Re: Shira u'tfila in the "Forward"

[Joel Bresler <joel.br...>]

Thanks a lot!

If anyone knows more about their music, please chime in.

Best,

Joel

At 10:36 PM 2/5/2003 -0800, Sandra Layman wrote:
>Dear Joel,
>
>Try this:
>http://www.forward.com/issues/2003/03.01.24/news13.html
>
>JANUARY 24, 2003
>LETTER FROM BELGRADE
>A Community Rises Up, And the Young Move Away
>By REBECCA REICH
>
><
>On a busy Saturday morning, the cool, stone synagogue with its bare interior
>walls had a calm, unhurried air, as if - despite a half-century of
>upheaval - tradition hadn't skipped a beat. Just a five-minute walk away,
>waiters were wrestling with café umbrellas and Yugos were zipping past
>Republic Square, leaving clouds of dust behind. But the attention of the two
>dozen mostly middle-aged people who faithfully attend the Sabbath services
>was focused directly ahead. Between the brass candlesticks, 26-year-old
>Stefan Sabljic, the thin, fine-bearded cantor with large round glasses, was
>spinning old Sephardic melodies from the Balkans like a muezzin calling his
>congregation to prayer.
>Playing the cantor is just one of Sabljic's roles. Much of what he knows he
>learned from tapes, he said, as he checked his cell phone for messages
>immediately after the service. Singing in the synagogue keeps him in
>practice for his band, Shira u'Tfila (Song and Prayer), which sets Sephardic
>melodies to Middle Eastern instrumentation. Sabljic would like to make it
>big in Serbia but, with barely 3,300 Jews registered in nine tiny Jewish
>communities, the country doesn't offer much of a market for his music.
>Lately, he has been thinking about bringing his band to America.
> >
>[snip]
>
>
>-- Sandra
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joel Bresler" <joel(dot)br (at) verizon(dot)net>
>To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:09 AM
>Subject: Shira u'tfila in the "Forward"
>
>
> > Chevra:
> >
> > I'm told there was an article recently in the Forward on a Balkan group
> > called Shira U'tfilah (spelling?) If anyone can provide info on the group
> > or the article, I'd be grateful.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >
> >
> > Joel Bresler
> > 250 E. Emerson Rd.
> > Lexington, MA 02420 USA
> >
> > 781-862-4104 (Telephone & FAX)
> > joel(dot)br (at) verizon(dot)net
> >
>



Joel Bresler
250 E. Emerson Rd.
Lexington, MA 02420 USA

781-862-4104 (Telephone & FAX)
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