RE: article on women in klezmer by George Robinson

[Dick Rosenberg <drosenberg...>]

Seth,

You had an "etc." after your list of women-led groups, and I haven't
seen the article, but Klezamir, led by Amy Rose and being 40% women
(how's that for a statistic, actually 2 of 5 :-), should be on the list.

Dick

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Seth [SMTP:rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net]
>Sent:  Tuesday, February 08, 2000 10:37 AM
>To:    World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject:       article on women in klezmer by George Robinson
>
>I don't remember if it was discussed on the list or not, but I just came
>across a wonderful article by music journalist (and listmember) George
>Robinson from the Dec. 15 issue of Jewish Week/Directions called "Sisters in
>Swing," portraying the heightened profile of women in klezmer (with such
>women-led groups and performers like Mikveh, Metropolitan Klezmer, Maxwell
>St., KlezMs., WKB, Pharaoh's Daughter, etc.).
>
>I don't know if it's available on the web, but it's definitely worth seeking
>out.
>
>Seth Rogovoy
>author of "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and
>Soul"
>coming in May from Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
>http://www.algonquin.com/catalog/pagemaker.cgi?1-56512-244-5
>

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