On one evening last summer, Dan Horowitz found himself in the middle of rural Tennessee where his band was hired to play a wedding. Just like every good Jewish wedding, this one featured a Freylekh ...

On Nov. 20, Mostly Kosher brought its unique flair of klezmer rock to UCLA. The band – which focuses on traditional klezmer music with modern genres ranging from jazz and Latin to rock and folk – ...

Live music abounds in Denver, but there’s nothing quite like Festo Festo. The monthly gathering of musicians, dancers and artists showcases Jewish klezmer music and a wide range of Balkan musical ...

Susan Watts comes from a long line of performers of the Jewish genre of klezmer music: The klezmer dynasty dates to 19th century Ukraine and begins with Watts’ great-grandfather, the musician, ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. At the Orchard Estate ...

Upshtat Zingerai play Jewish simhah dance music for a wedding at the South Shore Cultural Center. From left to right: Emma Blau, Jonah Lazarus, Qi Yang, Hannah Mira Friedland, and Ethan Aronson Credit ...

“Kleztronica” is a burgeoning Jewish music scene that’s becoming a “movement,” according to its 22-year-old creator, Upper West Side native Kaia Berman-Peters. (New York Jewish Week) — On a recent ...

On May 18, acclaimed klezmer musician and composer Alicia Svigals accepted an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) for “extraordinary contributions to ...

The passionate, poignant and joyous sounds of klezmer, the Jewish folk music of Eastern Europe, will ring out in Stockbridge on Saturday evening when the Knaydels perform in concert. A fundraiser for ...

CAPE MAY – If history is any indication they could be dancing on the streets of Cape May on the nights of June 13 and Aug. 22 when the Odessa Klezmer Band performs in a free concert series at the ...

Until Yoni Battat '13 was a teenager, Jewish music meant klezmer. In his synagogue and at his Jewish school outside New Haven, Connecticut, he heard and played the Eastern European-style folk music.

A first trailer has been unveiled for Leandro Koch and Paloma Schachmann’s documentary “The Klezmer Project,” which will have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival’s Encounters strand. The ...