Klezmer Podcast 109- Jaffa Road

Klezmer Podcast 109- Jaffa Road. This episode features an interview with the members of Jaffa Road, while they were in residence at Kleztival in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We hear the track Avre Los Ojos from the album Where The Light Gets In. We also hear from Aviva on her track Chadesh Yameinu from the album when I arrived you were already there. And we hear the jazz Sax and Vocal of Sundar on I Thought About You from his album What A Dream I Had.
Run time: 37:29

Klezmer Podcast 108- London Klezmer Quartet

Klezmer Podcast 108- London Klezmer Quartet. This episode features a return visit with Ilana Cravitz of London Klezmer Quartet. LKQ have released their second album, Welcome to Butterfield Green N16. The album features both classic klezmer pieces and new works composed by Cravitz and band members Susi Evans and Carol Isaacs. We hear the track Butterfield Green Kolomeyke from the album. Others mentioned in the interview are Henry Sapoznik,  Suzy Klein and Ernie Gruner. Run time: 21:44.

Sandaraa - "Haatera Taiyga" [original]

Sandaraa is a new band from Lahore, Pakistan and Brooklyn, New York. The group is fronted by vocalist Zeb Bangash (Zeb and Haniya) and features Brooklyn musicians Michael Winograd on clarinet, Eylem Basaldi on violin, Patrick Farrell on accordion, Yoshie Fruchter on guitar, Benjy Fox-Rosen on bass and drummer Richie Barshay. Sandaraa explores a vast repertoire of South Asian material (from Balochistan, Afghanistan and beyond,) while blending it with the sounds of Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and more. The group was founded in the fall of 2013, with the help of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, and the MAP fund.

Sandaraa: Zeb Bangash, Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Benjy Fox-Rosen, Richie Barshay

www.sandaraa.com
www.facebook.com/sandaraamusic

Video by Magdalena Hutter (www.magdalenahutter.com)

November 2013 Spotify Playlist

Listen to the November 2013 Klezmer Podcast Spotify Playlist:





Tracks:
And The Angels Sing
Sevivon Sov, Sov, Sov
The Dreidel Song
Ljova: Culai - 5. Funeral Doina (For Culai)
Kinder Haynt Iz Khanike
Happy Joyous Hanuka- Hanukkah
Light One Candle
Klezmerke
Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah
Eight Candles

Kleztival 2013 Photos

Kleztival 2013, a set on Flickr.

Some photos taken at Kleztival 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Jaffa Road Performs At Kleztival Sao Paulo

                                                    Jaffa Road at Kleztival Sao Paulo


Jaffa Road performed at Kleztival Sao Paulo on 29 Sept. 2013. Based in Toronto, Canada, the band performs a blend of Hebrew and Ladino melodies.

Band members:

Aviva Chernick-vocals Aaron Lightstone –oud, guitars, synthesizers Liam Smith-bass Sundar Viswanathan-sax, flutes Jeffrey Wilson-percussion

Kleztival São Paulo 2013 Opening Night

The 4th Kleztival São Paulo got off to a great start this evening with Frank London's "A Night In The Old Marketplace" before a near-capacity audience. This is my first time attending the festival and seeing this show. The work is a fusion of music and storytelling, with the music and singing alternating with the narration. Five outstanding vocalists took to the stage, including The Klezmatics' Lorin Sklamberg. With eleven performers in all, this was quite a production, including projected animations onto a screen on stage. The show will be presented again during the festival, which will run through 3 October. Congratulations to the Kleztival 2013 organizers for putting on such a great event, especially these days, when arts budgets are tight. It is my hope that Kleztival continues to draw enthusiastic support from the Brazilian public, and the São Paulo Jewish Community. Congratulations on such a fine event!