Re: article on women in klezmer by George Robinson

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

It's interesting how many women-only bands there are now, as well.

Mikveh is its own special case, but KlezMs, Esther's Klezmer Band in 
Santa Cruz, CA; and Tsatskelehs, in Minneapolis, are all regular simkha
bands that are also all-women.

As for women-led bands, just looking local to Boston, there are Klezamir, 
Klezical Traditional, and, assuming Dena to be the leader, her bostoner
klezmer.

ari

At 10:37 AM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>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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