The KlezmerShack is the online home of 'world music from a Jewish slant'. We cover Klezmer and more, focusing on the edges and the sounds that express who we are now. We also provide the place for klezmorim, other musicians, fans and scholars to network online. >>read more
About the Klezmer Revival:
The story goes that Henry Sapoznik, one of the founding members of Kapelye, one of the original 'Klezmer Revival" bands, was down south trying to learn some traditional banjo licks from one of the old timey players and was asked, "don't you Jewish people have ethnic music of your own?" Indeed, Jewish musicians... >>read more
Der Bay: international anglo-yiddish newsletter with international kalendar, international calendar, with news of klezmer bands, yiddish teachers, yiddish clubs and translators ...
Yiddish is the language of Ashkenazic Jewry. The Yiddish language, literature, poetry, theater and music have a rich heritage. Our mission is... >>read more
The Essentia Klezmer by Seth Rogovoy: Klezmer music - a history, artists, albums, the book The essential Klezmer by Seth Rogovoy - band Metropolitan Klezmer with biographies ...
Seth Rogovoy's Essential Klezmer is the best available introduction to klezmer music. The author, born in 1960, has been a music critic and columnist for... >>read more
The German Klezmer Page: For all those not knowing what Klezmer is like (too many people, I guess ;-)) I'll try to give a definition.
The word klezmer itself comes from the Aramaeic "kli" and "zemer" and means in the true sense "the human being becomes the bearer of the song". Nowadays klezmer stands for a music style and the musician... >>read more
The Jewish Music Institute is dedicated to the celebration, preservation anddevelopment of the living heritage of Jewish music for the benefit of all.
Arts organisation based at the Schoolof Oriental and African Studies, supporting education and performance. Information on concerts, courses and conferences. >>read more
Klezmer in Germany: June 1990. Jerusalem, Ben Yehuda Street. I am in Israel for the first time. It's one month before the German currency was unified, the band is broke and we are busking. A huge crowd gathers, big applause after every tune. When we finish our set a young man throws a coin into the violin case and asks me, "Where are you from?"... >>read more
The Klezmer Ring wants to connect all people who are interested in or are even practising this wonderful music which originated in East-European Jewish culture and is now being performed and listened ... >>read more