Chava Alberstein: Klezmatics at the Bottom Line

[CJ Walker <louis2louis2000...>]

Here's some related news regarding The Well:

Chava Alberstein will be on the upcoming PBS special
Voices, A Musical Celebration, airing on PBS stations
nationwide, beginning Saturday, November 24th and
continuing through December.

Her new record, Foreign Letters, will be released on
December 11th.

--- Sonja Kalmering <kalmer (at) jmk(dot)su(dot)se> wrote:
> Thanks for the review!
> In what way did they change the lyrics to Shnirele
> Perele? Does 
> anyone know  the origins of the Purim song and/or
> got info on 
> upcoming Klezmatics recordings?
> 
> /Sonja Kalmering
> Representing the (unofficial)
> Stockholm-Klezmatics-fanclub
> 
> >
> >  > ----- Original Message -----
> >>  From: <Mattflight (at) aol(dot)com>
> >>  To: "World music from a Jewish slant"
> <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >>  Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:50 PM
> >>  Subject: Klezmatics at the Bottom Line
> >>
> >>  >     On Saturday Night I saw the Klezmatics at
> the Bottom Line. I went to
> >>  the
> >>  > first set with some friends who live in NYC,
> and sat right up front near
> >>  > Frank. The played the Holly Near song that
> everyone was raving about at
> >>  the
> >>  > Tonic show last month was amazing.
> >>  >     The only thing that surprised me about
> their set is that they didn't
> >>  play
> >>  > any music off The Well. But the change in the
> lyrics to Shnirele Perele
> >>  made
> >>  > it even more special. The Purim song is
> something that you have to
> >>  experience
> >>  > in person, it is presented in a way that only
> the Klezmatics could do it.
> >>  >
> >>  >     Their was one funny note about the Bottom
> Line, one member of the
> >>  party
> >>  > that I was with went up to the bar to get some
> drinks. I had asked her to
> >>  get
> >>  > me a shot of schlivitz, but they responded
> that they don't serve "cute
> >>  > drinks." Is Schlivitz a "cute" drink in
> anyone's book?
> >>  >
> >>  > Matt Temkin
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>
> >
> 
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