Re: Klezmer Library

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

At 02:57 PM 1/4/2004, you wrote:
>Having recently taken out a copy of Jews With Horns from my shul, I 
>developed a strong affinity to klezmer music. I have heard it most of my 
>life, being jewish and all, but never really given it a second thought. I 
>was wondering where I should start building my klezmer library. Any 
>suggestions would be great.
> 
>

In case he feels modest about it, let me mention Seth Rogovoy's book, "The 
Essential Klezmer", which is a great guide to Klezmer music, and has many 
short reviews and an "essential" list. Several people who contribute to 
this list also write, on- and off-line, and their websites (or, in George 
Robinson's case, the Jewish Week's) website have lots of good articles and 
reviews of what is most recent. My website is at 
http://www.klezmershack.com/ and the page with links to other sites is 
http://www.klezmershack.com/klezlinks.html.

Just listening for new releases is another good source of info. Just within 
the last two weeks, for instance: Brave Old World's new release 
(http://www.cdbaby.com/braveoldworld/ ) and a wonderful new traditional 
album by Freylach Time (featuring the Klezmatics' David Licht on drums) at 
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/freylach . I'll stop there.

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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