RE: Isle of Klezbos Review

[Dick Rosenberg <drosenberg...>]

When Eve announced it to the list she did not say that it was closed...

>Thur, 7/13: National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst MA (campus of Hampshire 
>College), 7:45pm   info (413) 256-4900 & www.bikher.org    
>Celebrating the final evening of the NYBC Summer Program in Yiddish 
>Culture... at the lovely outdoor amphitheater if weather permits

Dick

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Kame'a Media [SMTP:media (at) kamea(dot)com]
>Sent:  Thursday, July 13, 2000 9:58 AM
>To:    World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject:       Re: Isle of Klezbos Review
>
>To the List:
>
>I just got off the phone with the Book Center.
>I was told that the concert is closed to the general public, and
>is only for attendees of an elderhostel event now in progress.
>
>Check your facts,  Ari.
>
>Wolf
>
>Ari Davidow wrote:
>
>> Let me second Dick's pleasure and note that the band is playing at
>> the National Yiddish Bookcenter, tonight, so those of you in Western
>> Mass. can catch them. They are a very pleasurable band:
>>
>> National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst MA (campus of Hampshire
>> College), 7:45pm   info (413) 256-4900 & www.bikher.org
>> Celebrating the final evening of the NYBC Summer Program in Yiddish
>> Culture... at the lovely outdoor amphitheater if weather permits
>>
>> ari
>>
>> At 08:51 AM 7/13/00 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Anybody who loves Klezmer, was in Boston last night, and who didn't come
>> >to the Loker Commons Coffee House in the basement of Memorial Hall at
>> >Harvard last night to hear the Isle of Klezbos should be forced to go to
>> >bed without supper, or call their mother every night for two weeks, or
>> >some such punishment. The all-women band known as the Isle of Klezbos,
>> >the radical feminist wing of the Metropolitan Klezmer Band, lit up the
>> >evening with their sterling musicianship. Playing before a too small but
>> >very enthusiastic crowd in the cozy confines of Loker Commons, this
>> >group showed that they know how to both get at the heart of
>> >Klezmer/Yiddish Theatre music and simultaneously wail.
>> >
>> >Consisting of the beguiling Deborah Karpel on vocals, the jovial Pam
>> >Fleming on trumpet and flugelhorn, the introspective Debra Kreisberg on
>> >clarinet and alto sax, the enigmatic Rachel Garniez on accordion, the
>> >rock-steady Catherine Popper on bass and the ebullient Eve Sicular
>> >fronting (and backing) the band and playing drums, the Isle of Klezbos
>> >put on an all too short two sets of very entertaining music. A group
>> >that is not particularly trying to blaze new paths in Klezmer music, but
>> >rather perform the tried and true in a very musical and satisfying
>> >manner, the I of K played the well known Klezmer "standards", like the
>> >tunes of Brandwine, the Epstein Brothers and the Yiddish theatre in a
>> >very heart felt way. All 6 are strong musicians and their music together
>> >is tastefully arranged yet not overly so. Of particular interest to me
>> >is that when Fleming and Kreisberg solo on Yiddish Swing tunes they are
>> >not afraid to let their obvious love for more modern jazz show through.
>> >
>> >Highlights of their performance to this listener were "Yossel, Yossel",
>> >"Mayn Rue Plats" (featuring a haunting flugelhorn solo by Pam Fleming),
>> >"Sheyn Vi Di Levone", "Yiddisher Shmerz" and the Klezmer tune that the
>> >KCB calls "The Epsteins" (even though Eve informed us that the Epstein
>> >Brothers actually had a different tune that they called "The Epsteins"
>> >and that the tune the KCB made famous as "The Epsteins" was actually
>> >called Bulgar in C Minor by the Epstein Brothers).
>> >
>> >They will be performing extensively in New York and New England in the
>> >near future. Make sure that when they come to your neck of the woods you
>> >don't have to be sent to bed without supper.
>> >
>> >Dick Rosenberg
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: SICULAR (at) aol(dot)com [SMTP:SICULAR (at) aol(dot)com]
>> >>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:25 PM
>> >>To:   World music from a Jewish slant
>> >>Subject:      ISLE OF KLEZBOS on the road: New England & Hudson Valley,
>>NY
>> >>
>> >>*ISLE OF KLEZBOS* New England/Hudson Valley, NY Mini-Tour:
>> >>"This all-female powerhouse klezmer sextet combines folk, swing, tango,
>> >>trance, & dance with traditional Yiddish music... These women will make
>>you
>> >>shake your tushies."  -  THE VILLAGE VOICE
>> >>"A super-group" - George Robinson, THE JEWISH WEEK
>> >>Thanks for spreading the word!  See our website for band bio's & CD info
>>...
>> >>
>> >>*Wed, 7/12: Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Memorial Hall, dnstairs
>>@Loker
>> >>Commons Coffeehouse, 8pm  info (617)496-4595
>>www.fas.harvard.edu/~memhall
>> >>Free & open to the public!!
>> >>
>> >>*Thur, 7/13: National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst MA (campus of
>>Hampshire
>> >>College), 7:45pm   info (413) 256-4900 & www.bikher.org
>> >>Celebrating the final evening of the NYBC Summer Program in Yiddish
>> >>Culture... at the lovely outdoor amphitheater if weather permits
>> >>
>> >>*Fri, 7/14: The Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale NY (betw Woodstock
>>&
>> >>New Paltz)  Two sets starting at 9pm ... great vegetarian food; $10 music
>> >>charge
>> >>info (914) 658-9048  & www.hvmusic.com  [Cafe pages]
>> >>
>> >>& looking ahead:   *Thurs, Sept 21: "Mosaic Persuasion" CD release party
>> >>double bill with Metropolitan Klezmer! ... at Makor*
>> >>35 W. 67th St, NYC  *food fare now available from 6pm
>>(Mediterranean/kosher)
>> >>8:30pm Isle of Klezbos, 9:30pm Metropolitan Klezmer  both for $12!
>> >>info (212) 601-1000 & www.makor.org
>> >>
>> >>Pam Fleming:        trumpet & flugelhorn
>> >>Rachelle Garniez:   accordion & harmony vocals
>> >>Deborah Karpel: vocals
>> >>Debra Kreisberg:    clarinet & alto sax
>> >>Catherine Popper:   bass
>> >>Eve Sicular:        drums
>> >>
>> >>Band bio's & info at <www.metropolitanklezmer.com> ... "Mosaic
>>Persuasion"
>> >>CD's available at all shows and via <www.CDBaby.com>, Hear's Music:
>> >>800/501-DISC & many other outlets (e-mail sicular (at) aol(dot)com for 
>> >>details).
>>Hope
>> >>to see you soon!
>> >>
>> >>ISLE OF KLEZBOS
>> >>151 First Avenue #145, NYC  10003  USA     tel: 212/475-4544
>> >>www.metropolitanklezmer.com
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

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