« Workmen's Circle Chorus still singing out for social justice | Main | Something Klezmer happening in Astoria, Queens »

A weekend with the Klezmatics in London

band photoThis weekend has been little short of a Fantasy Klezmer league for Kleznerds. Who would you most love to jam with? Who is your dream backing band for your version of "Vu bistu geven"? To whose process would you most love to be privy? And, lastly, with whom would you most love to chat Klezmer - style, material and interpretation - over sandwiches and coffee? For today's Klezmorim the answer would be every time The Klezmatics, New York's best loved Klezmer band.

Thus begins Rachel Lasserson's account of a weekend workshop with the Klezmatics in London, first posted to the Jewish-Music mailing list on May 23, 2004. There's more

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)