Saints & Tzadiks: McKeown and Sklamberg, NYC, 6 Jun 2009
Saturday, June 6 at 8pm
SAINTS AND TZADIKS - Songs from the Yiddish and Irish traditions
Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg
with Erik Della Penna, guitar
Barbes
376 Ninth Street (corner Sixth Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
347-422-0248
www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Irish vocalist Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg, lead singer of the Klezmatics (Grammy winners for their work on the band's Wonder Wheel: Lyricsby Woody Guthrie) will present the Brooklyn debut of songs from their forthcoming World Village/Harmonia Mundi cd Saints and Tzadiks.
Note: Sources for the Jewish material were Yiddish Folksongs from the Ruth Rubin Archives (Wayne State Universiy Press, 2007) and Ruth Rubin's field recordings.