Jewish Telegraphic Agency

In ‘The Singer Sisters,’ a Jewish folk music family makes it big from Greenwich Village to Lilith Fair

Sarah Seltzer’s debut novel is full of familial drama, rock music history and lots of Yiddishkeit. Some of the most iconic American folk singers of the 1960s and ’70s were Jewish: Bob Dylan, Paul ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jewish and African-American folk music traditions to entwine at the Brooklyn Fiddle Summit

Violinist Zoe Aqua and the string band the Ebony Hillbillies will share a stage on Thursday at Gowanus club Littlefield. (New York Jewish Week) – Two folk music traditions that developed on opposite ...
eturbonews

Violinist gives new form to Jewish folk, liturgical music

Orsolya Korcsolan has a secret. Orsolya Korcsolan has a secret. The Hungarian-born violinist and her horn-playing husband Gergely Sugar spent the last six years performing with the internationally ...
Jezebel

Debbie Friedman, Jewish Feminist Folk Singer, Dies At 59

Singer Debbie Friedman died Sunday of complications of pneumonia, but her progressive, feminist influence on Jewish folk music will live on. According to the Times obituary, the 59-year-old Friedman ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Everything Returns’ by Black Ox Orkestar Review: Renewing a Jewish Musical Past

Black Ox Orkestar, a quartet assembled in Montreal in 2000 to explore the sound of the Jewish diaspora, has always been one project among many for its members. Lead singer and songwriter Scott Gilmore ...
Jewish United Fund

Greater Chicago Jewish Folk Arts Festival June 15

It’s one day that only happens every two years. It’s seven hours of continuous Jewish music and dance on four stages, linked by rows upon rows of Jewish paintings and crafts, Jewish organizations and ...
Daily Bruin

Band Mostly Kosher shares klezmer rock music and Jewish culture with UCLA

On Nov. 20, Mostly Kosher brought its unique flair of klezmer rock to UCLA. The band – which focuses on traditional klezmer music with modern genres ranging from jazz and Latin to rock and folk – ...
Chicago Tribune

‘There’s room for every instrument’ Evanston JRC ushers in Hanukkah klezmer sounds with a bit of Heavy Shtetl

Evanston’s very own klezmer band, based at the Jewish Reconstructionist Synagogue in Evanston, brought its Evanston sound to the community on Dec. 16. The band called Heavy Shtetl, a play on the genre ...
Rutland Herald

Counterpoint sings Jewish songs

Counterpoint, Vermont’s professional 12-voice vocal ensemble, under the direction of Nathaniel G. Lew, presents a journey through the varied worlds of Jewish song, “Mir Zaynen Do (We are Here): Jewish ...
The Press of Atlantic City

Klezmer band bringing Jewish folk music to Cape May

CAPE MAY – If history is any indication they could be dancing on the streets of Cape May on the nights of June 13 and Aug. 22 when the Odessa Klezmer Band performs in a free concert series at the ...
The Forward

In ‘The Singer Sisters,’ a Jewish folk music family makes it big from Greenwich Village to Lilith Fair

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (New York Jewish ...