New CD

[Elrosen <Elrosen...>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Announcing a new CD by Elie Rosenblatt and Pete
Rushefsky entitled Tsimbl un Fidl:  Klezmer Music for
Hammered Dulcimer & Violin.

Elie Rosenblatt & Pete Rushefsky are two of the
leading performers of klezmer music’s next generation.
Their new CD, entitled Tsimbl un Fidl:  Klezmer Music
for Hammered Dulcimer & Violin, is rooted in the
earliest recordings of Jewish klezmer music from the
first decades of the twentieth century.  

Changing musical tastes and recording technology paved
the way for clarinets and jazzy brass bands to
dominate American klezmer music.  However, the pairing
of tsimbl (hammered dulcimer) and fidl (fiddle or
violin) formed the nucleus of the older, folkier
European klezmer style.    

Alternatively mournful and raucous, Rosenblatt &
Rushefsky provide the perfect klezmer soundtrack for
your neighborhood Polish tavern or village dance.    

A Montreal native, Elie Rosenblatt is one of the
finest young klezmer violinists on today’s scene.  He
is a senior at New York’s Yeshiva College and studies
at the Belz School of Jewish Music at Yeshiva
University.  He is a recipient of the Marienhoff
scholarship and has been a scholarship recipient at
the KlezKanada festival for four years. Coming from a
family that is musically inclined, Elie has sung in
many choirs and has been playing violin since he was
eight years old.

Pete Rushefsky is a leading revivalist of the tsimbl,
or Jewish hammered dulcimer.  He has performed across
Upstate New York with the 12 Corners Klezmer Band, the
Klezbeets, the Catskill Klezmorim and Rebecca Kaplan. 
He is the author of a pioneering instructional book on
adapting the American 5-string banjo for klezmer, and
appears on the 12 Corners Klezmer Band album Git Azoy
(It’s Good This Way).  A veteran of KlezKamp and
KlezKanada, Pete was born and raised in Rochester, NY
and now lives in Buffalo.

Contact Information:
Elie Rosenblatt, elrosen (at) aol(dot)com, (514) 487-5456
Pete Rushefsky, prushefsky (at) yahoo(dot)com, (716) 883-5938

The CD Tsimbl un Fidl:  Klezmer Music for Hammered
Dulcimer & Violin may be purchased by sending $15
(price includes worldwide shipping) to:
Pete Rushefsky
218 Lexington Ave.
Buffalo, NY, USA 14222

Review copies are available for media and music
industry representatives-- just contact us with your
name, organization and address.

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