Re: Bless the Fire

[Batya <batya_l...>]

Hi!

Following on the really helpful recommendations of top klezmer cd's, what
would you say were the very best buys for somebody building up a Yiddish
song library. Actually, I'm interested in two lists: 1) indispensable
classic Yiddish cd's, and 2) the best Yiddish songs to come out over the
last few years.

Batya

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> In a message dated 12/30/03 2:40:24 PM, meydele (at) adelphia(dot)net writes:
>
> << As Eliezer Kaplan reported last week, copies of Brave Old
> World's recording "Bless the Fire" are now available from
> CD Baby.  I have finally gotten my hands on a copy and
> have had the intense pleasure of listening to it repeatedly.
>
> This is an amazing, heart-filling album. Anyone who is
> interested in New Jewish or Yiddish Music or Jewish
> Roots Music should have a copy of this recording.
> Brave Old World takes us on an extraordinary and deeply
> moving exploration of the Jewish European Diaspora,
> sounding its emotional and musical depths, giving
> intricate and layered voice to its intense longing and
> the profound grace and resonance of the concept of home
> which sustained our ancestors for so many centuries.
>
> This is a masterful album, exquisite and powerful in its
> musicianship, profoundly emotional (it moved me to tears
> in several places on first listening), that bears repeated
> playing.  I continue to find new delights and musical
> intricacies on each repeat listening.  A recording
> of such power demands your full attention (my
> husband was listening so intently the first time he
> heard it, he didn't hear the phone when it rang) and
> rewards that attention amply. You won't be bopping
> to it in the car as you barrel down the freeway - this
> recording fills a different niche. This album brings
> us to a new place in our musical understanding
> of our Jewish/Ashkenaz heritage.
>
> I strongly recommend it for anyone who wants to
> actively engage with our musical and historical
> past in defining and shaping our Jewish present
> and future, as well as anyone seriously interested
> in Jewish music and its roots.
>
> So, am I passionate about this recording?
> Do ya think?  Brave Old World is the group
> that I find most consistently speaks to where
> I am in my exploration of my Jewish identity,
> musically, intellectually and emotionally.  I can't
> help but be partisan.
>
> This is an album that confounds labels. Roots
> music?  Klezmer? Classical/jazz/experimental? Buy it
> and decide for yourself.
>
> Shira Lerner
> Yiddishkayt Los Angeles
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