"state of klezmer" on klezmershack

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

The article I meant to write at the turn of the secular year is finally done. 
For this year's "State of Klezmer" (suggesting the merest touch of puffery) 
article, see http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/davidow/2002_stateofklez.html 
. The article has to do mostly with the current edges in Jewish music, and with 
changes in how we perceive cultural identity. I see fewer young people who 
define themselves soley as "Jews" or even "Jewish-Americans," I say, but 
rather, I seem to be seeing people who define themselves in a variety of ways 
and contexts, less this or that, more "everything".

If anyone has comments, having read the article (please don't comment on my 
brief summary--I know the summary doesn't do the article justice; I'm not sure 
the article does the subject justice, but that's where I've put my effort.) I'd 
love to see them, and participate in a discussion.

There's also a review of the extraordinary new album put out by the Jewish 
Music Festival Folks, recording oldster, Arkady Gendler, at 
http://www.klezmershack.com/bands/gendler/soroke/gendler.soroke.html and a 
review by Peter Lippman of the recent CD release party celebrating Sandra 
Layman's album, and the new Di Naye Kapelye disk--both among last year's best 
(if you can believe the Klezmershack): 
http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/2002_0126.lippman_layman.html

And, of course, the latest news on the KlezmerShack New service, there to the 
right of the front page (and available to all interested websites).

Enjoy,
ari


Ari Davidow
ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
list owner, jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
the klezmer shack: http://www.klezmershack.com/

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