Host: Michael Sherman
ISRAELI (A couple of the Links Require Hebrew
Fonts)
KLEZMER AND YIDDISH
- The Alexandria Kleztet-
Y2Klezmer (also "Delusions of Klezmer") [Alexandria, VA, not Egypt!]
- Austin Klezmorim-
East of Odessa (also "Bubba's Waltz") [Klez, Jazz feel]
- The Barry Sisters-Our Way [Classic Yiddish and Hebrew versions of American pop songs]
- Moshe Berlin
-Nigunim (also "I'll never forget") [from Israel]
- Beyond the Pale-Routes [klez/world mix]
- Theodore Bikel and Hankus Netsky-A Taste of Chanukah [All Chanukah]
- Markus Bishko-Markus Bishko and the Alaska Klezmer Band [Cool Klez from COLD corner]
- Bnei Pedutser [Lively Traditional Klezmer]
- Naftule Brandwein-King of Klezmer Clarinet [1920's iconoclast]
- Brave Old World-Beyond the
Pale (also "Klezmer Music" and "Blood Oranges")
- Budowitz-Mother
Tongue [19th century instruments]
- Burning Bush-Best of Yiddish and Sephardic Music
- The Casco Bay Tummlers-Klezmer
Music (also "Jumpin' Jewpiter) [Maine]
- The Catskill Klezmorim-Beyond the Borscht Belt [Yes, it's from upstate N.Y.]
- Cayuga
Klezmer Revival-Klezmology [Hard playing students from Cornell Univ.]
- Charm City Klezmer-Charm City [Hot Klezmer from Baltimore]
- The Chicago Klezmer Ensemble-
Sweet Home Bukovina [Klezmer tunes, Classical feel]
- Adrienne Cooper-Dreaming in Yiddish
- Adrienne Cooper and Zalmen Mlotek-Ghetto Tango [Songs of Jews in WWII, joy and resistance]
- Mike Curtis Klezmer Band-Street Song [Jazz/Klez, Portland, OR]
- The Epstein Brothers-The Epstein Brothers (Volumes III and IV) [Klezmer, Yiddish, from the 1950's]
- Finjan-Crossing Selkirk Avenue (also "Dancing on Water") [Winnepeg]
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band-Agada (also "Fire") [Toronto, Klez-Jazz]
- Connie Francis-Sings Jewish
Favorites [1950's pop star with exquisite Yiddish/Hebrew mix]
- Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band-The Flower of Berezin [CA Klezmer/Bluegrass]
- From Both Ends
of the Earth-From Both Ends of the Earth
- Michele Gingras and the
Cincinnati Klezmer Project-Klezmer's Greatest Hits
- Di Goldene Keyt-We're Here to Sing (Mir Zaynen do Tsu Zingen) and
The Year in Yiddish Swing [Yiddish Chorale]
- Golem-Homesick Songs [Hard hitting,
Classics and originals]
- Marty Green-A Boy Named Sureh [Original parodies in Yiddish to Classic songs]
- Guignol-Guignol [Spirited Original Klezmer tunes]
- Gypsy Jive Band-Dance Me [Eclectic Klezmer]
- Isle of Klezbos-Greetings From the Isle of Klezbos [N.Y.C., Solid Klezmer]
- Jews Brothers-Live at Cafe
Rouge (also "Yiddish Swing") [from New Zealand!]
- Jontef-Klezmer Music and Yiddish Songs
- The Kabalas-Martinis
and Bagels (also "Eye of Zohar" and "Time Tunnel")
- Fraidy Katz-The Eternal Question
(Di Alte Kashe) [Lovely modern stylings of Yiddish songs]
- Khevrisa-European Klezmer Music [Smithsonian, as in 19th century]
- Fran Kleiner-A Fire Glows [Live Yiddish concert in PA.]
- Klezamir-Klezamir Cooks for
Tante Barbara (also "Back in the Shtetl" and "DER BLOYFOYGL of Happiness") [Mass.]
- The Klezical
Tradition-Family Portrait [Western Mass., a great Yossel,Yossel]
- Klezmatics-Jews With Horns (also
"Possessed", "The Well" and "Rise Up") Wonder Wheel: Lyrics
by Woody Guthrie [N.Y.C., world beat klezmer]
- Klezmer Conservatory
Band-13th Anniversary Concert (also "Dancing in the Aisles" and "Dance Me to the End of Love")) [Big Band Klezmer, Boston, MA]
- Klezmer Juice-Actions Speak Louder Than Words [Freeflowing Klez, Los Angeles]
- Klezroym-Sceni (also "Yankele Net Ghetto") [Klez Fusion, Italy]
- Klingon Klezmer-Blue Suede Jews
- Kol Haruach Klezmer Band-Live in
Concert and In the Beginning [Great Jazz/Klezmer mix]
- Kol
Simcha-Crazy Freilech (also "Klezmer Symphony")
- David Krakauer-Klezmer, N.Y.(also a "New Hot One") [avant garde jazz/klez]
- Wolf Krakowski-Transmigrations (also
"Goyrl") [Roots, Rock, Reggae, Yiddish!]
- Sy Kushner-Klezsqueeze! [Accordian magic]
- Los Lantzmun-One World (and "Lantzville") [Great Eclectic Klemzer Mizrachi/Oriental Mix]
- Sandra Layman-Little Blackbird
[Greek, Romanian, Turkish melodies, strong playing throughout]
- Marilyn Lerner and David Wall-Still Soft Voiced Heart [Piano and vocal to Yiddish Poetry]
- Marilyn Lerner-Romanian Fantasy
[Solo Piano, genre crossing Eastern European Jewish melodies]
- Howard Leshaw-Bronx, Vol. II [hot post WWII style Klezmer/Jazz]
- Margot Leverett-
The Art of the Klezmer [All instrumental]
- Frank London, Lorin Sklamhberg, Rob Schwimmer-The Zmiros Project[Songs for the Sabbath]
- Machaya Klezmer Band -What
a Machaya
- Magnolia Klezmer Band-Live at
Duke Gardens [North Carolina Classic Klez]
- Massel Klezmorim-Jewish Travels [2CD set, Yiddish, Ladino]
- Maxwell St. Klezmer
Band - You Should Be So Lucky (and "Old Roots, New World") [Chicago, Klezmer/Swing]
- Sherri Mayrent- Here I Am (Hine Ani) (also "Tsvey Klezmorim")
[see also Wholesale Klezmer Band]
- The Mazeltones-Dancing With the Little Ones [Seattle's own]
- Metropolitan
Klezmer Band-Yiddish for Travelers (also "Mosaic Persuasions" and "Surprising Finds") [N.Y.C., Solid Klezmer]
- Mikveh-Mikveh [All Star all Female Klezmer]
- Minnesota Klezmer Band-Bulka's
Song [from the Land of the Frozen Chosen]
- Joseph Moskovitz-Art of the Cymbalom
- Naftule's Dream-Search
for the Golden Dreydl
- New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars-
The Big Kibosh (also "Fresh Out the Past" and "Borvis") [Funky Klezmer/Jazz fusion]
- Old World Folk Band-Hot
Tracks (also "Crossing New Borders") [Pennsylvania]
- Ot Azoj Klezmerband and Natalia Rogalski-Zets [Portland, OR, Klezmer/fusion]
- Mandy Patinkin-Mamaloshen [Chicago Hope Star does Yiddish]
- Itzhak Perlman-In the Fiddler's House (also "Live in the Fiddler's
House")
- Prague '24-My Seven Good Years [Minnesota]
- Rabbinical School Dropouts-Introducing the R.S.D.(Also "Counterfeit Gelt" and "Cosmic Tree") [Klezmer/Jazz/Funk from San Diego]
- Eleanor Reissa-Songs in the Key of Yiddish [N.Y.C., upbeat arrangements]
- Yehoshua Rochman-Klezmer Violin [from Israel]
- Janice Rubin-Feels Like Family [Houston's Yiddish folksinger] Contact Janice
- Rubinchik's Orkestyr-Flipnotics Freilachs (Also "Hill Country Hannukah") [Austin's own]
- Pete Rushefsky & Elie Rosenblatt- Tsimbl un Fidl: Klezmer Music for Hammered Dulcimer and Violin Contact Pete [Traditional Klez Duo]
- San Francisco Klezmer Experience-Zing!
- Abe Schwartz-The Klezmer King [Classic Klezmer, mostly 1920's]
- Shafiroff-Remembering Zeyda
- Shawn's Kugel-Simcha! (Also, "Most Precious of Days") [Seattle, klez and swing]
- Shirim-Klezmer Nutcracker (see also "Naftule's Dream", another incarnation) [Klezmer does Tchaikovsky]
- Simply Tsfat-Fresh Air, Be Happy, and New Beginnings [Lovely Chassidic/Klezmer from Israel]
- Souls of Fire-Firedancing [Soulfull, U.K. based]
- South Coast Simcha Band-Classic American Klezmer [Southern CA., the title says it all]
- Andy Statman-Between Heaven and Earth (also "Hidden Light") [Klezmer cross modern jazz]
- Yale Strom-Klezmer: Cafe Jew Zoo and
Absolutely Complete Intro to Klezmer[Upbeat Yiddish, Klezmer]
- Jacqui Sussholz-Yiddish is
Forever [A 3 CD set of Yiddish Song]
- Alicia Svigals-Fidl [Klezmatics violinist: solo and ensemble]
- Dave Tarras & Sam Musiker-Tanz! [Classic 1955 Klezmer Session]
- Temple Sinai Klezmer Band-May the Borscht be With You
- Tennessee Schmaltz-Old Country Klezmer [Bluegrass/Klezmer]
- Rudy Tepel-Chassidic Wedding, Lubavitch Wedding [Classic Klezmer from early 1960's]
- Nizza Thobi-Gebojrn in a Sajdn Hemdl [Munich, Germany, Yiddish Song]
- Tummel-Demo CD
- The Tummelers-Shpiel, Klezmer
- Tzimmes-A
Lid for Every Pot (also "Klezmyriad") [Vancouver, Klez meets Middle East]
- Josh Waletzky-Crossing the Shadows (Ariber di Shotns) [2001, Original Yiddish songs]
- Jeff Warschauer-The Singing Waltz [Klezmer guitar and mandolin]
- Wholesale Klezmer Band-Shmir
Me! (also "Prayer for a Broken World" and "Yidn Fun Amol")
- Simon Wynberg-Songs of my People
- Yale Klezmer Band-Meshuggeneh [The New Haven kids' Klezmer Orchestra]
- Yid Vicious-Klez, Kez, Goy Mit
Fez (also "Forverts!") [Madison, WI, traditional and solid]
- Assorted Artists- Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano [Jewish Cabaret, Popular, and Political Songs, 1900-1945]
- Assorted Artists-A Jewish Odyssey [Wonderful world mix]
- Assorted Artists-Partisans of Vilna [WW2 Resistance Songs]
- Assorted Artists-Klezmania (Music for the next Millenium)
- Assorted Artists-Dixie Diaspora [6 diverse groups from North Carolina]
- Assorted Artists-From Avenue A[Yiddish & American Popular Songs from 1914-1950]
- Assorted Artists-Celebrate Yiddish [Diverse Yiddish Song]
- Assorted Artists-Celebrate Klezmer [Contemporary Klezmer]
- Assorted Artists-The Green Duck (Di
Grine Katshke) [Children's songs in Yiddish!]
CONTEMPORARY-Roots, Jazz, Ladino, Folk, Rock, etc.
- Aaron Alexander-Midrash Mish Mosh [From Trad. Klez to thrash punk and all inbetween]
- Antithesis-The Israel Question [Rap supporting Israel from the U.K.]
- Atzilut-Souls on Fire
also Concerts for Peace [Music
for the Kabbala, Jewish/Arab collaboration]
- Brian Bender (and the Little Shop of
Horas)-Eyn Velt [Original Klezmer World Fusion]
- Benny and the Vildachayas-Get in Trouble [Irreverant Pop and Sun Ra type Jazz] Contact Benny
- Aaron Bensoussan-East and West [Mizrahi vocal/oud]
- Mark Bloom-Key Direction [Jazz, Jewish Themes]
David Broza-The Best of... [Israeli
star vocalist/guitarist sings in English/Hebrew]
- Eli Chait-Peace of Mind [Selections from scriptures in Pop/Rock]
- Chashmal-Chashmal [Jewish super group, religious and funky]
- Chutzpah-Chutzpah [Jewish rap]
- John Cougarstein (Bill Scher)-S.U.C.K. in the U.S.A. [A Jewish Weird Al Yankovich]
- Stewart Curtis' K Groove-Smoked Salmon Salsa [funky klez/jazz fusion]
- Romiel Daniel-Shabat Shalom from India
- Davka-Lavy's
Dream [String Intensive, Middle Eastern]
- Divahn-Divahn [Middle East/Sephardic]
- Steve Dropkin-Keep Our Hopes Alive [Soulful songs, English and Hebrew]
- Duo Controverso-Gedanken [Annette and Kurt Bjorling's Harp/clarinet explorations]
- E18hteen-Be Strong (Also "Life") [Rock]
-
We Are All Connected-Marge Eiseman & Friends [Nice Vocals, Upbeat Songs]
- Elisete- Moon and Coffee / Longing
[Lively dance sets from Brazil: Samba, Bossa Nova, Forro in Hebrew and Portuguese]
- Dudu Fisher-Standing where You
Are [Standards, Jewish and other]
- Judy Frankel-Silver and Gold (also "Sephardic Songs of Love and Hope") [Ladino] Contact Judy
- Debbie Friedman-It's You and Live at Carnegie Hall, The Water in the Well,
Songs of the Spirit [Biggest Jewish artist in America]
- Kinky Friedman-Pearls
in the Snow [Tribute album]
- Yehuda Glantz-Gotta Dance (and
others) [Upbeat pop music, Shlomo Carlbach and originals]
- Sam Glaser-The Songs We Sing, The
Bridge, MORE and Greatest
Hits [Melodic, upbeat pop vocal, English, Hebrew, Yiddish]
- Alan Goldberg-Chasing Stray
Flames [Piano and lyre]
- David Gould-Adonai and I [Friday night service to a REGGAE beat]
- Joy Katzen-Guthrie-How Good, How Pleasant (and more) [Prayers from Scripture]
- Ruby Harris-Almost Home [Jewish Blues!]
- Raz Hartman-Shabbat Olam [Pop/Piano/From Scripture]
- From The Belly of Abraham-Hasidic New Wave and Yakar Rhythms [Percussive
Jazz, Funk]
- Robyn Helzner-A Fire Burns (also "Hearts Awaken") [Washington D.C., Israeli and Yiddish Folk]
- Hip Hop Hoodios-Hip Hop Hoodios [Yes, Latin, Rap, Rock, Jewish!]
- Linda
Hirschhorn-Heartbeat (and many others) [Hebrew/Ladino]
- Reuben Hoch-Chassidic Jazz Project [Great Jewish themed Jazz]
- Koby Israelite-Dance of the Idiots [London, Klez/Jazz/Funk]
- Jeff Janning-American Jew [New Age Progressive rock]
- The Jewish Home-Island on
a Hill [member of the Jewish Home in S.F., clever original material]
- Jewish Jazz Ensemble-Shifra Tanzt [Jazz arrangements of classic Klezmer/Ladino songs]
- Billy Jonas-Life So Far [vocal and lots of percusssion]
- The Kabalas-Martinis
and Bagels (also "Eye of Zohar" and "Time Tunnel") [Polkadelic Klezmer, Rowdy fun]
- David Kamenir-There are No Delis in
Ensenada [Fun mix of styles]
- Simcha Kanter-Wellsprings [Beautiful Devotional Music]
- Deborah Katchko-A Sacred Spirit [Connecticut Cantor sings Hebrew prayers/blessings]
- Neal Katz-Who Am I? [Upbeat contemporary]
- King Django-Roots and Culture [Yiddish Reggae/Ska !]
- Wolf Krakowski-Transmigrations (also
"Unbounded" and "Destiny") [Great Yiddish country/rock]
- Zlati Krycer-No More Hangin' Loose
[Original music for life's events]
- Lenka Lichtenberg-Deep Inside
[Canadian, English original, Yiddish traditional]
- Lisa Levine-Reaching for Peace
[Diverse optimistic songs in Gospel style]
- Listen Up! A Cappella-Al Ha Nissim
(also "Jewphoria") [A Cappella vocals in all styles]
- Gary Lucas-Busy Being Born (also "Street of Lost Brothers")
[funky Jewish themed rock assortments]
- Jon Madof-Rashanim [Jewish tunes in Jazz/Rock/Klezmer Fusion]
- Magevet- Ekh Hu Shar (How He Sang) [Yale Univ. Accapella group]
- Mandolin Carvan-Desert Soul [Jewish Folk, Klezmer/Mizrachi]
- The Moshav Band-Higher and
Higher [a great collection of band over 4 albums] also Misplaced
- Seth Nadel-Achas Shoalti (One Thing I Ask) [Psalms in a Progessive Rock style]
- Nitzane Binyamin Chorus-The Most Beautiful Jewish Songs
- Pharoah's Daughter-Out of the Reeds (also "Daddy's Pockets") [Hebrew Prayers to Worldbeat Rhythms]
- Yosi Piamenta-Strings of My Heart [Jazz/Rock guitarist]
- Poppa's Kitchen-A Rockin
Hanukah [Pop/Rock original Hanukah songs]
- Marshall Portnoy-Songs of
Renewal [Peaceful, devotional]
- Shelley Posen-Manna [Ottowa, original songs about food/family/tradition]
- Ann Rachel (Rahel)-Time Passes By [Devotional, singer/songwriter]
- RavShmuel-Protocols [This Rabbi
rocks hard]
- Rebbesoul-Rebbesoul-o [Prayers to the guitar of Bruce Berger]
- Rick Recht-Tov [Rock w/Jewish themes]
- Joe Roff-A Better Place [Jewish Rock]
- Peter Saltzman and the Revolution Ensemble-Kabbalah Blues [Jazz/Funk/Klezmer/Pop...]
- Brad Schachter-Prayer for a Child
- Robbi Sherwin-Todah L'Chem (Thanks, y'all) [Austin, TX Original Jewish Pop/Rock]
- Shirat Ha Lev (Heart Song)-Ha'l'luyah [Austin, TX Folk/Pop melodies to Liturgy]
- Shir Harmony-Grant us Joy and Blessing [duo vocals to the liturgy]
- Shmuel Skaist-B'Yameinu [original
Hassidic Nigunim]
- The Shleps-The Shleps [Lovely Parody]
- Shlock Rock-The Early Years
1986-1990 (and many more Cd's by the Kings of Parody)
- Stephanie Shore-Quiet Time [Mellow]
- Jon Simon-Shabbat Jazz [Jazz Piano]
- Peri Smilow-The Freedom Music Project
[Music of Passover and Civil Rights Movement]
- Sandy Smolen-Holidays and Celebrations [Nice pop Holiday songs]
- Allan Soberman-Searching For My Voice [Toronto singer songwriter, scripture lyrics]
- Lenny Solomon-Mikdash
(also "Manual for Moral Minded" and "Rock Moshiach")
- Ta Shma-Come Listen[Hip Hop]
- Tim Sparks-At The Rebbe's Table [Mostly Acoustic guitar]
- Rob Tobias-Sparks [Oregon based singer/songwriter]
- Tsepora-A Timeless Journey Through Jewish Song (and "Atonement") [Calgary, Mezzo Soprano sings Yiddish and Hebrew classics]
- Vocolot-Behold! (also "HeartBeat") [Linda Hirschorn's a capella chorus]
- Lisa Wanamaker-Shir Heaven (also "Shirim") [Jewish folk, Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino]
- Mel Waldorf-Meshugga Beach
Party, [Updated 20 Song version] [Jewish SURF Music]
- Laura Wetzler-Songwriter's Notebook (also "Kabalah Music") [Singer/songwriter, Jewish themes]
- Ron Wiseman-Mystical Mood
[Great Jewish Reggae, original tunes]
- Yehuda-Higher & Higher, Oh Yerushalayim!! [Upbeat Hassidic pop]
- Yiddishe Cup-Meshugeneh Mambo [Cleveland, Klezmer/Latin/Comedy]
- Yom Hadash- When We Were Young (also "All This Comes From You") [Boston Funk/pop, Hebrew, English]
- Various- BT1 Rock [Compilation (English, Hebrew) Jewish themed music]
- Various-The World is a Narrow Bridge [14 songs, 14 singers, uplifting]
- Various-Celebrate Hip Hop [Jewish Rap from all over the world]
- Various-American Jewish
Summer [Songs of the Jewish Youth Camping Movement]
- Various-The Jewish Songbook [Manhattan Transfer, Neil Sedaka, Adam Sandler, Herb Alpert and more]
CLASSICAL/CANTORIAL
- Samuel Adler-We Are the Echoes [w/Sephardic Choruses and The Binding]
- Bruce Adolphe-Songs of Love and Suffering [Ladino Poetry to soprano/french horn/guitar]
- David Amram-Songs of the Soul [w/ shir l'erev Shabbat, The Final Ingredient]
- Maya Beiser-Kinship [Classical,Experimental]
- Ofer Ben Amots-Celestial Dialogues [Hashkivenu and Shetl Songs]
- Herman Berlinski-Avodat Shabbat [Friday Evening Service]
- Dave Brubeck-Gates of Justice [Hillel/M.L.King/Black-Jewish reconcilliation]
- Cantors-A Faith in Song [Super cantors: Benzion Miller, Alberto Mizrahi, Naftali Herstik sing cantorial/pop/Yiddish/Hebrew]
- David Diamond-Ahava, Brotherhood [commemorates 3 centuries of Jewish Life in America]
- Max Helfman-Di Naye Hagode [The New Hagada, based on Fefer's "Warsaw Ghetto"]
- Kronos Quartet and David Krakauer-The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind [Osvaldo Golijov's score]
- Marvin David Levy-Masada [telling of Jewish defense of Israel under Roman assault]
- Richard Locker-Jewish Cello Masterpieces [Bloch, Bruch, Ravel melodies]
- Ruth Wieder Magan- Song to the
Invisible God [intense solo vocal]
- Benzion Miller-The First S'lihot [2CD complete Slihot Service]
- Benzion Miller-Concert Masterpieces [Cantorial virtuosity]
- Alberto Mizrachi-The High Holy Days
- Zlata
Razdolina-The Song of the Murdered Jewish People [Yom Ha Shoah, Holocaust Memorial]
- Zina Schiff-King David's Lyre [classical violin, Jewish composers]
- Paul Schoenfeld-Viola Concerto [w/ The Merchant and the Pauper]
- Ernst Toch-The Bitter Herbs [telling of the Passover Story]
- Hugo Weisgall-Tkiatot [Rosh Ha Shana rituals and choral etudes]
- Yehudi Wyner-The Mirror [also
Passover Offering and Tants un Maysele]
- Various-Jewish Operas Volume I [Ellstein, Strasburg, Tamkin compositions]
- Various-Jewish Tone Poems [Avshalomov, Sheila Silver, Meyerowitz, composers]
- Various-Klezmer Concertos and Encores [Klemzer w/various symphony orchestras]
COMEDY/SPOKEN WORD
MUSIC FOR KIDS (Adults often love it too!)
JEWISH HOLIDAY MUSIC
