laurawetzler/concerts/free cassettes

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Hi! Please post the following tour information for Laura Wetzler. Please 
check out her brand new website at laurawetzler.com (please keep trying-the 
search engines are taking their time) for a list of 23 different concert 
programs, most of which are topics of interest to the Jewish community. 
Mention that you are a subscriber to the Jewish Music list serve and receive 
a free cassette of music when you attend any of Laura's 5 upcoming concerts 
(til 3/14)! Thanks! Maggie Sash, Artist Rep.

"...on fire! a hot, up-beat mix of music from around America and around the 
world...fun, ecstatic explosion of Black and Jewish creativity."
-Three Arrows Community, NY
" The 'Jewels of the Diaspora' concert proves we can honor our ethnic 
identities, our many identities, and create something extraordinary 
together." Educational Alliance, NYC
Laura Wetzler and Janiece Thompson in
?Jewels of the Diaspora: A Concert Celebration of African-American & Jewish 
Song?:
Sat. Feb. 24 SUNY BUFFALO, NY 7:30pm
Wed. Feb. 28 WAGNER COLLEGE, Staten Island, NY 8:30pm
Thurs. Mar.8 UNIVERSITY OF CONN., STORRS, CT 7pm
AND
?an amazingly gifted singer, songwriter and ethnic folklorist.?
David Amram
ASCAP Award Winning Singer-Songwriter Laura Wetzler(solo):
Sat. Mar. 3 ?Kabbalah Music: Songs of the Jewish Mystics?
The Open Center 83 Spring St. NYC 7:30pm Ticket info:(212)219-2527

Laura's voice spins out threads of spiritual yearning across time and place 
in a concert of hauntingly beautiful songs
based on 3800 years of Jewish mystical poetry from communities all over the 
world. These songs, many written by devoted paytanim
were meant to help one ecstatically ascend to the higher chambers and 
connect with the Divine. Kabbalah Music-Songs of the Jewish Mystics  
features traditional and newly composed songs from Morocco, Spain, Greece, 
Uganda, Calcutta, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Israel, Eastern Europe, the U.S. and 
many other lands, sung in Hebrew, Aramaic, English, Yiddish and Ladino.
?dynamic...adventurous?exciting.? National Yiddish Book Center
"Beautiful voice, beautiful concert." Andrew Ingalls,The Jewish Museum
?glorious singing?exciting, up-beat, joyous.? Workman?s Circle NYC
?moving artistry? Ken Meltzer, WQED-NPR
?Laura is one of the very best? Pete Seeger
?{Her music} grabs you and won?t let go?best of all is her voice which 
boasts a colorful, expressive range? Seth Rogovoy, WAMC-NPR
?A rich, resonant voice weaving traditional, ethnic and contemporary 
threads??Richard Fox, WCUW  Airwaves Top 10 The Phoenix
Also:
Wed. Mar. 14 ?Souls on Fire: Music That Fuels Social Change?
The Brecht Forum/Jewish Currents Magazine 122 W. 27th St. NYC 7:30 
info (at) brectforum(dot)com
Please contact venues for ticket info.
Booking, program info and music clips at: laurawetzler.com
ASCAP Award winning singer-songwriter LAURA WETZLER  tours in over
150 concerts and lectures each year, singing World Jewish Roots Music, 
Contemporary American Folk and the great classics of American song.
Her CD, Songwriter?s Notebook, is currently receiving airplay on over 350 
college, public and AAA radio stations around the world. Laura has shared 
stages with such artists as Pete Seeger, Odetta, Richie Havens, The 
Klezmatics, Alicia Svigals, Yale Strom, Eve Sicular and many others. She was 
recently featured soloist at the Israeli Embassy tribute to Issachar Miron 
(composer of ?Tzena, Tzena?).
Songwriter?s Notebook, a collection of original, mostly American songs also 
features "B'makom-In A Place" and "Children Of Abraham" and is available 
from cdbaby.com.and Amazon.com. It is also anthologized on The Best of 
Independent American Music compilation Mp3CD from MusicMatch.





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