Re: Klezmatics on Sex...

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Wow. Very cool. My own review of the latest album is at 
http://www.klezmershack.com/bands/klezmatics/riseup/klezmatics.riseup.html

This could be fun!

ari


At 01:32 PM 7/31/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>Klezmatics to Appear on HBO's Sex and the City on August 10
>
>Klezmer pioneers, The Klezmatics, known for blurring the lines of 
>tradition with a modern sonic aesthetic, will be featured on this season's 
>eighth episode of HBO's Sex and the City. While the details of their 
>appearance have not been disclosed by HBO, suffice it to say that the band 
>performs in a scene with Samantha Jones, played by Kim Cattrall.
>
>"We found out that the program's music supervisor, Dan Lieberstein, is a 
>longtime fan of the band. We're flattered that he sought us out for the 
>part," said lead singer Lorin Sklamberg. "It was great fun... hobnobbing 
>off-camera with Kristin Davis."
>
>Band members were outfitted by costumer designer Patricia Field. "That was 
>fun," Sklamberg continued with a chuckle. "They made us look... East Villagey."
>
>The Klezmatics' latest CD, Rise up! Shteyt Oyf! (Rounder Records), 
>continues the unlikely combination of ancient shtetl party music with an 
>innovative consciousness that could only arise from the experimental and 
>intellectual East Village. On the release, samples from a 1948 Jewish 
>archive combine with avant horn riffs. A homoerotic love song sits beside 
>traditional Hasidic songs. And the CD title comes from a powerful 
>gospel-tinged revision of Holly Near's "I Ain't Afraid" in both Yiddish 
>and English. Not the repertoire of your grandmother, and yet it may be the 
>very bridge connecting us to the past.
>
>The Klezmatics' appearance on Sex on the City airs on August 10, 2003 at 
>9:00 p.m. Eastern on HBO. See local listings for details. Visit the online 
>press kit for audio samples, hi-res JPGs, and info about the band's latest 
>CD. Journalists should contact rock paper scissors to request the CD or 
>schedule interviews.
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