Re: Brave Combo

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Ari,

As a Brave Combo fan, perhaps you (or others) can comment on their
following recordings:

"Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah"    It?s Christmas
Rounder 9033(CD)(1991)
and
"Hora Bialik"                            A Night on Earth
Rounder 9029(CD/LP)

Thanks,
Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: Brave Combo


>At 11:32 AM 8/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>I came across another Brave Combo track that I believe is a cover of
>>Israeli music.  On its album, Group Dance Epidemic, Rounder 3719,
>>appears the title ?Mana Vu?.  I'm sure that Robert Cohen can correct
>>the transliteration, but can anyone determine if the number is what
I
>>think it is.
>
>Yes, it is the song "Ma Na'avu". Not the best rendition I have
>heard, I am afraid (which is unusual given that this is the
>Brave Combo), but it is otherwise very much the Israeli folkdance
>chestnut. It seems to have developed something of a rock following.
>I have also heard New Orleans Klezmer Allstars perform this in the
>middle of a set to get people up and dancing--although, it is very
>odd to see people doing this particular dance in the middle of a
>klez-rock-funk concert.
>
>ari
>
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