Re: new reviews of new CDs

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Well, either klezmer, or new Jewish music! Of the three recordings
you mention, two are very much not klezmer, and the Khevrisa album
focuses on a repertoire played by master klezmorim, but at times 
and places different from the dance repertoire we usually associate
with the word.

This explosion of new Jewish music, whether it be a deeper exploration
of the repertoire of klezmorim, or new settings for traditional liturgy 
and readings (the latest Pharaoh's Daughter), or bringing an important 
part of recent history back to life (Ghetto Tango) is one of the wonderful 
aspects of what was once a "klezmer" revival.

But let's not overextend the term "klezmer" to cover all Jewish music.
(If you do, you'll ruin the paper I'm writing on the subject!)

ari

At 11:46 AM 6/8/00 -0400, you wrote:
>The premiere edition of Audition, a new magazine connected to the Bibelot
>chain (an upscale Borders??), includes reviews of the Adrienne Cooper/Zalman
>Mlotek CD, "Ghetto Tango," Khevrisa, and Pharaoh's Daughter CDs.
>
>I think it might be on the web at www.bibelot.com.
>
>Yes, I wrote the reviews, but my point in bringing them to your attention is
>as much to point out how much klezmer is now seen by the outside world on a
>par with "world," "electronica," etc. It's given the same amount of space as
>those and other genres.
>
>Seth Rogovoy
>author of "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and
>Soul"
>newly arrived from Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
>http://www.algonquin.com/catalog/pagemaker.cgi?1-56512-244-5
>"comprehensive and informative....engagingly fresh....especially
>valuable" -- Publisher's Weekly, June 12, 2000
>
>

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