RE: what, no klezmer?

[Seth Rogovoy <rogovoy...>]

this is shande fir de konzert promoters

> 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
> Tel. (212) 294-6169
> Fax (212) 292-1892
> lsklamberg (at) yivo(dot)cjh(dot)org
> http://www.yivoinstitute.org
>
> > ----------
> > 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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