Fwd: 3 Bands, 2 Continents: Providence, RI Klezmer Party

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

I don't remember if I forwarded this to the list. It's tomorrow (Wed.)
night, in Providence. The club is quite nice. 

ari



>
> KLEZMER PARTY
> GREAT JEWISH MUSIC: ANCIENT TO FUTURE
> (Three Bands from Two Continents)
>
> Klezmer is the soulful and rocking wedding music of the Eastern European Jews.
>
>
> The Party is April 18 at the AS220 (115 Empire St., Providence, RI,
> 401-831-7445 or www.as220.org ).  Only Meshuge Klezmer Band from Italy will
> also be playing in Cambridge, MA on April 17, 10:00pm at The Lizard Lounge. 
> They're playing with Slamhound - a "new drum 'n' bass on the jazzy tip"
> band.  
>
> Great Jewish Music: Ancient to Future will be three bands from two continents
>
> which will range from traditional klezmer music to modern 
> interpretations to all out futuristic blowouts. 
>
> April 18 at the AS220:
>
> 9pm - Shirim Klezmer Orchestra from Boston
> 10pm - Meshuge Klezmer Band from Italy
> 11pm - Naftule's Dream from Boston
>
> Shirim Klezmer Orchestra is one of the top traditional bands in the country,
> well know for their ingenious ecumenical crossover delight, the "Klezmer
> Nutcracker." The band has toured Europe and the United States and was
> featured in December on the Public Radio Holiday special "The Golden Dreydl:
> A Klezmer Nutcracker for Chanukah," with narrator/author Ellen Kushner. They
> recently were featured with the Philadelphia Pops and their music is on the
> soundtrack of Woody Allen s "Deconstructing Harry." The band has four CDs out
> on the Newport Classic and Northeastern labels.
> Mushuge Klezmer Band hails from Verona, Italy and has become know for both
> their rocking traditional grooves and their jazz influenced interpretations
> of the traditional repertiore. The have won the Italian national music award
> "Ma che razza di musica" and have two albums "Dreidl" and "Treyf."
>
> Naftule s Dream has been universally recognized for intense concert
> performances which draw on elements of traditional Jewish klezmer music,
> hardcore rock and free jazz with compositional brilliance and virtuosic
> execution. The "deep emotional resonance" which marks their live performances
> has made them a must-see on the Boston scene and has won them converts on
> their travels, including last fall s Berlin JazzFest (Germany) as well as the
> strongholds of new music in New York and Chicago. They have two CDs on John
> Zorn s Radical Jewish Culture label, Tzadik.



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