RE: where to find klezmer titles (was RE: Family Portrait)

[Seth Rogovoy <rogovoy...>]

> book, excellent though it is, has a very pronounced American bias. The
> whole of Europe (where, incidentally, the genre was born) is allotted the
> single page 129. We poor European klezmer cousins have a few album titles
> too.

this is absolutely NOT true. "The Essential Klezmer" contains an entire
chapter about the European roots of klezmer. And there are MANY modern
European groups included in the annotated discography. Just off the top of
my head: La'om, Salomon Klezmorim, Aufwind, Bojbriker Klezmorim, Ahava Raba,
Di Gojim, Gojim, Di Naye Kapelye, Budowitz, Kroke, Harry's Freilach, Nunu,
Odessa Express, etc etc etc. Practically every other page in the 80-page
discography has a EUropean group.

I can take valid criticism, but please don't go spreading inaccuracies (if
not outright lies) about the book.  I spent thousands of dollars and
countless hours tracking down recordings by as many groups, European,
American, and otherwise, as I could. ANd I included them all in the book.

Seth Rogovoy
author of "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and
Soul"
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