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The Preservation of Sephardic Music – a Women’s Story

January 17, 2019/By/InRincón 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

AJMF Embraces New Direction with Jewish Contributions to Music

January 17, 2019/By/InNews/0 Comment

March fest highlights Grammy winning artists and acclaimed producers Now in its tenth season and under new leadership, the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival (AJMF) is excited to announce its new theme “Jewish Contributions to Music” as the fest decidedly takes on a new direction. This year’s fest will specifically nod to Jewish contributions to American […] Read More

Backstage Pass

January 11, 2019/By/InArticles, Featured/0 Comment

Ep.159: Director Frederick Wiseman and former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame president Terry Stewart, plus comedian Travon Free on his recently resurfaced tweets By Unorthodox First, comedian Travon Free, a producer on Lena Dunham’s HBO show Camping, speaks with producer Josh Kross about anti-Semitic old tweets of his that resurfaced last week. Liel sits down with Jewish guest Frederick Wiseman, the […] Read More

29th edition of the Jewish Culture Festival

January 11, 2019/By/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

Taube Jewish Heritage Tours – a long-time festival’s partner, invites you to experience 29th edition of the Jewish Culture Festival in the context of Jewish Poland’s past, present and future. Join the tours which they prepared especially for summer of 2019! The uniquely designed programs, led by prominent scholars, will introduce personalities and events, and […] Read More

Turkish sephardic music arrives at Sagunt

January 11, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

The Cultural Center Mario Monreal of Sagunt hosts this Saturday, January 12, the presentation of the new album of Mara Aranda, Sefarad in the heart of Turkey, in an album with 12 songs that is dedicated to Turkish Sephardic music with many influences of the Mediterranean culture The concert will take place at the Mario […] Read More

If music be the food of love …

January 11, 2019/By/InArticles/0 Comment

The idea came to me when the announcer on the radio said that the next item in the music program would be one of Mozart’s ‘Haydn Quartets,’ i.e., quartets composed by Mozart and dedicated to and inspired by Haydn. I had known about the relationship of mutual admiration between the two composers back in the […] Read More

From the corridors of the Idishe comes the best anthology of Mexican music

January 11, 2019/By/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

From the aisles of the idishe comes this incredible anthology of 5 albums to remember the best songs of Mexican music from 1920 to 1969. Almost 300 songs that will remind you of your best moments or surprise you when you remember them. They say that character, tastes and education are all recorded in the […] Read More

Dec. 4 (CD release) Concert at SDSU – Free with Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi and special guest – tell others

November 14, 2018/By/InEvents, Featured, News/0 Comment

Dec. 4 at 7pm at Smith Recital Hall (SDSU) come hear the music of Yale Strom’s Broken Consort’s new recording “SHIMMERING LIGHTS.” Concert is Free Members of Hot Pstromi (Jeff Pekarek – bass, Fred Benedetti – guitar, Eizabeth Schwartz – vocals Yale Strom – violin) will be joined by special guest musicians: Alex Greenbaum – […] Read More

Fiddler Extends Through Dec. 30th

November 1, 2018/By/InEvents/0 Comment

Due to popular demand, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene extends Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish for 32 additional performances marking a historic six-month run of this landmark production. Now through Dec. 30, 2018 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage Edmond J. Safra Plaza at 36 Battery Place New York, New York 10280 BUY TICKETS NOW […] Read More

Yale Strom’s Broken Consort: Shimmering Lights – new CD/recording on the ARc UK label

October 18, 2018/By/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

‘Shimmering Lights’ is the delightful new studio album from ethnomusicologist Yale Strom. This album is a collection of traditional and new songs and instrumentals celebrating the Jewish Festival of Lights known as Hanukkah. ‘Shimmering Lights’ presents a collection of traditional and new Khanike (Hanukkah) songs with musical influences from all over the world; it is […] Read More