OMG this is the Klezmer Equivalent to being on the cover of the Rolling Stone. The Forward is a publication that’s been going since 1897, and at one stage its circulation outstripped the New York Times. Go The Klezmer Rebs!
Continue reading →In case you missed it, fellow Klezmer Reb David Weinstein and I were on National Radio on 12 July talking about Klezmer music, and why it’s popular in New Zealand. You can listen to the programme in its full glory, thanks to Radio New Zealand.
Continue reading →Last night, the Klezmer Rebs performed for the Hanukah party in Wellington’s Civic Square. I felt particularly elated to be playing Klezmer music in the main square of my home town, a thriving multicultural city that has gone from strength to strength in the thirty years that I’ve called it home. Props to our Mayor…
Continue reading →Stephen Fisher posted a fabulous review of The Klezmer Rebs playing the Palmerston North City Library in today’s Manawatu Standard: While we may have become used to the sounds of live music drifting through our city library, it is a long time since we have been treated to such a lively and spirited performance as…
Continue reading →Our Just Add Shmaltz CD was reviewed recently in The Listener (26 September 2009, page 43) and The Dominion Post (2 October 2009, page B6). Who ever thought that we’d be mainstream enough to get critical acclaim?
Continue reading →Our Klezmer Rebs bandmate Amanda MacLean has just produced this surreal music video. She plays the helicon for us, but in this clip she sings, plays trombone, and does a great job acting. Go Amanda!
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