Re: Klezmatics on Sex...

[walter epstein <sweme...>]

 Congratulations: what this really means is that after Aug. 10, we will never 
get to talk...all the best...walter epstein..(."Benny Bell Is Back")

  
  
----- Original Message -----
From: Lorin Sklamberg
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:32 PM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Klezmatics on Sex...
  
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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