Re: Foundation Support for Edge Jewish Music (was schmaltz...)

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

At 01:39 PM 7/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
>While it would be excellent if a superstar could emerge and single handedly 
>carry Jewish music, edge or otherwise, to a broad public, this does not seem 
>likely.  So, Rolling Thunder may have to wait until such a star with a 
>commitment to Jewish music develops.
>
>In the mean time, a smaller scale tour might be possible with foundation help 
>if the right foundations or other donors could be identified around the 
>country.  

The JAM (Jewish Alternative Music) folks, associated with the Knitting Factory, 
have done such a tour, albeit just a couple of venues. Their
publicist (cribbing from the Klezmer Shack) is

Speck, Eric. Press and Radio Promotion, Knitting Factory, Jewish Alternative 
Music (JAM). E-Mail: eric (at) knitingfactory(dot)com(dot) tel: 212-219-3006 
ext 446 fax: 212-219-3401

That might be an interesting place to start. The Knit also hosts a Jewish music 
festival, featuring, primarily, edge artists, each December during the week of 
KlezKamp (aka, the week of that other religion, "commercialism"'s holiday). 

ari


Ari Davidow
ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
list owner, jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
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