The list of Klez reviews
If you are new to klez and want recommendations, don't write me--wander through the reviews and see what sounds interesting. Join the jewish-music mailing list and ask the assembled participants what they like. (On the other hand, if there is a band that I haven't reviewed, and it sounds like my kind of band, do write. And if your local music store can't or won't stock the albums you're looking for, write the bands directly, or consider the online ordering sources.
The latest reviews
Ari's Top Ten or so
Klezmer (broadly defined)
Pre-klez revival (re-masters and re-issues)
New Jewish Music, whatever that is
Rap, hip hop, dance, trance
Klez-jazz, avant garde klez, and modern classical
Jewish, with lots of attitude
Yiddish vocals - folk, theatre, artsong
Sephardic, Ladino, Mizrakhi
Nigunim, Cantorial, prayers, sacred music
Israeli popular music
Especially for kids
Not klez, but you'll like it!
Compilation albums
To increase the odds that you will find the album you are looking for, some albums are listed in more than one category. Categories tend to be interpreted by me, broadly.
The latest reviewsHere's what's new. Or new to me. Enjoy!
- Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell / Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell / נעם מיין ווארט (Take my words), 2022
- Zoë Aqua / In Vald Arayn (Into the forest), 2022 (review 26-Nov-2023)
- Sarah Aroeste / Hanuká!, 2021 (review 25-Nov-2023)
- Eden MacAdams-Somer & Hankus Netsky / Give me back my heart, 2022 (review 24-Nov-2023)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / A great miracle, 2021 (review 18-Nov-2023)
- Levyosn / Levyosn's Lullaby, 2023 (review 18-Nov-2023)
- Breslov Bar Band / Holy Chutzpah, 2022 (review 25-Sep-2022)
- CCX - Cross-Cultural X-permidment / The Vanguard, 2021 (review 25-Sep-2022)
- Anakronic Electro Orkestra / Noise in Sepher, 2021 (review 11-Sep-2022)
- Glenn Dickson / Wider than the sky, 2022 (review 11-Sep-2022)
- Yoni Avi Battat / Fragments, 2022 (review 10-Sep-2022)
- Lily Henley / Oras Dezaoradas, 2022 (review 10-Sep-2022)
- Nefesh Mountain / Songs of the Sparrows, 2021 (review 5-Sep-2022)
- Jaffa Road / Until When, 2021 (review 5-Sep-2022)
- Mamaliga / Dos Gildn Bletl (the Golden Leaf), 2021 (review 4-Sep-2022)
- Christian Dawid / Christian plays Jewish, 2021 (reviewed 1-Jan-2022)
- Forshpil / Tsvey , 2020 (reviewed 1-Jan-2022)
- Ezekiel's Wheels / די פאָדעם The Thread , 2019 (reviewed 1-Jan-2022)
- Zach Mayer / Zamru, 2021 (reviewed 27-Dec-2021)
- Frank London / Ghetto Songs, 2021 (reviewed 24-Dec-2021)
- Andy Statman / Monroe Bus, 2019 (reviewed 23-Dec-2021)
- Michael Winograd / Kosher Style, 2019 (reviewed 20-Dec-2021)
- Abraham, Inc / Together we stand, 2019 (reviewed 18-Dec-2021)
- Tzimmes / The road never travelled, 2021 (reviewed 8-Sep-2021)
- Frank London + Jon Madof / Kol Nidre, 2020 (review 9/6/21)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / Kol Nidre, 2016 (review 9/6/21)
- Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma / The triumph of Assimilation, 2021 (review 8/29/21) li>
The Klez top ten (more or less) -- Ari's Choice—
Old and new stuff I'm listening to now. I have made no attempt to assign priority. If there aren't any links, I'm reviewing the album and it's noted here just to let you know it's out, and how it's fitting in so far.). Last updates Sep 2022.
- Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment / The Building (and other songs) (2023)
- Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell / Nem mayn vort (2022)
- Zoë Aqua / In Vald Arayn (Into the forest), 2022 (review 26-Nov-2023)
- Eden MacAdams-Somer & Hankus Netsky / Give me back my heart, 2022 (review 24-Nov-2023)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / A great miracle, 2021 (review 18-Nov-2023)
- Levyosn / Levyosn's Lullaby, 2023 (review 18-Nov-2023)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / A great miracle
- Mamaliga / Dos Gildn Bletl (the Golden Leaf), 2021 (review 4-Sep-2022)
- Fran and Flora / Unfurl
- Yoni Avi Battat / Fragments, 2022 (review 10-Sep-2022)
- Lily Henley / Oras Dezaoradas, 2022 (review 10-Sep-2022)
- Jaffa Road / Until When, 2021 (review 5-Sep-2022) <
Klezmer, or close-by
- Alexandria Kleztet / Delusions of Klezmer, 2002 (reviewed 2/25/03)
- The Alexandria Kleztet / Y2Klezmer, 1999, (reviewed 6/12/00)
- Amsterdam Klezmer Band / Limonchiki, 2001 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- Aufwind / Awek di junge jorn, 1996 (reviewed 1/1/98)
- Aufwind / Inejnem, 2002 (review 6/8/03)
- Austin Klezmorim East of Odessa, 1994 (reviewed 7/3/95)
- Bagg St. Klezmer Band / Go Meshuggah!, 1995 (reviewed 6/29/96)
- Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar / Branch from the Tree, 2006 (previewed 12/2/06)
- Moshe Berlin / Maz'l Tov, 2002 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Moshe Berlin & Sulam / Klezmer Music from Tel Aviv, 1992 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Moussa Berlin, Yakhad (in unison, music of Shlomo Carlebach), ? (capsule, 11/11/01) The Klezmer Moshe Berlin / Jewish Soul Music, 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- Musa Berlin / Aneinu b'yom karanu (Answer us on the day we call), 2001 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Musa Berlin / L'olam Loh Eshkach (I will never forget) - the music of Shlomo Carlebach, (reviewed 5/2/04)
- Beyond the Pale / Routes, 2001 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Beyond the Pale / Consensus 2004
- Beyond the Pale / Ruckus, 2017 (reviewed 4-Jul-2018)
- Markus Bishko & Alaska Klezmer Band, 1996 (reviewed 7/12/97)
- Bivolița / Live at USNH , 2014 (capsule review 23-Nov-2014)
- di bostoner klezmer / nakhes fun klezmer, 2004 (reviewed 3/18/2005)
- Brandeis-Bardin International Klezmer Ensemble, 1995 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Naftule Brandwein / King of klezmer clarinet (reissue, 1996) (rev. 1/19/97)
- Brave Old World / Klezmer Music, 1990 (reviewed 7/12/97)
- Brave Old World / Beyond the Pale, 1992 (reviewed 6/28/95)
- Brave Old World / Royte Pomarantsn (Blood Oranges, 1997 (reviewed 5/14/98)
- Brave Old World / Royte Pomarantsn (Blood Oranges, 1997 (reviewed by Dave Dalle, 1/11/98)
- Brave Old World / Bless the Fire, 2003 (reviewed 4/10/04)
- Brave Old World, et al / Metropolis Shanghai: Showboat to China, 2005 (reviewed 6/4/06)
- Brave Old World / Song of the Lodz Ghetto, 2005 (reviewed 1/20/08)
- Brave Old World / Live (DVD), 2006 (reviewed 11/15/06)
- Fishel Bresler / In Vald, 2017 (reviewed 15-Apr-2018)
- Emil Bruh / Klezmer Violinist and Instrumental Ensemble, (capsule review, 1986)
- Budapest Klezmer Band / (eponymous) (capsule review, 6/92)
- Budowitz / Mother Tongue, 1997 (reviewed 3/13/97)
- Budowitz / Wedding without a bride, 2000 (capsule, 5/30/00)
- Budowitz / Budowitz Live, 2006, reviewed 8/29/07 by Ari; reviewed 7/31/07 by Keith Wolzinger
- Don Byron / plays the music of Mickey Katz (reviewed 7/8/95)
- Casco Bay Tummlers / Klezmer Music, 1997 (reviewed 1/24/98)
- Casco Bay Tummlers / Jumpin' Jewpiter!, 2000 (capsule, 2 Dec 2000)
- Cayuga Klezmer Revival / Klezmology (rev. 5/27/96)
- Charm City Klezmer, 1999, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Chicago Klezmer Ensemble / 1989 (reviewed 5/25/97)
- Chicago Klezmer Ensemble / Early Recordings, 1987 - 1989, 1989; CD release 2001 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Chicago Klezmer Ensemble / Sweet Home Bukovina, 1998 (reviewed 5/30/98)
- Cincinnati Klezmer Project / Klezmer's Greatest Hits, 1999 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- Closet Klezmer, 1998 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Mike Curtis Klezmer Quartet / Street Song, 1997 (reviewed 11/10/97)
- Stewart Curtis' Klezmer Groove / Too Loud for Dinner, 1995 (reviewed 5/4/96).
- Stewart Curtis' K-Groove / Smoked Salmon Salsa, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Christian Dawid / Christian plays Jewish, 2021 (reviewed 1-Jan-2022)
- Dire Gelt / Heart will carry on, (capsule review, 1986)
- Doina Klezmer, Sorja Tanz, 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- Dresder & Mayer / Sruli and Lisa's Klezmer Dance party, 2002 (reviewed 3/23/03)
- Duo Controverso / Gedanken, 2002 (reviewed 5/7/03)
- Ellis Island Old World Folk Band / Mostly Klezmer, (capsule review, 1986)
- The Epstein Brothers Orchestra / Klezmer Music II, 1996 (reviewed 7/19/97)
- Epstein Brothers / Volumes III - IV, 1997 (reviewed 11/1/96)
- The Epstein Brothers Orchestra / Kings of Freylekh Land (reviewed 10/1/96)
- see also Joel Rubin with the Epstein Brothers Orchestra / Zeydes un Eyniklekh
- Ezekiel's Wheels / Transported, 2014 (review 18-Oct-2014)
- Ezekiel's Wheels / די פאָדעם The Thread , 2019 (reviewed 1-Jan-2022)
- Fialke / A grus fun der alter heym, 2003 (reviewed 8/10/03)
- Trumpets for Di Fidl-Kapelye, 2006 (reviewed 1/14/2007 by by Günther Schöller)
- Di Fidl-Kapelye / Live in Amsterdam, 2004 (reviewed 4/13/2005 by Günther Schöller)
- Finjan / Crossing Selkirk Avenue (reviewed 11/23/95)
- Finjan / Dance on Water, 2000 (reviewed 5/28/00)
- Den Flygande Bokrullen / (eponymous), 1996 (reviewed 5/18/97)
- Den Flygande Bokrullen / Tarrschwein, 2002 (review 6/8/03)
- Den Flygande Bokrullen / Shuff 2007, reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 11-Oct-2007
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / (eponymous) (reviewed 7/8/95)
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Agada (reviewed 5/11/96)
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Fire, 1997 (reviewed 2/23/96)
- Flying Bulgars Tsirkus, 1999, (reviewed 6/10/00)
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Sweet Return, 2003 (review 6/6/03)
- Forshpil 2012 (review 27-Sep-2014)
- Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band The Flower of Berezin, 1998 (reviewed, 8/7/99)
- Freilachmakers / Klezmer at the confluence , 2010 (capsule review 1 Dec-2014)
- Freylach Time! / The Klezmer Dance Band, 2003 (reviewed 2 Feb 04)
- Full Metal Klezmer / (eponymous), 2000 (capsule 3/13/00)
- Geduldig un Thimann / A Haymish Groove (reviewed 2/19/97)
- Di Gojim / Grine Medine, 1991 (reviewed 5/4/96).
- Di Gojim / Noch a Sjoh, 1993 (reviewed 2/19/97)
- Di Gojim / Fun sjtetl un sjtets, 1996 (reviewed 12/21/96)
- Di Gojim / Oostenwind, 2000 (review 30 Jan '05)
- Di Gojim / "Ergens..." (Somewhere), 2001 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Golden State Klezmers / Freilach Time!, 1998 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- German Goldenshteyn / In the Tradition, 2006 (reviewed 8/24/06)
- Adrianne Greenbaum / FleytMuzik, 2002 (reviewed 2/22/03)
- Steven Greenman / Stempenyu's Neshome, 2010 (reviewed 24 Sep 2011)
- Steven Greenman / Stempenyu's Dream 2004 (review 11/22/04)
- Di Grine Kuzine / Feribot, 2001 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Gypsy Jive Band / Dance Me, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Hester Street Troupe / On Second Avenue, 2001 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Joshua Horowitz & Joel Rubin / Bessarabian Symphony, 1993
- Hot Latkes Klezmer Band: Eine Kleine Klezmermuzik, 1998, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Huljet / ... a kind of klezmer!!!, 1999 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Huljet / Meschugge, 2004 (review 19 Dec 2004)
- Hu Tsa Tsa / Well-Tempered Klezmorim 2004 (review 11/22/04)
- Ichka / Podorozh, 2014 (review 12-Oct-2014)
- Into the Freylakh, 2003 (reviewed 8/10/03)
- Greetings from ... Isle of Klezbos, 2003 (review 30 Jan '05)
- Isle of Klezbos / Live from Brooklyn, 2014 (capsule review 1-Dec-2014)
- Jontef / Klezmer music & Yiddish songs (reviewed 7/4/95)
- Kabalas / Martinis and Bagels, 1995 (reviewed 3/17/96)
- The Kabalas / The Eye of Zohar, 1997 (reviewed 12/4/97)
- Kapelye / On the Air (revised 7/8/95)
- Kapelye / Future and Past, Levine & His Flying Machine (revised. 7/8/95)
- Kapelye / Chicken (rev. 7/8/95)
- Mickey Katz / Simcha Time (reviewed 7/8/95)
- Orqesta Kef / Música Judía, 2003 (review 6 Feb '05)
- Khevre / Oyfn Sheydveg, 2004 (review 31-Jan-2005)
- Khevrisa / European Klezmer Music, 2000 (reviewed 5/27/00)
- Khupe / Heymisher, 2003 (review 7/26/03)
- Khupe / Mit der Kale tantsn, 1999 (capsule 1/15/00)
- The Klez Dispensers / New Jersey Freylekhs, 2003 (reviewed 7/2/04)
- Klez-X / Harbst, 2004 (review 12/17/04)
- Klezamir / cooks for Tante Barbara, 1995 (reviewed 2/3/96).
- Klezamir / Back in the Shtetl Again, 1998 (reviewed 6/22/98)
- Klezamir / Der Bloyfoygl of Happiness (the Bluebird fun freyd), 2001, (25 Mar 01)
- The Klezical Tradition / Family Portrait, 1998 (reviewed, 7/18/99)
- Klezmafour, 2008, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 8 Sep 2008)
- Klezmania (Australia) / The Black Cat, 2000, (reviewed 6/12/00)
- Klezmania (Australia) / Oystralia, 1995 (reviewed 9/26/97)
- Klezmania (Australia) / Shmoozin', 2008 (reviewed 23-Jun-2008)
- Klezmania (San Francisco) / the Wailing Wall (reviewed 11/23/95)
- Klezmaniacs (MA) / Sveet like herring vit potatoes, 2001 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- The Klezmatics / Shvaygn=Toyt, 1988
- The Klezmatics / Rhythm+Jews, 1992
- The Klezmatics / Jews with horns, 1995 (rev. 7/12/95)
- The Klezmatics / Possessed, 1997 (reviewed 5/31/97)
- The Klezmatics & Chava Alberstein / The Well, 1998 (reviewed by Adam Whiteman, et al 11/98. Includes Yiddish review.)
- Klezmatics / Rise Up, 2003 (review 7/26/03)
- The Klezmatics / Brother Moses Smote the Water, 2004 (review 3/23/05)
- The Klezmatics / Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah, 2006 (reviewed 12/11/06)
- The Klezmatics / Wonder Wheel, 2006
- The Klezmatics / אַפיקורסים Apikorsim (Heretics), 2016 (reviewed 6-May-2017)
- Klezmer Conservatory Band / (first four albums), (capsule reviews, 1986)
- Klezmer Conservatory Band / Old World Beat, (capsule review, 12/91)
- Klezmer Conservatory Band / Live! The Thirteenth Anniversary Album, 1993 (reviewed 7/8/95)
- Klezmer Conservatory Band / Dancing in the Aisles, 1997 (reviewed 7/20/97)
- Klezmer Conservatory Band / Dance me to the end of love, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Klezmer Conservatory Band / A Taste of Paradise, 2003 (reviewed 11/30/03)
- Klezmer Juice / Actions speak louder than words, 2004 (review 11/30/04)
- Klezmer Nova / Delicatessen, 2003 (reviewed 8/3/03)
- Klezmer Plus / featuring Sid Beckerman and Howie Leess, (capsule review, 12/91)
- Klezmer V'Od / Klez Encounters of the Yiddish Kind, (capsule review, 1986)
- Klezmerfest / Party Music, 2002 (review 8/2/03)
- Klezmerica / Jerusalem of Blue, 2001 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Klezmic noiZ / Davka, 2001 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Klezmiritis / (eponymous), 2000, (reviewed 6/10/00)
- Klezmokum / (eponymous), 1992 (reviewed 5/30/98)
- Klezmokum / ReJew-venation, 1998, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Klezmokum / Le Dor Va Dor, 2001 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Klezmonauts / Oy to the World (capsule, 12/28/99)
- Klezmorim / capsule review of several albums, (reviewed 1986)
- the Klezmorim / First recordings 1976 - 78, 1989 (reviewed 3/28/98)
- Klezperanto (capsule 30 Dec 2000)
- Kleztraphobix / Another bottle of vodka, 2004 (review 11/28/04)
- Klingon Klezmer / Honey would you be meshuga tonight?, 1999?, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Kona's Traveling Jewish Wedding Band 2003 (review 7/3/04)
- Konsonans Retro / a podolian affair, 2007 (reviewed 17 Feb 2008)
- Kroke / Klezmer Accoustic Music (reviewed 1/26/96)
- Kroke / The sounds of the vanishing world, 1999 (reviewed 7/23/00)
- Kroke / Sounds of the vanishing world (reviewed by Arthur Lazere, 1999)
- Kugel / Finger Play, 2002 (reviewed 8/2/03)
- Kugel / Simcha!, 1998 (reviewed 5/29/98)
- Kugel / Most Precious of Days, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble / KlezSqueeze!, 1996 (reviewed 19 Feb 1997)
- La'om / Riffkele, 1998 (reviewed 5/28/00)
- Layman, Sandra / Little Blackbird, 2001 (capsule, 12/25/01)
- Lerner Moguilevsky Dúo Klezmer en Buenos Aires, 1997 (reviewed, 8/7/99)
- Lerner Moguilevsky Dúo / Basavilbaso, 1999 (capsule 1/15/00)
- Lerner Moguilevsky Dúo (aka "Klezmer en Buenos Aires") / Shtil, 2000 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Lerner Moguilevsky Dúo / Sobreviviente, 2003 (reviewed 11/30/03)
- Howard Leshaw / Bronx Volume II: Yiddish on the Edge, 2001 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- Margot Leverett / The Art of the Klezmer Clarinet, 2000, (reviewed 1/1/00)
- Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys, 2003, (reviewed 11/23/03)
- Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys / Second Avenue Square Dance, 2008, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 13 Dec 2008)
- Litvakus / Raysn , 2014 (capsule review 1 Dec-2014)
- Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars / Di Shikere Kapelye, 2000 (reviewed 5/27/00)
- Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars / Brotherhood of Brass, 2002 (reviewed by Elliott Simon, 8/10/2002)
- Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars / Carnival Conspiracy, 2005 (reviewed 11/26/06)
- Machaya Klezmer Band / (eponymous) (reviewed 5/4/96).
- Machaya Klezmer Band / What a machaya! (reviewed 6/29/96)
- Mamaliga / Dos Gildn Bletl (the Golden Leaf), 2021 (review 4-Sep-2022)
- Massel-Tov / Vas iz vikhtik..., 2002 (review 6/6/03)
- Max & Minka International Accordion Duo, 2003 (review 4/27/03)
- Maxwell Street Klezmer Band / Old Roots, New World, 2002 (reviewed 5/8/03)
- Maxwell Street Klezmer Band / You should be so lucky, 1996 (reviewed 5/29/96)
- Maxwell Street Klezmer Band / Maxwell Street Days, 1986 (reviewed 6/28/95)
- Maxwell Street Klezmer Band / Wedding Party, 1991 (reviewed 6/28/95)
- Rabbi Joe Black with the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band / Eight Nights of Joy, 2008 (reviewed by Judith Pinnolis on jmwc.org)
- Sherry Mayrent / Hineni, 1995 (reviewed 3/26/98)
- Mazel Tov Orchestra / Yiddishe Tam, 2003 (review 11/30/04)
- Mazeltones / Seattle Roumania, (capsule review, 1986)
- Mazeltones / Zei Gezunt, (capsule review, 12/91)
- Mazeltones / Dancing with the Little Ones, 1996 (reviewed 7/19/97)
- Meshuge Klezmer Band / Dreidel, 2000 (capsule 3/13/00)
- Mesinke / Tanz Jiddele, 2001 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Metropolitan Klezmer / Yiddish for Travelers, 1997 (reviewed 1/24/98)
- Metropolitan Klezmer w/Isle of Klezbos / Mosaic Persuasion, 2001, (25 Mar 01)
- Metropolitan Klezmer / Surprising Finds, 2003 (review 6/8/03)
- Metropolitan Klezmer / Traveling Show, 2007 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 3 Apr 2008)
- Minnesota Klezmer Band / Bulka's Song, 1998 (reviewed 11/22/98). This band is now known as Klezmerica (MN).
- Mikveh, 2001 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Muzsikás / Máramaros: The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania, 1993 (reviewed 7/19/97)
- Di Naye Kapelye / (eponymous) (rev. 10/1/96)
- Di Naye Kapelye / (eponymous), 1998 (reviewed 1/30/99)
- Di Naye Kapelye / A Mazeldiker Yid, 2001 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Nefesh / Unplucked, 2001 (capsule, 24 Mar 2002)
- Eden MacAdams-Somer & Hankus Netsky / Give me back my heart, 2022 (review 24-Nov-2023)
- New Orleans Klezmer All Stars / (eponymous), 1994 (reviewed 9/23/95)
- New Orleans Klezmer AllStars / Manichalfwitz, 1996 (reviewed 6/29/96)
- New Orleans Klezmer AllStars / The Big Kibosh, 1997 (reviewed 12/2/97)
- New Orleans Klezmer AllStars / Fresh Out the Past, 1999 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- New Orleans Klezmer Allstars / Borvis, 2003 (review 7/27/03)
- New York Klezmer Ensemble / (eponymous), (capsule review, 1986)
- The Nikolayev Kapeliah / Vodkazak, 2002 (reviewed 3/23/03)
- Nussbaum, Smidl, Ougaard / Trio Klezmer, 2002 (review 6/21/03)
- Ed Goldberg and the Odessa Klezmer Band / Who Stole the Kishka?!, 2006 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 4 Jan 2008)
- Old World Folk Band / Crossing New Borders, 1998 (reviewed 3/28/98)
- Oomph Intercontinental Klezmer / Between Two Worlds
- Moni Ovadia / Theaterorchestra (reviewed 3/17/96).
- Itzhak Perlman / In the Fiddler's House, 1995 (reviewed 5/26/96)
- Itzhak Perlman / Live in the Fiddler's House, 1996 (reviewed 10/31/96)
- Prague 24 / Seven good years, 2000 (capsule 8 Jan '01)
- The Red-Hot Chachkas / Family Album, 2002 (reviewed 2/22/03)
- Joel Rubin w/Epstein Brothers Orchestra / Zeydes un eyniklekh
- Joel Rubin & Joshua Horowitz / Bessarabian Symphony
- Rubinchik's Orkestryr / Flipnotics Freilachs, 1998 (capsule 1/15/00)
- Danny Rubinstein and his Orchestra / The Happy People, 1958, re-release: 2008 (reviewed 25 Sep 2011)
- Pete Rushefsky & Elie Rosenblatt, Tsimbl un Fidl: Klezmer Music for Hammered Dulcimer and Violin, 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- Sabbath Hela Veckan / (eponymous) (reviewed 11/4/95)
- Salomon Klezmorim / A Dreydl, 1996 (reviewed 8/21/97)
- San Francisco Klezmer Experience / Zing!, 1998 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Second Avenue Klezmer / For our mothers, 1998 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- The Merlin Shepherd Kapelye / Intimate Hopes & Terrors, 2006 (previewed 11/27/06)
- Shira / Soaked and Salted (reviewed 9/95)
- Shirim Klezmer Orchestra / ... of angels and horseradish, 1990 (rev. 7/8/95)
- Shirim Klezmer Orchestra / Naftule's Dream, 1993 (rev. 7/8/95)
- Shirim Klezmer Nutcracker, 1998 (reviewed, 10/30/99)
- Shirim / Oy! It's Good, 1999 (reviewed 7/23/00)
- Shirim Klezmer Orchestra / Mayse (Tales) 2004 (review 9/11/04)
- Shirim Klezmer Orchestra / Pincus and the Pig, 2004 (review 11/28/04)
- / Harmonica Galitzianer, 2002 (reviewed 5/24/03)
- Shtreiml / Spicy Paprikash, 2003 (reviewed 4/10/04)
- Shtreiml / Fenci's Blues 2006 (review 12-Oct-2014)
- Shtreiml / Eastern Hora 2013 (review 1-Sep-2014)
- Souls of Fire / Firedancing, 1998 (reviewed 5/31/98)
- South Coast Klezmer Band / Classic American Klezmer, 2003 (review 11/30/04)
- Spiel Azoi / Shpilkes, 2004 (reviewed 2/26/06)
- Spiel Azoi / Shtetl, 2001 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- Andy Statman & Zev Feldman / Jewish Klezmer Music, (capsule review, 1986)
- Andy Statman and David Grisman / Songs of our Fathers, 1995 (reviewed 6/17/95)
- Andy Statman Quartet / Between Heaven and Earth (reviewed 2/10/97)
- Andy Statman / Old Brooklyn, 2011 (reviewed 17 Feb 2012)
- Strauss-Warschauer Duo / Rejoicing 2005 (review 25-Nov-2009)
- Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi / Borsht with bread, brothers, 2007 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 7 Jul 2008)
- Sukke / Introducing, 2004 (reviewed 11/30/03)
- Alicia Svigals / Fidl, 1997 (reviewed 9/21/97)
- Alicia Svigals / Chassidic Breeze, (re-mixed, re-released in 2010)
- Dave Tarras / Yiddish-American Music, 1925-1956 (rev. 6/28/95)
- Matt Temkin's Yiddishe Jam Band / Poykler's Shloft Lied, 2008, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 3 Oct 2008)
- Temple Sinai Klezmer Band / May the borscht be with you, 1995 (reviewed 9/26/97)
- Tennessee Schmaltz / Old Country Klezmer, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Rudy Tepel and His Orchestra, 1962-1963 (article by Matt Temkin, 17 Jun 2001)
- Tummel / Oy!, 2001 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- 12 Corners Klezmer Band / Git Azoy, 1999, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Veretski Pass w/Joel Rubin / Poyln, 2015 (review 23-Jul-2016)
- Veretski Pass / (eponymous), 2004 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- Veretski Pass / Trafik, 2008 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 13 Jan 2008)
- Jeff Warschauer / The Singing Waltz, 1997 (reviewed 8/24/97)
- Elaine Hoffman Watts / I Remember Klezmer, 2003 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- What the Chelm / Jewish music from around the world, 1996 (reviewed 6/16/96)
- Wholesale Klezmer / Sing for Peace, Dance for Joy, 2002 (reviewed 5/4/03)
- Wholesale Klezmer Band / Prayer for a broken world (rev. 1/15/97)
- Wholesale Klezmer Band / Yidn fun amol (Jews of long ago), 1997 (reviewed 1/2/98)
- Michael Winograd / Bessarabian Hop 2007 (review 6-Jul-2008)
- Michael Winograd / Storm Game, 2012 (reviewed 26 Jul 2013)
- Michael Winograd / Kosher Style, 2019 (reviewed 20-Dec-2021)
- Yankele / L'Esprit du klezmer, 2001 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- Yid Vicious / Klez, Kez, Goy mit Fez, 1998 (reviewed 10/25/98)
- Yid Vicious, Forverts!, 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- Yiddishe Cup / Yiddfellas, 1999 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Yiddishe Cup / Klezmerized, 1996 (reviewed 3/9/97)
- Youngers of Zion / Protocols, 2004 (review 9 Jan '05)
- Zmiros / (both sad artifacts), (capsule review, 1986)
New Jewish Music—folk song to art song to avant garde
- Book of J, 2017 (reviewed 18-Mar-2018)
- Chava Alberstein & The Klezmatics / The Well, 1998 (reviewed by Adam Whiteman, et al 11/98. Includes Yiddish review.)
- Black Ox Orkestar / Ver Tanzt?, 2004 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- Brave Old World / Klezmer Music, 1990 (reviewed 7/12/97)
- Brave Old World / Beyond the Pale, 1992 (reviewed 6/28/95)
- Brave Old World / Royte Pomarantsn (Blood Oranges, 1997 (reviewed 5/14/98)
- Brave Old World / Royte Pomarantsn (Blood Oranges, 1997 (reviewed by Dave Dalle, 1/11/98)
- Brave Old World / Bless the Fire, 2003 (reviewed 4/10/04
- Adrienne Cooper / Dreaming in Yiddish, 1996 (reviewed 5/15/97)
- Adrienne Cooper / Enchanted, 2010 (reviewed 9/25/11)
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / (eponymous) (reviewed 7/8/95)
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Agada (reviewed 5/11/96)
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Fire, 1997 (reviewed 2/23/96)
- Flying Bulgars Tsirkus, 1999, (reviewed 6/10/00)
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Sweet Return, 2003 (review 6/6/03)
- Forshpil 2012 (review 27-Sep-2014)
- Forshpil / Tsvey , 2019 (reviewed 1-Jan-2022)
- From both ends of the earth, 1998, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Girls in Trouble, 2009 (capsule review 19-Oct-2009)
- Girls in Trouble / Open the Ground, 2015 (capsule review 29-Nov-2015)
- Daniel Kahn, Psoy Korolenko, Oy Division / The Unternationale, 2007 (capsule review 8/25/2013)
- Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / Partisans & Parasites 2009 (review 25-Jun-2010)
- Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / Bad Old Songs 2012 (review 29-Jul-2013)
- Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / The Butcher's Share, 2017 (reviewed 6-Jul-2018)
- Khevre / Oyfn Sheydveg, 2004 (review 31-Jan-2005)
- Klez-X / Harbst, 2004 (review 12/17/04)
- Klezmatics / Shvaygn=Toyt
- Klezmatics / Rhythm+Jews
- Klezmatics / Jews with horns, 1995 (rev. 7/12/95)
- Klezmatics / Possessed, 1997 (reviewed 5/31/97)
- The Klezmatics & Chava Alberstein / The Well, 1998 (reviewed by Adam Whiteman, et al 11/98. Includes Yiddish review.)
- Klezmatics / Rise Up, 2003 (review 7/26/03)
- the Klezmatics / Brother Moses Smote the Water, 2004 (review 3/23/05)
- Klezroym / Yankele nel Ghetto, 2002 (review 4 May 03)
- Klezroym / Sceni, 2000 (capsule, 12 Nov 00)
- Klezroym / (eponymous), 1998 (reviewed 3/13/00)
- Wolf Krakowski / Transmigrations, 1996 (reviewed 3/9/97)
- Marilyn Lerner and David Wall / Still soft-voiced heart, 2001 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Frank London / Ghetto Songs, 2021 (reviewed 24-Dec-2021)
- Mikveh, 2001 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Oi Va Voi / Laughter Through Tears, 2003 (reviewed 2 Feb 04)
- Olam / Foreign Dreams, 1998 (capsule 1/15/00)
- Pharaoh's Daughter / Out of the Reeds, 2000, 11 Jun 00
- Pharaoh's Daughter / Exile, 2002 (reviewed 2/22/03)
- Pharaoh's Daughter / Haran, 2007 (capsule review 16-Jun-2007)
- Shelley Posen / Menorah, 2007 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 10/21/07)
- Basya Schechter / Queen's Dominion, 2004 (review 10/4/04)
- Waletzky, Josh / Crossing Shadows, 2001, reviewed by Dena Ressler
- Waletzky, Josh / Crossing Shadows, 2001, (best albums of 2001, George Robinson)
- Waletzky, Josh / Crossing Shadows, 2001, (album of the year, capsule, Ari Davidow)
- Michael Winograd / Storm Game, 2012 (reviewed 26 Jul 2013)
- Yiddish Art Trio/a>, 2014 (review 30-Aug-2016)
Rap, Hip Hop, Dance, Trance
- Abraham Inc / Tweet Tweet 2009 (review 11-Oct-2014)
- Abraham, Inc / Together we stand, 2019 (reviewed 18-Dec-2021)
- Anakronic Electro Orkestra / Noise in Sepher, 2021 (review 11-Sep-2022)
- Balkan Beat Box, 2005 (reviewed 11/27/06)
- Esther Goldfarb / Naissance 2014 (review 31-May-2014)
- Hip Hop Hoodíos / Raza Hoodía EP, 2002 (review 26 Jan 2002)
- David Krakauer / Live in Krakow, 2003 (reviewed 18 Dec 2004)
- David Krakauer & Socalled / Bubbemeises 2005 (review 11-Oct-2014)
- SoCalled / The SoCalled Seder, 2001 (capsule, 24 Mar 2002)
- Solomon & Socalled / HipHopKhasene, 2003 (reviewed 11/23/03)
- Josh "Socalled" Dolgin / Ghettoblaster 2007 (review 11-Oct-2014)
- Josh "Socalled" Dolgin / Sleepover 2011 (review 11-Oct-2014)
- Y-Love / This is Babylon 2008 (review 29-Jun-2008)
Klez-jazz, avant garde, and modern classical
- Aaron Alexander / Midrash Mish Mosh 2004 (review 10/6/04)
- The Afro-Semitic Experience / Further Definitions of the Days of Awe, 2011 (reviewed 24 Sep 2011)
- Afro-Semitic Experience / Souls on Fire, 2014 (capsule review 13-Dec-2014)
- Oren Ambarchi and Robbie Avenaim / The Alter Rebbe's Nigun 1999 (review 10/24/04)
- Gilad Atzmon & Orient House Ensemble / Exile, 2003 (review 6/8/03)
- Bang on a Can / Renegade Heaven, 2000 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Paul Brody's Sadawi / Beyond Babylon, 2004 (review 9 Jan '05)
- Paul Brody's Sadawi / Kabbalah Dream, 2002 (reviewed 8/9/03)
- Paul Brody's Tango Toy / Klezmer Stories, 2000 (capsule, 12 Nov 00)
- Bubbeleh / (eponymous) 2014 (review 30-May-2014)
- David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havanna, 2007 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 2 Aug 2008)
- David Chevan / Yizkor: Music of Memory, 2008 (reviewed 17 Sep 2008)
- David Chevan / Days of Awe, 2003 (reviewed 23 Nov 03)
- Byrd/Chevan / This is the Afro-Semitic Experience, 2002 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- Chevan & Byrd / Let us break bread together 2000 (capsule, 2 Dec 2000)
- David Chevan / Yizkor, 2008, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 17 Sep 2008)
- Anthony Coleman / Our Beautiful Garden Is Open, 2002 (reviewed 8/3/03)
- Anthony Coleman and the Selfhaters Orchestra / The Abysmal Richness of the Infinite Proximity of the Same, 1998 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Anthony Coleman Trio / Sephardic Tinge, 1995 (reviewed 7/3/95)
- Andrew Coleman / Disco by Night, 1993 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Cracow Klezmer Band / De Profundis, 2000, (capsule, Jane Hirshfield 6 Jan 01)
- Mike Curtis / Jazz and Ethnic Journeys, 2002 (review 6/21/03)
- Davka / (eponymous), 1994 (reviewed 11/23/95)
- Jewlia Eisenberg / Trilectic, 2001 (capsule, 24 Mar 2002)
- Kaila Flexer / Next Village, 1999, (25 Mar 01)
- Gojim (Austria) / In a schtodt woss schtarbt, 1997 (reviewed 2/1/98)
- Jerusalem Jazz Band / Songs my father played, 1994 (reviewed 7/19/97)
- KlezFactor / The Golem of Bathurst Manor, 2005, reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 15-Sep-2007
- KlezFactor / Klezmachine, 2008 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 10-Jun-2008)
- Klezmer Nova / Delicatessen, 2003 (reviewed 8/3/03)
- Klezmokum / (eponymous), 1992 (reviewed 5/30/98)
- Klezmokum / ReJew-venation, 1998, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Kol Simcha / Crazy Freilachs, 1996 (reviewed 7/13/97)
- Alex Kontorovich / Deep Minor, 2007 (reviewed 24 Feb 2008)
- David Krakauer / Klezmer Madness! (reviewed 7/8/95 by ari + others' comments)
- Kronos Quartet / David Krakauer play Osvaldo Golijov / The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, 1997 (reviewed 7/13/97)
- Krakauer, David / A New Hot One, 2001 (4 Mar 01)
- David Krakauer / Live in Krakow, 2003 (reviewed 18 Dec 2004)
- David Krakauer & Socalled / Bubbemeises 2005 (review 11-Oct-2014)
- David Krakauer / Akoka 2014 (review 27-Mar-2014)
- Kruzenshtern & Parohod / Songs, 2004 (reviewed 18 Dec 04)
- Kruzenshtern & Parohod / The Craft of Primitive Klezmer, 2003 (reviewed 10/18/03)
- Lerner & Moguilevsky (aka "Klezmer en Buenos Aires") / Shtil, 2000 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Lerner Moguilevsky Duo / Alef Bet, 2014 (capsule review 13-Dec-2014)
- Marilyn Lerner / Romanian Fantasy, 2005 (reviewed 11/27/06)
- Fern Lindzon / Moments Like These , 2008, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 30 Oct 2008)
- The Lithuanian Empire, 2007, reviewed by Eric Zaidens, 22 Oct, 2007
- The Lithuanian Empire (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, Nov 20, 2007)
- Frank London / Music from the movie, The Shvitz
- Frank London / Music from the movie, Divan, 2003 (reviewed 5/22/04)
- Frank London / Invocations 2000 (capsule 30 Dec 2000)
- Frank London / Hazónos, 2005 (reviewed 26 Jul 2013)
- Jon Madof / Rashanim, 2003 (reviewed 5/24/03)
- Rashanim / Masada Rock, Vol. 5, 2005 (reviewed 6/4/06)
- Zion 80 / Adramelech 2014 (review 12-Oct-2014)
- Naftule's Dream / Search for the Golden Dreydl, 1997 (reviewed 11/17/97)
- Naftule's Dream / Smash, Clap!, 1998 (reviewed 7/23/00)
- Naftule's Dream / Job, 2001 (capsule, 18 Feb 2002)
- Naftule's Dream / Live in Florence, 2002 (reviewed 3/23/03)
- Naftule's Dream / Blood, 2016 (review 23-Jul-2016)
- Roy Nathanson & Anthony Coleman / I could've been a drum, 1997 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- New Klezmer Trio / Masks and Faces (capsule review, 1991);
- Odessa/Havana: 2007 (review 2-Aug-2008, by Keith Wolzinger)
- Odessa/Havana: Walk to the Sea 2013 (review 21-Sep-2014)
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band / (eponymous), (capsule review, 1986)
- Ortner-Roberts Duo / A Trip to America 2008 (review 6-Jul-2008)
- The Panorama Jazz Band / another hot night in February, 2003 (review 12/71/04)
- The Panorama Jazz Band / Panoramaland, 2005 (review 1/29/06)
- Platina / Girl with the Flaxen Hair, 2003 (reviewed 6/4/06)
- Abby Rabinowitz / We used to dance, 2000 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Roberto Rodriguez / El danzon de Moises, 2002 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Peter Saltzman and the Revolution Ensemble / Kabbalah Blues - Quantum Funk 2000 (capsule, 3 Dec 2000)
- Satlah / Live at the Tonic - Exodus, 2001 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- Jenny Scheinman / The Rabbi's Lover, 2002 (reviewed 4/25/04
- Jenny Scheinman / Shalagaster, 2004 (reviewed 4/25/04)
- Paul Shapiro / Midnight Minyan, 2003 (reviewed 2/22/03)
- Paul Shapiro / Essen, 2008 (reviewed 23-Jun-2008)
- Paul Shapiro 2014 (review 28-Sep-2014)
- Tim Sparks / At the Rebbe's Table, 2002 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- Tim Sparks / Tanz!, 2000 (capsule 2 Dec 2000)
- Jon Stein's Musaic / The Yiddish Fantasy, 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- STriCat / rats & gentle people, 2007, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 29 Nov 2008)
- Mikis Theodorakis / Mauthausen Trilogy, 2000 (18 Feb 2002)
- Kaila Flexer and Third Ear / Listen, 1995 (reviewed 11/23/95)
- 3 Leg Torso / (eponymous), 2000 (capsule 8 Jan '01)
- 3 Leg Torso / Astor in Paris, 2003 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- Greg Wall / Later Prophets, 2004 (reviewed 7/2/04)
- Michael Winograd / Storm Game, 2012 (reviewed 26 Jul 2013)
- Lori Wolf / Taibele and her Demon, 2008, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 21 Oct 2008)
- Zakarya / (eponymous), 2001 (capsule, 18 Feb 2002)
- Zakarya / something obvious, 2003 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- John Zorn / Voices in the Wilderness, 2003 (reviewed 19 Dec 2004)
- John Zorn / Masada / Live (reviewed 11/23/95, and about time!)
Jewish, with lots of attitude
- Barton Brothers / Greatest Hits, 2000, by reviewed George Robinson (6/15/00)
- Benny and the Vildachayas / Get in Trouble, 1997 (reviewed 1/1/98)
- Geoff Berner / Victory Party 2011 (review 27-Sep-2014)
- Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer: a roundup of CDs by this Japanese Klezmer band by René van Peer, from 1997 (uploaded 8/9/99)
- Rob Burger / Lost Photograph, 2002 (reviewed 5/4/03)
- Charming Hostess / Eat, 1997 (reviewed 21 Nov 00)
- Charming Hostess / Sarajevo Blues, 2004 (reviewed 28 Mar 05)
- Charming Hostess / The Bowls Project 2010 (review 30-Jul-2013)
- Golem / Homesick Songs 2004
- Golem / Tants, 2014 (capsule review 13-Dec-2014)
- Hasidic New Wave / Jews and the Abstract Truth, 1997 (reviewed 6/22/97)
- Hasidic New Wave, From the Belly of Abraham, 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- Koby Israelite / Dance of the Idiots, 2003 (review 6/8/03)
- Koby Israelite / Orobas: Book of Angels Vol. 4, 2006 (reviewed 6/4/06)
- Koby Israelite / Blues from elsewhere, 2013 (review 18-Oct-2014)
- Jewish Alternative Movement / A guide for the perplexed, compilation, 1998 (reviewed 5/25/98)
- The Kabalas / Time Tunnel, 1999 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Kabalas / Martinis and Bagels, 1995 (reviewed 3/17/96).
- The Kabalas / The Eye of Zohar, 1997 (reviewed 12/4/97)
- Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / Partisans & Parasites 2009 (review 25-Jun-2010)
- Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / Bad Old Songs 2012 (review 29-Jul-2013)
- Mickey Katz / Greatest Shticks, 2000, reviewed by George Robinson (6/15/00)
- Mickey Katz / Simcha Time (reviewed 7/8/95)
- Klezcore / Hackenbeisser, 2004 (reviewed 7/2/04)
- Klezmer Festival 1998 Live at the Knitting Factory, 1999 (reviewed, 8/7/99)
- Klezmocracy, 2003 (reviewed 5/22/04)
- Knitting on the Roof, 1999 (reviewed 5/7/00)
- The LeeVees / Hanukkah Rocks, 2005 (reviewed 11/22/06)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / The Nigun Project, 2011 (reviewed 24 Sep 2011)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / Songs of Zebulon, 2014 (capsule review, 13-Jan-2015)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / Kol Nidre, 2016 (review 9/6/21)
- Gary Lucas / Busy Being Born, 1998 (reviewed 11/11/98 by Mark Melnick)
- Gary Lucas / Street of Lost Brothers, 2000, (Richard Gehr, 8 Jan 01)
- Meshugga Beach Party, 2003 (reviewed 3/23/03)
- New Orleans Klezmer Allstars / Borvis, 2003 (review 7/27/03)
- Channe Nussbaum & Spielniks / Jidishe Mame, 1998 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Introducing the Rabbinical School Dropouts, 1999 (capsule 1/15/00)
- Rabbinical School Dropouts / Cosmic Tree, 2002 (reviewed 5/26/03)
- Rabbinical School Dropouts / Counterfeit Gelt, 2002 (noted
- Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma / Songs for the hangman's daughter, 2017 (reviewed 30-Apr-2017)
- Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma / The triumph of Assimilation, 2021 (review 8/29/21)
- Ruthless Cosmopolitans / Ruthless, 2020 (review 5/15/21)
- Jamie Saft / Sovlanut, 2000 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Schizophonia / Cantorial recordings reimagined , 2014 (capsule review 1 Dec-2014)
- Shloinke / Eponymous, 1998 (reviewed 3/26/98)
- The Sway Machinery / Purity and Danger, 2015 (capsule review 27-Dec-2015)
- Yiddishe Cup / Meshugeneh Mambo 2004 (review 7/3/04)
Pre-klez revival: Remasters and re-issues
- Klezmer Music Early Yiddish Instrumental Music: 1908 - 1927, reissued 1997 (reviewed 1/2/98)
- Naftule Brandwein / King of klezmer clarinet (reissue) (rev. 1/19/97)
- Yikhes (Inheritance) Klezmer Recordings from 1907 - 1939 (reviewed 5/11/96)
- Emil Bruh / Klezmer Violinist and Instrumental Ensemble, (capsule review, 1986)
- Epstein Brothers / Volumes III - IV, 1997 (reviewed 11/1/96)
- Mickey Katz / Simcha Time (reviewed 7/8/95)
- Aharon Lebedeff / Best of, (capsule review, 1986)
- Dave Tarras / Yiddish-American Music, 1925-1956 (rev. 6/28/95)
Yiddish vocals—folk, theatre, and art
- Chava Alberstein / Foreign Letters, 2001 (capsule, 18 Feb 2002)
- The Klezmatics & Chava Alberstein / The Well, 1998 (reviewed by Adam Whiteman, et al 11/98. Includes Yiddish review.)
- Michael Alpert & Julian Kytasty / Night Songs from a neighboring village , 2014 (capsule review 1 Dec-2014)
- Theodore Bikel / sings Jewish folk songs (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- Theodore Bikel / sings more Jewish folk songs (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- Theodore Bikel / Sings Yiddish theatre and folk songs (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- Majer Bogdanski / Yiddish Songs—Yidishe Lider, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Brivele / Cradle songs, Grave songs, 2021 (review 5/30/21)
- Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble / Songs my bubbe should have taught me, vol. one: Passover, 2001 (capsule, 24 Mar 2002)
- The Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble / Vessel of Song: The Music of Mikhl Gelbart, 2003 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble / Chanukah is Freylekh! A Yiddish Chanukah Celebration. Songs My Bubbe Should Have Taught Me: Volume Two, 2006 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 14-May-2008)
- Judith Cohen / Dans mon chemin j'ai rencontré, 1997 (reviewed 23 Nov 00 by Steve Fischbach)
- Adrienne Cooper / Dreaming in Yiddish, 1996 (reviewed 5/15/97)
- Ensemble DRAj / Lieder aus den Ghettos, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Miriam Dvorin / Grandma Soup, (capsule review, 1986)
- Hélène Engel Trio / Voyage, 2007 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 10/21/07)
- Benjy Fox-Rosen / Tick Tock , 2011 (capsule review 13-Dec-2014)
- Benjy Fox-Rosen / Two Worlds , 2014 (capsule review 13-Dec-2014)
- From both ends of the earth, 1998, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Leo Fuld /sings his greatest Yiddish hits (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- Gendler, Arkady / My hometown Soroke, 2001 (review 10 Feb 2002)
- Ghetto Tango / Wartime Yiddish Theater, 2000 (reviewed 5/27/00)
- Di Goldene Keyt / Mir zaynen do tsu zingen!, 1997 (reviewed 11/23/97)
- In Love and In Struggle: The Musical Legacy of the Jewish Labor Bund, 1999 (reviewed, 7/19/99)
- Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky / On the paths: Yiddish songs with tsimbl, 2004 (reviewed 7/2/04)
- Fran Kleiner / A Fire Glows, 2000 (capsule 22 Jul 2000)
- Ilana Kochinska / A Woman's Life in Yiddish Song, 1998 (reviewed by Judith Pinnolis, 11/20/98)
- Wolf Krakowski / Transmigrations, 1996 (reviewed 3/9/97)
- Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell / Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell / נעם מיין ווארט (Take my words), 2022
- Los Lantzmun / Lantzville, 2002 (review 6/21/03)
- Aharon Lebedeff / Best of, (capsule review, 1986)
- Lenka Lichtenberg / Deep Inside, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Marilyn Lerner and David Wall / Still soft-voiced heart, 2001 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Susan Leviton / Deep Skies 2013 (review 29-Apr-2014)
- Mark Levy / Bin ikhmir a shnayderl (I'm a little Tailor), 1999 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- Frank London's / A Night in the Old Market, 2007 (reviewed by Anna Torres, 2 Dec 2007)
- Vera Lozinsky / Vayte Shtern (Distant Stars), 2007, reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 31-Jul-2007
- Olga Mieleszczuk / Jewish Folksongs from the Shtetl 2014 (review 28-Feb-2014)
- Mikveh, 2001 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Eden MacAdams-Somer & Hankus Netsky / Give me back my heart, 2022 (review 24-Nov-2023)
- Nikitov / Amulet, 2004 (review 12/19/2004)
- Channe Nussbaum & Spielniks / Copenhagen Klezmer, 1996 (reviewed 5/24/97)
- Nussbaum, Smidl, Ougaard / Trio Klezmer, 2002 (review 6/21/03)
- van Oort & Verheijen / Brikele, 1997, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- van Oort & Verheijen / Benkshaft 2000 (capsule, 2 Dec 2000)
- van Oort & Verheijen / Mayn Fayfele 2003 (review 7/3/04)
- Mandy Patinkin / Mamaloshen, 1997 (reviewed by Elissa Sampson, 5/17/98)
- Janice Rubin / Feels like Family (reviewed 5/26/96).
- Basya Schechter / Songs of Wonder 2011 (review 30-Jul-2013)
- Schikker Wi Lot / Ganovim-Lider, 2016 (review 25-Aug-2016)
- Zahava Seewald & Psamim / Koved: A Tribute to Martin Weinberg, 2003 (review 19 Dec '04)
- Miryem-Khaye Seigel / Toyznt Tamen, 2015 (capsule review 27-Dec-2015)
- Semer Ensemble / Rescued Treasure—Live at Gorki Berlin, 2016 (reviewed 14-Sep-2016)
- The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience / Baym Taykh, 2007 (reviewed 24 Feb, 2008)
- Polina Shepherd / Three Centuries Ago 2014 (review 28-Sep-2014)
- Sklamberg & the Shepherds / Aheym, 2015 (review 29-Aug-2016)
- Mimi Sloan / sings Moishe Oysher classics (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- Mitch Smolkin / A song is born, 2008, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 25 Oct 2008)
- Gerry Tenney & Betty Albert Schreck / Lomir Zingen a Yiddish Lid (reviewed 5/26/96).
- Theresa Tova / Live at the Top o' the Senator, 2002 (reviewed 3/22/03)
- Theresa Tova / Telling Stories, 2000 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Vocolot / Heart Beat, 2002 (reviewed 2/22/03)
- Waks / Yiddish Voices, 2015 (review 27-Aug-2016)
- Waletzky, Josh / Crossing Shadows, 2001, reviewed by Dena Ressler
- Waletzky, Josh / Crossing Shadows, 2001, (album of the year, capsule, Ari Davidow)
- Waletzky, Josh / Crossing Shadows, 2001, (best albums of 2001, George Robinson)
- The Lithuanian Empire (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, Nov 20, 2007)
- Tzimmes / A lid for every pot, 1996 (reviewed 6/16/96)
- Mare Winningham / Refuge Rock Sublime, 2007 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, Nov 12, 2007)
- Hy Wolfe / Yiddish Songs for the Soul, 2005 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, Nov 6, 2007)
- Masha Yacubovich, Tzurik tzum Urkval (Back to origin), 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- Yaffa Yarkoni / Rumenia, Rumenia, rerelease 2000, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Yiddish Princess 2010 (review 25-Jun-2010)
Sephardic, Ladino, Mizrakhi
- Alhambra / Performs Judeo-Spanish Songs, (capsule review, 1986)
- Sarah Aroeste / A la una, 2003 (review 11/23/03)
- Sarah Aroeste / Hanuká!, 2021 (review 25-Nov-2023)
- Yoni Avi Battat / Fragments, 2022 (review 10-Sep-2022)
- Lily Henley / Oras Dezaoradas, 2022 (review 10-Sep-2022)
- Samuel Thomas / Asefa, 2005 (reviewed 6/4/06)
- Judith Cohen / Dans mon chemin j'ai rencontré, 1997 (reviewed 23 Nov 00 by Steve Fischbach)
- Judith Cohen / Sefarad en Diáspora", 2006, (reviewed 11/22/06)
- DeLeon, 2008, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger 15 Nov 2008)
- Divahn, 2002 (review 6/6/03)
- Divahn / Shalhevet, 2020 (review 5/2/20)
- Hélène Engel Trio / Voyage, 2007 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 10/21/07)
- Gerineldo / De fiestas y alegráas, Vol 1, 1992 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Kol Oud Tof Trio / Gazelle, 2002 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Kol Tof Duo / Camino en Mano, 2003 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- Los Lantzmun / One World, 2000 (capsule 22 Jul 2000)
- Maftirim / Judeo-Sufi Music, 2001 (review 7/27/03)
- Hadass Pal-Yarden / Yahudice, 2003 (reviewed 8/3/03)
- Saltiel Ensemble / Boda, 2014 (capsule review 13-Dec-2014)
- David Saltiel/Jewish-Spanish Songs of Thessaloniki", by Steve Fischbach, 10/98
- Willy Schwarz / Jewish music from around the world, 2003 (review 9 Jan '05)
- Springtime in Salonika, compilation reviewed by Steve Fischbach, 10/98
- Tzimmes / A lid for every pot, 1996 (reviewed 16-Jun-1996)
- Tzimmes / The road never travelled, 2021 (reviewed 8-Sep-2021)
- Vocolot / Heart Beat, 2002 (reviewed 2/22/03)
- Laura Wetzler / Kabbalah Music, 2002 (reviewed 2/26/03)
- Ruth Yaakov Ensemble / Shaatnez, 1998, (reviewed 6/11/00)
- La Yave: The Key to Sephardic Music, 2000 (capsule, 12 Nov 00)
Nigunim and prayers
- Abayudaya - Music from the Jewish People of Uganda, 2004 (review 19 Dec 2004)
- Atzilut / The Fourth World, 1994 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Atzilut / Souls on Fire, 1996 (capsule 10 Jun '01)
- Atzilut / concerts for peace, 2005
- Breslov Bar Band / Have No Fear 2010 (review 25-Jun-2010)
- Breslov Bar Band / Holy Chutzpah, 2022 (review 25-Sep-2022)
- Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble / Songs my bubbe should have taught me, vol. one: Passover, 2001 (capsule, 24 Mar 2002)
- Alain Chekroun & Taouifik Bestandji / Chants des Synagogues du Maghreb, 2000 (capsule, 15 Apr 2002)
- Duo Controverso / Gedanken, 2002 (reviewed 5/7/03)
- Jaffa Road / Until When, 2021 (review 5-Sep-2022)
- Jack Kessler / Kol Yaakov, 2001 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Kol B'Seder / Snapshots: The Best of Kol B'Seder, Vol. 1, 2004 (review 19 Dec '04)
- Kol Nidre / Eight Visions (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- Kol Oud Tof Trio / Gazelle, 2002 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Lama Lo! Jerusalem Klezmer Ensemble / A Woman of Valor 2004
- Let my people go!: A Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom, 2004 (review 6 Feb '05)
- Lenka Lichtenberg / Breathing Walls 2012 (review 1-Sep-2014)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / The Nigun Project, 2011 (reviewed 24 Sep 2011)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / Songs of Zebulon, 2014 (capsule review, 13-Jan-2015)
- Jeremiah Lockwood / Kol Nidre, 2016 (review 9/6/21)
- Frank London / Shekhina, 1999 (reviewed 2/27/00)
- Frank London / Invocations 2000 (capsule 30 Dec 2000)
- Frank London / Hazónos, 2005 (reviewed 26 Jul 2013)
- Frank London / music from the movie, Divan, 2003 (reviewed 5/22/04)
- Frank London + Jon Madof / Kol Nidre, 2020 (review 9/6/21)
- London, Sklamberg, Caine / Nigunim, 1998
- London, Sklamberg, Schwimmer / The Zmiros Project, 2002 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Zach Mayer / Zamru, 2021 (reviewed 27-Dec-2021)
- Mozaik / Beyond Words, 2000 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- The Nikolayev Kapeliah / Vodkazak, 2002 (reviewed 3/23/03)
- Orchestre Andalou D'Israel / Jerusalem (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Pharaoh's Daughter / Exile, 2002 (reviewed 2/22/03)
- Pharaoh's Daughter / Out of the Reeds, 2000, 11 Jun 00
- With Every Breath: The Music of Shabbat at Bnai Jeshurun, 1999, capsule, 10/99
- PHP / Hodu, 2008 (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 30 Jan 2008)
- Shira U'tfila / Life as a song, 2010 (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- Shira U'tfila / Sephardic songs from the Balkans, 2008 (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- Shirona / Judaic Love Songs, 2000 (article by Sam Weiss, Sep 2001)
- Siach Hasadeh / Song of the Grasses 2014 (review 28-Sep-2014)
- SoCalled / The SoCalled Seder, 2001 (capsule, 24 Mar 2002)
- Andy Statman Quartet / Between Heaven and Earth (reviewed 2/10/97)
- Andy Statman / Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge 2004 (review 10/4/04)
- Andy Statman / Old Brooklyn, 2011 (reviewed 17 Feb 2012)
- Ramón Tasat, César Lerner and Marcelo Moguilevsky / Teshuva 2004 (review 9/14/04)
- Tzimmes / The road never travelled, 2021 (reviewed 8-Sep-2021)
- Veretski Pass / The Klezmer Shul, Live, 2011 (reviewed 25 Sep 2011)
- Laura Wetzler / Kabbalah Music, 2002 (reviewed 2/26/03)
- With Every Breath: The Music of Shabbat at Bnai Jeshurun, 1999, capsule, 10/99
- Yofiyah / Kabalistic Kirtan, 2004 (review 3/13/05 by Hanna Tiferet)
- Zohar : Keter, 1999 (capsule 2/27/00)
Israeli Popular Music
- Sasha Argov / Great Jewish Music, 2003 (reviewed 5/22/04)
- Ben-Canar and Shvil HeHalav, 2003 (reviewed 5/22/04)
- Esta / Mediterranean Crossing, 1996 (reviewed 8/21/97).
- Yehuda Poliker / Live at Caesaria, 1997 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- Idan Raichel Project, 2002 (reviewed 6/4/06)
- Tea Packs / Your life in a lafa, 1995 (capsule, 24 Mar 2002)
- the Rough Guide to the music of Israel, 2006 (reviewed 6/4/06)
Especially for Kids
- The Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble / Vessel of Song: The Music of Mikhl Gelbart, 2003 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- Di grine katshke, a menagerie of Yiddish animal-songs for children, 1997 (reviewed 5/20/98 by Sheva Zucker)
- Lenka Lichtenberg & Yaim Dalal / Lullabies from Exile, 2014 (review 12-Oct-2014)
- Sruli and Lisa Oy Vey! Chanukah!, 1999 (reviewed, 10/30/99)
- Young People's Klezmer Workshop / Oy Vey!, 1997 (reviewed 5/4/98 by Jonah Sampson-Boyarin)
- Shirim Klezmer Orchestra w/Ellen Kushner / The Golden Dreydl: A Klezmer Nutcracker, 2000 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Gerry Tenney & Betty Albert Schreck / Lomir Zingen a Yiddish Lid (reviewed 5/26/96).
Not klez, but you'll like it!
- Seth Austen / Desert Winds, 1996 (capsule, 31 Mar 2002)
- Boiled in Lead, (mention, 12/91)
- Brave Combo / oh, pick any album. They are all wonderful.
- Jeremy Brown / This year in St. Louis, 2001 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- CCX - Cross-Cultural X-permidment / The Vanguard, 2021 (review 25-Sep-2022)
- Glenn Dickson / Wider than the sky, 2022 (review 11-Sep-2022)
- Einstein's Little Homunculus / Don't Ask, 1997 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- Einstein's Little Homunculus / Balancing Act, 2000 (capsule 12 Nov 00)
- Fanfare Ciocarlia, 1998 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- Alexander Fedoriouk-Kalman Magyar / Crossing Paths, 2003 (reviewed 5/1/03 by Roger Reid)
- Linda Hirschhorn / Amazed 2013 (review 28-Sep-2014)
- Ben Holmes & Patrick Farrell / EP 2014 (review 7-Feb-2014)
- Klezmatics / Wonder Wheel, 2006 (reviewed 12/2/06)
- Kocani Orkestar / A Gypsy Brass Band, 1994 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- Guy Klucevsek and Alan Bern / Accordance, 2001 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- Layman, Sandra / Little Blackbird, 2001 (capsule, 12/25/01)
- Lederman, Anne / Not a Mark in this World, 1991
- Lemon Bucket Orkestra / Lume Lume, 2012 (review 12-Oct-2014)
- Les Misérables Brass Band / Manic Traditions, 1990 (reviewed 11/2/97)
- Monsieur Camembert / Live on stage, 2001 (capsule, 18 Feb 2002)
- Monsieur Camembert Absynthe, 2003 (reviewed 5/22/04)
- Ferus Mustafov / King Ferus, 1994 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- Sabah Habas Mustapha / Jalan Kopo, 1998 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- Muzsikás / Morning Star, 1997 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- Nefesh Mountain / Songs of the Sparrows, 2021 (review 5-Sep-2022)
- Nomadica/a>, 2015 (review 8-Sep-2016)
- Paradox Trio, 1995 (reviewed 8/16/97)
- Paradox Trio / Source, 1999, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Stacy Phillips, From the Inside, 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- Plaid-Tongued Devils / Belladonna 2002 (review 7/3/04)
- Rabson, Mimi / Music, 2002
- Alicia Jo Rabins / Sugar Shack, 2003 (reviewed 4/25/04
- Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma / Songs for the hangman's daughter, 2017 (reviewed 30-Apr-2017)
- Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma / The triumph of Assimilation, 2021 (review 8/29/21)
- Elliott Sharp's Terraplane / Blues for Next, 2000, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Sniper / the man from Bijeljina, 1997 (reviewed 5/29/98)
- Song of the Crooked Dance: Early Bulgarian Traditional Music, 1927-42, 1998 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- Andy Statman / East Flatbush Blues, 2006 (reviewed 11/27/06)
- Andy Statman / Monroe Bus, 2019 (reviewed 23-Dec-2021)
- 3 Mustaphas 3, (mention, 12/91)
- 3 Leg Torso / (eponymous), 2000 (capsule 8 Jan '01)
- 3 Leg Torso / Astor in Paris, 2003 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- Sanda Weigl / Gypsy Killer, 2002 (reviewed 5/22/04)
Compilations, film scores, and varied
- Balkans without Borders, 1999 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- CeiliZemer / Shalom Ireland, 2003 (reviewed 23 Nov 03)
- Celebrate Hip Hop compilation, 2004 (review 11/28/04)
- Celebrate Klezmer compilation, 2004 (review 11/28/04)
- The Celtic Klezmer Concert of the Second Millenium, 1995 (reviewed 7/19/97)
- A Chanukah Feast compilation, 2004 (review 11/22/04)
- A Chanukah Feast, Vol. II, 2006 (previewed 12/11/06)
- Doyres (Generations) Traditional Klezmer Recordings 1979 - 1994 (reviewed 5/11/96)
- Di Eybike Mame (The Eternal Mother) Women in Yiddish Theater and Popular Song 1905-1929 (reviewed 5/1/04)
- Festival of Light, 1996 (reviewed 12/6/97)
- The Fig Tree, 2003 (reviewed 23 Nov 03)
- Frelik, Sher un Khusidl … Brass bands from Podolia, Klezmer and other Jewish Music, 2006 (reviewed 1/14/2007 by Günther Schöller)
- Hear O Israel / the 2013 Boston Jewish Music Sampler (capsule, 1 Sep 2013) Mark Rubin presents Hill Country Hannukah, 2001 (capsule, 11/11/01)
- Israeli Dances / Greatest Folk Dances, 1998 (reviewed 7/98, by Andy Tannenbaum)
- Jewish Alternative Movement / A guide for the perplexed, compilation, 1998 (reviewed 5/25/98)
- Jewish Soul, 2013 (capsule, 1 Sep 2013)
- JuMu Presents Nu Jewish Music Vol. 1, 2007, (reviewed by Keith Wolzinger, 23 Sep 2008)
- KlezKanada Faculty Anthology, 2006 (reviewed 22 Nov 2006)
- Klezmagic compilation, 1997, (capsule 6 Jan 01)
- Klezmania : Klezmer for the New Millenium, 1997 (reviewed 3/13/97)
- Klezmer! Jewish Music from Old World to Our World, 2000 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- Klezmer Bands Helfen Kosovo, 1999 (capsule 29 Apr '01)
- Klezmer--Live 1993! (compilation) (rev. 7/8/95)
- Klezmer Music : A Marriage of Heaven and Earth (reviewed 12/19/96)
- Klezmer Music Early Yiddish Instrumental Music: 1908 - 1927, reissued 1997 (reviewed 1/2/98)
- Knitting on the Roof, 1999 (reviewed 5/7/00)
- La Yave: The Key to Sephardic Music, 2000 (capsule, 12 Nov 00)
- La Yave: The Key to Sephardic Music, 2000 (full review by Judith Cohen, 11/2000)
- Partisans of Vilna (reviewed 5/26/96)
- Rough Guide to Klezmer, 2000 (capsule 1 Dec 01)
- the Rough Guide to the music of Israel, 2006 (reviewed 6/4/06)
- Shteygers (Ways) New Klezmer Music 1991 - 1994 (reviewed 5/11/96)
- Song of the Crooked Dance: Early Bulgarian Traditional Music, 1927-42, 1998 (capsule review 7/12/98)
- The Soul of Klezmer, 1998 (capsule, 12/30/01)
- Yiddish Glory: The lost songs of WWII, 2018 (reviewed 7-Jul-2018)
- Yikhes (Inheritance) Klezmer Recordings from 1907 - 1939 (reviewed 5/11/96)
Videos and DVDs
- Brave Old World / Live (DVD), 2006 (reviewed 11/15/06)
Books
- Bauer, Susan / von der Kuphe zum Klezkamp, summer 1999 (capsule review by Henry Sapoznik, 7/99)
- Sapoznik, Henry / Klezmer! Jewish Music from Old World to Our World, 11/99 (reviewed by Jim Rebhan, 11/99)
