Bands and Performing Groups: Klezmer, Jewish, and Related or Derivative musics
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Klezmer Bands, "I"
IndyKlez is an Indianapolis-based Klezmer band available for weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, private parties and concerts, Klezmer workshops, etc. Call Ginny Womack at 1-800-467-4620. Web: www.indyklez.com. E-mail IndyKlez. (Tom Kashin)
The Inner Fire District is a klezmer/hobo band based in Burlington, Vermont. Accordion, guitar, clarinet, bass. Repertoire includes new songs by David Symons, traditional European/Balkan. Especially of interest, though somewhat esoteric, may be our rendition of "You Are My Sunshine." Tel: 802.399.5048. Web: www.innerfiredistrict.com. E-mail Inner Fire District. (David Symons)
Ann Arbor-based Into the Freylakh is one of the Detroit Area's most exciting up-and-coming bands. The group combines traditional Klezmer and Eastern European music with Jazz and Classical influences to create music that is at home in the concert hall and the dance hall. Featuring Bryan Pardo on clarinet, Dina Maccabee on viola, Tal Kopstein on trumpet, Dan McNaughton on Bass, Gabe Bolkosky on violin, Jason Markzon on percussion, Isaac Schankler on piano, and Jennifer Goltz on vocals. Tel: 773-304-6050. Web: www.intothefreylakh.com. E-mail Into the Freylakh. (Bryan Pardo).
Isle of Klezbos is a soulful, fun-loving all-female powerhouse klezmer sextet based in NYC, performing an imaginative mix of styles from the far-flung map of Yiddish culture. The group was formed in 1998 by drummer Eve Sicular (bandleader of Metropolitan Klezmer), and also includes three other MetroKlezmer members: trumpet / flugelhorn artist Pam Fleming, clarinet / sax player Debra Kreisberg, and vocalist Deborah Karpel, plus virtuosi accordionist Carmen Staaf and bassist Saskia Lane. Band members' other influences range from Latin jazz to lieder, Cajun-zydeco to cabaret, and classical to funk to Balkan, folk, reggae, and swing. Appearing at Seattle's Bumbershoot, Vienna's KlezMORE (repeat engagements), St Louis' Edison Theatre, JCC of SF, and the legendary Caffe Lena, as well as NYC's Joe's Pub, Makor, Jewsapalooza, BAMcafe, Brooklyn Museum of Art (… also thrice at Michigan Womyn's Music Festival). Broadcasts include CNN Worldbeat; PBS' In The Life; and Showtime’s The L Word. Isle of Klezbos is in known for ecstatic grooves, stellar solos, and both swinging and rollicking beats. The band's latest studio single—a Latin/Yiddish groove of "Comes Love"—is the Klezbonus track on "Traveling Show" (Metropolitan Klezmer, 2007 live concert disc). Isle of Klezbos' own CD "http://www.klezmershack.com/bands/isleofklezbos/greetings/">Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos" (2003) features eclectic originals as well as the band's irreverent yet respectful approach to tradition, receiving rave reviews everywhere from The Advocate to Sing Out! magazine. Klezbos' earlier disc, Mosaic Persuasion, a collaboration with Metropolitan Klezmer, won a 2002 OutMusic Award. The band plays for celebrations of all kinds as well, performing many styles beyond klezmer (Klezbos members' individual experiences also include performing with Bruce Springsteen, Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Amy Sedaris, Bonnie Raitt,Los Mas Valientes, Rufus Wainwright, Hazmat Modine, Burning Spear, Voodoobillies, and RadioDread). Contact Eve Sicular, tel: 212/475-4544. Web: www.metropolitanklezmer.com. E-mail: Isle of Klezbos. (Eve Sicular)
