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Yiddish Music Video Aims to Help the Mentally Ill

June 27, 2019/By/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

נאָך דעם אומגליק האָבן די אָנפֿירער פֿון „1225‟, אַ הילפֿצענטער פֿאַר חסידישע יונגע־לײַט, לאַנצירט אַ קאָמפּאַניע אין זײַן אָנדענק, „פּראָיעקט שמואלי‟, כּדי צו שאַפֿן געלט צו העלפֿן מענטשן אין דער חסידישער וועלט וואָס לײַדן יסורי נפֿש. די וועבזײַט פֿון דער קאָמפּאַניע, דורכגעפֿירט דורך Charidy, אַ חרדישע ווערסיע פֿון GoFundMe, דערקלערט אויף ייִדיש און ענגליש וואָס דאָס הייסט […] Read More

More than 3,000 people attend the International Festival of Sephardic Music in Cordoba

June 27, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

The International Festival of Sephardic Music has accounted for around 3,200 attendees in the seven concerts held last week, according to information provided by the City of Cordoba. In this way, the event, which is promoted by the Network of Jewish Quarters of Spain Roads of Sefarad, has come of age with a “very important” […] Read More

The forgotten Jewish-themed jazz tunes

June 27, 2019/By/InArticles, Featured, Music/1 Comment

Jews have been involved in the growth and development of almost every mainstream musical genre. Direct references to Jewish themes and culture, however, have mostly been reserved for Jewish and Israeli music. Then again, there is that little jazz ditty about bagels. If you’ve never heard it, that’s understandable, as it’s gradually been forgotten with […] Read More

“Hija Mia”, by Rivka Amado

June 27, 2019/By/InCD of The Week, Rincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Rivka Amado was born in Holon Israel, and spent most of her adult life in Jerusalem before moving to Berkeley, California in 2004. She traces her roots back to prominent Sephardic families—the Amado’s and the Barbut’s–on both sides of her family. After their expulsion from Spain both families eventually found their way to the Balkans […] Read More

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi (featuring Peter Stan) in concert

June 25, 2019/By/InEvents, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

In collaboration with the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, we welcome Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi. With an all-star band including Fred Benedetti (guitar), Gunnar Biggs (bass), Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals) and special guest Peter Stan (accordion), Strom explores the accordion in the music of Jews and Roma. The concert’s offerings will range from […] Read More

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Deshår Alhåt-Luna Negra Dance Theater, Chicago

June 19, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Choreography by Eduardo Vilaroin collaboration with singer Stefani Valadez. This section was performed to her live music at the Harris Theater in Chicago, IL. “Vilaro brilliantly employs Ladino songs, performed live in his Ritualistic new Deshar Alhat. He has set his piece to the gorgeous melodies and fierce percussion of Ladino songs, with the added […] Read More

Q&A: This composer hits the right notes on gun violence

June 19, 2019/By/InArticles/0 Comment

Musical scores for 250 hours of network television and a melodic tribute to California are among Ron Ramin’s accomplishments. Ramin, 65, lives in Mill Valley and is now composing an orchestral work he hopes will inspire multigenerational conversations about gun violence in America. J.: “Seventeen” is your work in progress, which chronicles the emergence of student […] Read More

Jewish Folk Chorus celebrates Yiddish music — and Yiddish values

June 19, 2019/By/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

When the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco started way back in 1926, all of the singers, not to mention most of the audience, understood the Yiddish lyrics they were singing. “It was a Yiddish-speaking group at that point,” explained Renee Enteen, the chorus‘ president. “It was very progressive, with members from various branches of the […] Read More

Introducing The Hit Duo From Johannesburg “Derech Achim”

June 19, 2019/By/InArticles, Featured, Music/0 Comment

Introducing a new and exciting duo from Johannesburg, South Africa named “Derech Achim.” The group is comprised of two brother in laws, Reuven Garber, and Jared Lazarus. The vision of Derech Achim is to compose music that first moves your soul before it moves your body, using a diverse palette of musical genres not traditionally […] Read More

Flory Jagoda is Sephardic Music’s 91-Year-Old Accordion-Playing Superstar

June 12, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Legend has it that when the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, they brought their house keys in the hope they would someday return. They also held onto their culture. And perhaps no one alive is guarding and communicating that culture like Flory Jagoda, the acclaimed 91-year-old folk musician who has been called “the keeper of the […] Read More