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New CD reviews by Günther Schöller: "Trumpets for Di Fidl-Kapelye" and Eastern European brass klezmer field recordings

well, it's different, and seems to include a closeup of some tsimbl stringsGünther Schöller, who also reviewed the first Fidl-Kaplye / Live CD for the KlezmerShack is back with a review of their excellent new recording, this time with trumpets!—Trumpets for Di Fidl-Kapelye. Our favorite Dutch all-woman klezmer band is still in excellent form.

this is not an interesting cover or interesting typeSchöller also catches us up with some excellent European klezmer field recordings, undertaken by thnomusicologist Isaak Loberan—originally from Moldova, now living in Austria. Read all about them in his review of Frelik, Sher un Khusidl … Brass bands from Podolia, Klezmer and other Jewish Music