Thanks to a mammoth klezmer digitization project, we can hear Jewish music that hasn't been played for generations.

Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell and Dmitri Gaskin. Photo by Stefan Loeber. On Oct. 24-29, the CU Boulder College of Music will host a unique klezmer and Yiddish song residency featuring singer Anthony ...

(JTA) At the Orchard Estate assisted living facility in Woodbury, New York, residents hum along to the klezmer music familiar to many Jews of their generation. The Yiddish-inflected music with roots ...

On one evening last summer, Dan Horowitz found himself in the middle of rural Tennessee where his band was hired to play a wedding. Just like every good Jewish wedding, this one featured a Freylekh ...

“Kleztronica” is a burgeoning Jewish music scene that’s becoming a “movement,” according to its 22-year-old creator, Upper West Side native Kaia Berman-Peters. (New York Jewish Week) — On a recent ...

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 – ...

Susan Watts comes from a long line of performers of the Jewish genre of klezmer music: The klezmer dynasty dates to 19th century Ukraine and begins with Watts’ great-grandfather, the musician, ...

On May 18, acclaimed klezmer musician and composer Alicia Svigals accepted an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) for “extraordinary contributions to ...

PITTSFIELD — When conductor and accordion player Aaron Kula founded the Klezmer Company Jazz Orchestra in Florida back in 1997, he counted Berkshire clarinetist Paul Green among his first ...

The passionate, poignant and joyous sounds of klezmer, the Jewish folk music of Eastern Europe, will ring out in Stockbridge on Saturday evening when the Knaydels perform in concert. A fundraiser for ...

(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) – Steadfast listeners of “Borscht Beat” — a weekly FM radio show featuring Jewish music, old and new — will be thrilled to hear of host Aaron Bendich’s latest ...

A first trailer has been unveiled for Leandro Koch and Paloma Schachmann’s documentary “The Klezmer Project,” which will have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival’s Encounters strand. The ...