Metropolitan Klezmer+Isle of Klezbos CD Release: Thur 9/21@Makor, NYC

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=Mosaic Persuasion= CD Release Party/performance

METROPOLITAN KLEZMER + the all-female ISLE OF KLEZBOS 
at Makor, 35 West 67th St, NYC (now w. full Mediterranean kosher menu & bar)  
Thursday, Sept 21 
8:30pm  Isle of Klezbos
9:30pm  Metropolitan Klezmer  ...both music sets for just $12! 
info/reservations: 212/601-1000 or <www.makor.org>

The bands? sets will be preceded by a *free* 7pm reading & book signing by 
Seth Rogovoy, author of THE ESSENTIAL KLEZMER (Algonquin Books of Chapel 
Hill).

Both music groups' shows will feature material from =Mosaic Persuasion= 
(distributed worldwide by Stern?s Music), a collaborative project traversing 
a rich variety of styles within klezmer's extended tradition.  The bands play 
everything from folk tunes and raucous wedding dances to labor anthem, love 
song, Yiddish tango and swing.  Using a wide array of instruments familiar 
and exotic, they perform their own interpretations of material from vintage 
Yiddish film soundtracks and classic Second Avenue theater, plus klezmer 
pieces rooted in Turkish and Arabic traditions, poetry by Itsik Manger, and 
repertoire of the Hungarian Kalever Rebbe, as well as Yiddish-inspired 
original composition.  The new CD?s title refers both to an arcane term for 
Jewishness (Mosaic as in the Five Books of Moses, persuasion as in belief 
system) and to the eclectic yet unified (mosaic) quality of this cultural 
approach.
    
METROPOLITAN KLEZMER, founded in 1994 by drummer Eve Sicular, brings together 
top players from New York?s downtown and World music scenes whose musical 
backgrounds span sounds from Albanian to Zydeco.  CD reviews below.
    
ISLE OF KLEZBOS was formed in 1998 and became the first klezmer band on 
Michigan Womyn?s Music Festival?s Night Stage.  Members have also played with 
The Indigo Girls, Burning Spear, The Klezmatics, Opera Vindaloo, Rajah Rock, 
Los Mas Valientes and Queen Latifah.  The Village Voice calls them an 
?all-female powerhouse klezmer sextet;? according to The Jewish Week, they 
are ?a super-group...with an offbeat sense of humor and a relaxed sense of 
swing.? 

>From George Robinson, JEWISH WEEK, on =Mosaic Persuasion=:
"A tighter, more unified sound that ever, with leader Eve Sicular booting 
things along from her drum kit.  A band that can handle any tempo and a wide 
range of moods with equal mastery."

>From FOLK ROOTS Mag (England), on =Yiddish For Travelers= [MK's debut disc]:
"subtle but ear-catching arrangements...strands of Greek fire, substance and 
rhythm... tone colours that show a Turkish leaning here reawaken themes that 
over-exposure by others elsewhere had jaded.  Pleasantly inventive."  

For more info, bio's & reviews of both bands, please call 212/475-4544 or see 
<www.metropolitanklezmer.com>

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