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One thing about the Klezmatics, they're not afraid of a little controversy with their klezmer music. Here they stir the ashes a couple of times, with an English-Yiddish cover of Holly Near's "I Ain't Afraid" that comes twice on the disc, and points out the pitfalls of what people do in the name of religion, and also in "Loshn-Koydesh," an unusual tale of a Hebrew lesson with an appropriately seductive melody to match the words. This time around the emphasis is most definitely on songs, rather than instrumentals, and for the most part they keep their fire quite restrained, rarely letting the instrumental work fly into the stratosphere as they have in the past. Where they do, on "Katz Un Moyz," for example, the results are spectacular, a reminder of how good players like Steven Greenman and Matt Darriau truly are. But Lorin Sklamberg has rarely sounded better singing with the band, as he proves on "Makht Oyf." That said, the annoying chorus of children on "Tepel" overdoes what could be a pleasantly kitschy piece, and highlights the heavy production used on the record, generally to its benefit, but sometimes too heavy-handed. They might be more serious and focused this time around, abandoning the free joy of the past, but they're still damn good.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
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Ben Wisch, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Frank London, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Michael Wex, Adapter
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - The Klezmatics, MainArtist - Adrienne Cooper, Adapter - Michael Wex, Adapter - Holly Near, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - The Klezmatics, MainArtist - Matt Darriau, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Abe Schwartz, ComposerLyricist - Ben Wisch, Producer - Joseph Moskowitz, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Lisa Gutkin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - The Klezmatics, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Shmerke Kaczerginski, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Frank London, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Lorin Sklamberg, ComposerLyricist - Frank London, Arranger, Work Arranger - The Klezmatics, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Traditional, Author - Frank London, Composer - The Klezmatics, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - Frank London, ComposerLyricist - The Klezmatics, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Ben Wisch, Producer - The Klezmatics, MainArtist - Holly Near, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Album review
One thing about the Klezmatics, they're not afraid of a little controversy with their klezmer music. Here they stir the ashes a couple of times, with an English-Yiddish cover of Holly Near's "I Ain't Afraid" that comes twice on the disc, and points out the pitfalls of what people do in the name of religion, and also in "Loshn-Koydesh," an unusual tale of a Hebrew lesson with an appropriately seductive melody to match the words. This time around the emphasis is most definitely on songs, rather than instrumentals, and for the most part they keep their fire quite restrained, rarely letting the instrumental work fly into the stratosphere as they have in the past. Where they do, on "Katz Un Moyz," for example, the results are spectacular, a reminder of how good players like Steven Greenman and Matt Darriau truly are. But Lorin Sklamberg has rarely sounded better singing with the band, as he proves on "Makht Oyf." That said, the annoying chorus of children on "Tepel" overdoes what could be a pleasantly kitschy piece, and highlights the heavy production used on the record, generally to its benefit, but sometimes too heavy-handed. They might be more serious and focused this time around, abandoning the free joy of the past, but they're still damn good.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:37
- Main artists: The Klezmatics
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder Records
- Genre: World
© 2002 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2002 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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