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Items in the New Projects Collection

Alpen Klezmer

Alpen Klezmer is a unique project devoted to songs that have, either directly or indirectly wandered from the Bavarian tradition into Yiddish culture or the other way around, featuring some of the most important musicians of the new Bavarian folk…

"Apikorsim" by the Klezmatics

From review on Klezmershack: "It has been a lot of years since we've heard a recording containing entirely new Klezmatics material—even more if you set aside special projects such as the Woody Guthrie Archive collaborations or their 25th anniversary…

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Birds

"Far dem nayem dor!" Yiddish Children's Songs

For centuries the Yiddish speaking world has had an immense repertoire of children’s songs. The majority of melodies and texts disappeared together with the people who sung them and the children for whom they were composed. Such collections as remain…

Forshpil

Created in 2003 in Latvia, Forshpil re-energizes traditional Yiddish songs, Hassidic nigunim and klezmer tunes with modern rhythms, harmonies and instruments. Age-old songs of love and despair induce themselves with psychedelic rock, funk, jazz and…

"It's Klezmer!" by You Shouldn't Know From It

Five musicians from different countries got together in Berlin to form “You Shouldn´t Know From It!”. Taking their inspiration from Klezmer music of the first half of the 20th century they dig into the music played at weddings and other festivities…

Saints & Tzadiks

Following on the heels of their Grammy Award-winning work with the Klezmatics, vocalists Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg present Saints & Tzadiks -- a fascinating album combining Yiddish and Irish songs. Culled from the rare archive material…

"Tsigele Migele" by Ruth Levin

Ruth Levin is the recipient of the Segal Prize for Yiddish culture, and one of the leading interpreters of the Yiddish song in Israel.A great part of her repertoire is chamber music written by her father Leibu Levin, a well-known Czernowitz born…

Voices of Ashkenaz

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Yerushe

The inspiration for this musical project formed in 2014 by Eleonore Biezunski was retrieved from the repertoire of Yiddish songs and Klezmer that have lain practically dormant among folklore archives (Ruth Rubin, Moshe Beregovski, Zusman Kisselgof).…

"Live From Brooklyn" by Isle of Klezbos

Listen onBandcampto Isle of Klezbos' version of the street singer’s tune"Hert Zikh Aynet", collected from Yankl ZipperbyRuth Rubin in 1955

Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel "Toyznt tamen" (A thousand flavors)

More about the album on Miryem-Khaye Seigel's websiteListen to the song "Furn fursti mir avek" on Bandcamp

Yiddishe Fantazye

Tsibele

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"Raysn" by Litvakus

The song "Es Vet Zayn Sheyn un Fayn" on the album: Listen on bandcamp

The Strauss Warschauer Duo "Rejoicing"

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