RE: what, no klezmer?

[Lorin Sklamberg <lsklamberg...>]

I would say (from experience) that the fault lies with the person(s) who
books that series.

The Klezmatics concert presence in the Boston area has added up to two shows
at the Newton JCC, one early on at the Middle East (before they opened the
large room), one show at Johnny Dee's and one fairly recent one in the
series you mention here.

That adds up to five local shows in 16 years!

Oh, and we're available!! Anywhere and everywhere.


Mr. Lorin Sklamberg, Sound Archivist
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
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> ----------
> From:         Seth Rogovoy
> Reply To:     jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> Sent:         Tuesday, December 4, 2001 3:09 PM
> To:   World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject:      what, no klezmer?
> 
> I just got a brochure from a wonderful world music series in and around
> Boston and Cambridge, Mass. "World Music Winter Spring 2002." The series
> includes African artists (Baaba Maal, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Kania
> Kouyate), Flamenco, Asian (Shaolin Warriors, Ghazal, Gyoto Monks, Anoushka
> Shankar), Irish (Celtic Fiddle Festival, Mary Black, Altan, Solas, Mary
> BLack), Central/Eastern European (Muzsikas with Marta Sebestyen) , Cape
> Breton (Natalie MacMaster), Armenian (Richard Hagopian), American roots
> (Darol Anger, Michael Doucet, Richard Shindell).
> 
> It even has one concert of Jewish music, featuring  Moroccan
> cantor/vocalist
> Emil Zrihan (APril 25, Somerville Theatre), which is great news. I've
> heard
> wonderful things about him, and it's about time Sephardic music got some
> play.
> 
> What surprises me is that there isn't one single klezmer or Yiddish
> concert
> on this bill.
> 
> Clearly the Klezmatics, Brave Old World, Andy Statman, KCB, Masada, Flying
> Bulgars, or one of the top European groups -- Di Naye Kapelye, say, or
> Cracow Klezmer Ensemble -- or one of the neo-traditional groups, Budowitz
> or
> Khevrisa, or Mikveh, especially Mikveh!, would fit quite nicely into this
> series., promoted by an organization called World Music
> (www.worldmusic.org).
> 
> What does it say or suggest that Yiddish music didn't make the cut? Is it
> merely that the groups I've mentioned aren't doing much or any touring
> this
> winter and spring, or that they're all in-between projects?
> 
> --Seth Rogovoy
> 
> 
> 
> 

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