preserving and passing on the traditions of her heritage so that they may not
be lost and tragically forgotten.

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