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When Daniel Kahn swings through Western Mass on his US tour this Fall, you may try but you will probably fail to put him in a box that
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When Daniel Kahn swings through Western Mass on his US tour this Fall, you may try but you will probably fail to put him in a box that doesn’t let air through somewhere. But since we have to: Klezmer punk folk with crooked clever songwriting, like Waits or Cohen. Kahn is an agitator, both moralist and anarchist. His show is shtetl, punk, cabaret, and protest march. His band takes the stage with accordions, clarinets, electric guitars, trombones, megaphones. Self-titled: “radical Yiddish borderland bandistas with punk attitude.”
When has music from another age sounded so keenly relevant? Hundred year old Yiddish songs are turned on their head to reflect on the 1%, on unemployment. Absolutely a must for lovers of unusual, intelligent, and challenging folk music. Kahn’s band will get you dancing like any other klezmer band, but your mind will be reeling as well. The live show features translations, lyrics, and images by Eric Drooker, an iconic artist for the punk movement, whose work is woven into the album’s design. Kahn’s wife and partner, Yeva Lapsker, runs the program live, using theses images as well as others as a kind of visual instrument in the band, shifting the presentation to suit the set.
Local Soul Jazz favorites The Boogalistics supporting.
In response to the Pittsburgh shooting, Laudable will be donating the night’s proceeds to HIAS. Daniel Kahn is a fierce critic of fascism and xenophobia, and a clear and salient voice for Jewish social justice. His Yiddish punk cabaret takes shtetl music and translates its century-old experiences into the present-future. Says Kahn: “…we have their language and their experience to draw on as we make the connection to the struggles of immigrants, Muslims, refugees, Jews, women, all people who are fighting to live freely. The past is present and the struggle is global and historical.”
$12 adv/$15 door. Kids under 12 free. New City Brewery. 6pm. Handicapped accessible.
This show is part of our Klezmer in the Brewery cycle. We’re taking klezmer out of the recital hall and into the working-class, proletarian establishments where it truly belongs. This is dancing music. This is drinking music. Come party with us.
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(Sunday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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december
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With solid klezmer roots, spectacular technical virtuosity, and a wry sense of humor, Ilene Stahl and an all-star line-up of Boston's best musicians re-groove traditional klezmer and Mediterranean
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With solid klezmer roots, spectacular technical virtuosity, and a wry sense of humor, Ilene Stahl and an all-star line-up of Boston’s best musicians re-groove traditional klezmer and Mediterranean melodies, rip up Romanian surf tunes, cover cop show themes and cumbias, slay a few standards, and burnish it all to a funky finish. Ilene is our local klezmer all-star; she is often found playing with Itzhak Perlman and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. With Klezperanto, she takes the genre entirely out of the box and into the dance hall, so make sure you’re dressed to boogie. Limited seating available.
Peace & Rhythm DJs start spinning at 7:30PM and will also spin between sets and afterwards. Their international grooves skip around as comfortably as Klezperanto, from cumbia to afrobeat to salsa.
Tickets are $15 adv / $20 door. Limited seating available Kids under 12 free.
This show is part of our Klezmer in the Brewery cycle. We’re taking klezmer out of the recital hall and into the working-class, proletarian establishments where it truly belongs. This is dancing music. This is drinking music. Come party with us.
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(Saturday) 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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$15 advance, $20 at the door
Price $15.00
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Betsyada Machado, the Voice of Venezuela, returns to the Valley for an intimate session at New City Brewery with the peerless cuatro player Jorge Glem, Latin Grammy winner
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Betsyada Machado, the Voice of Venezuela, returns to the Valley for an intimate session at New City Brewery with the peerless cuatro player Jorge Glem, Latin Grammy winner Diego Alvarez “El Negro” on percussion, and jazz bassist Rodner Padilla. While each of these musicians is separately renowned in Venezuela, they’ve partnered together for a special year-end tour to share their holiday traditions with us.
The show will be divided into three Venezuelan musical genres: (Pt 1) Aguinaldos are the LatAm corollary to our carols, traditionally performed by groups going from house to house and presenting “musical gifts” to their neighbors. (Pt 2) Parrandas are more upbeat, meant to create a celebratory mood in the house the musicians are visiting, and to reflect on the year’s happy moments and create positive intentions for the year to come.(Pt 3) Gaitas are a festive and very danceable genre common in the far west of Venezuela, particularly the state of Zulia.
We can’t think of a more fitting finale to Laudable Production’s first year of world music programming than this — join us on a journey into the holiday traditions of Venezuelan villages, where the year cannot end without hours-long musical celebrations sending best wishes for the year to come.
$15 adv / $20 door. Limited seating available. Handicapped accessible. Children under 12 FREE.
Betsayda Machado y su Parranda: https://youtu.be/TvnxK31rZU8
Jorge Glem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0KC0NicnJw (jump to 2:30 if you’re impatient)
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(Wednesday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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$15 adv / $20 at the door
Price $15.00
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