Re: CD Review: Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda

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You can also find information and order this wonderful CD from our website
in the UK!
Noa
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From: <Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: CD Review: Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda


> the following is George Robinson's review of the "Abayudaya" CD in the
> current issue of The Jewish Week. The response has been terrific, and
deservedly so!
> Orders for this CD place through Dec 1 will receive the special price of
> $14.98 with free shipping within the USA.
> Simon
> Hatikvah Music
> 323) 655-7083
>
>
> "Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda" (Smithsonian
Folkways).
>
> In more than five years of writing this column, I have reviewed Jewish
>
> reggae, Jewish salsa, Jewish punk and who-knows-what-else. This is the
first
>
> (and I suspect the only) time I have ever encountered Jewish Afro-pop.
>
> Unless we are talking about the ill-fated attempt to reroute Zionist
>
> aspirations to the then English colony there, Jews and Uganda don't turn
up
>
> in the same sentence too often. But there is a tribe, called the
Abayudaya,
>
> who have openly embraced a Jewish identity for a century, and this
recording
>
> of their musical traditions is the nicest surprise I can imagine, a
lively,
>
> melodic collection of settings of Jewish texts unlike any other. Ranging
>
> from hand-drum-driven "Hiwumbe Awumba" through a sweetly harmonized
children
>
> 's choir version of "Mi Khamokha," this CD is pure joy from start to
finish.
>
> If you like King Sunny Ade, you'll definitely get this. Available from
>
> Hatikvah Music (www.hatikvahmusic.com or 1-323-655-7083).  Rating: 5
stars.
>
>
>

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