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April 9, 2006

Festival: Let My People Sing, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 8-16

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"Let My People Sing:" a groundbreaking Passover festival celebrating freedom, Jewish life, art and culture will be in Los Angeles, April 8-16, 2006.

For nine days, Los Angeles will celebrate the glory of Passover. From a Celebrity Seder featuring Danny Glover, Debbie Friedman, Jon Voight and many others to FaithJAM '06, an Interfaith concert of Muslim, Christian and Jewish artists, "Let My People Sing" will bring together tens of thousands of people eager for a unique and inspiring experience. Over ten events city-wide will feature Israeli Super group Hadag Nachash, Rick Recht, Black Jewish Gospel Artist Joshua Nelson, Frank London, Kings of Klezmer and more!

To View our Flash Promo Movie (Turn up the volume!) Click here: Let My People Sing

For further info: Tel: 818-760-1077
Web: www.letmypeoplesing.com/main.html

Klezmeritis, Moorabin, Australia, Apr 9

April 9 Sunday
Klezmeritis
Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin, 2pm
$22/20, Bookings 9556 4440

Klezmeritis, Moorabbin, Australia, Apr 9

April 9 Sunday
Klezmeritis
Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin, 2pm
Bookings 9556 4440

DÜNYA’s Ali Ufki Sacred Music Project, Boston, MA, Apr 9

I am delighted to invite you to DÜNYA’s Ali Ufki Sacred Music Project, an interfaith concert of Psalms and sacred music coming to the Boston Center for the Arts, Cyclorama at 539 Tremont St, Boston on Sunday April 9th at 3pm. Free admission.

This inspirational musical exploration will include 17th c. Psalm Settings in French, Hassidic Nigguns, Turkish Maftirim Songs in Hebrew, Greek Orthodox Hymns, Turkish Sufi Songs and Instrumental Music. For more information about DÜNYA and the Ali Ufki Sacred Music Project read below or visit us on line at www.dunyainc.org.

The concert is co-sponsored by the Faith Quilts Project, which gathers people of diverse faiths to visually express deeply held beliefs through the creation of collaborative quilts. It culminates this April with a Grand Exhibition of over fifty quilts. For more information please visit the Faith Quilts Project on line at www.faithquilts.org.

Through music and spirituality, we celebrate the similarities between our faiths and continue to build bridges of hope, trust and understanding. Please invite your family and friends.

Noam Sender

Slavic Soul Party!, Amherst, MA, Apr 9

Slavic Soul live at BarbesSlavic Soul Party!
Sunday, April 9th, 2006 @ 4pm
workshop/discussion with SSP!
Amherst College Dept. of Music, Friedmann Room
Amherst, MA
1.413.542.2195
www.amherst.edu/%7Emusic/Events.htm#Apr

Fiery Balkan brass, hip-grinding American grooves, and ecstatic anthems both new and old: Slavic Soul Party! is just what it says. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged a virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City—melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds with American jazz and soul—and “developed a reputation for delivering a great time.” (NY Times)

Afro-Semitic Experience, Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NYC, Apr 9

band photoThe Afro-Semitic Experience
Sunday April 9, in concert, 4:00 p.m., Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York. For more info please call 718-592-9700.

Debbie Friedman, Seder for Darfur, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 9

Debbie Friedman will be among the participants at A Seder for Darfur at the UCLA Hillel, 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Tickets are $125, $500, and $1000 and All proceeds benefit the global humanitarian efforts of Jewish World Watch for Darfur, Sudan. For more information call 818-501-1836 or click here

Gerard Edery Ensemble, NYC seder, Apr 9

The Gerard Edery Ensemble will take part in the DownTown Seder in New York City sponsored by Michael Dorf. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit OyHoo.com.

Sway Machinery, Brooklyn, NY, Apr 9

The Sway Machinery
at Zebulon

Special guest DJ Ori Kaplan
Sunday, April 9, 9pm
258 Wythe Ave. (bet. N.3 & Metropolitan) Williamsburg
Subway: L to Bedford
www.zebuloncafeconcert.com
$Free