Editorial Product Review: essential recording:The epic sweep of Ragtime is captured in its opening prologue, a nine-minute kaleidoscope of fictional characters mingling with historical figures from the early 20th century as originally captured in E.L. Doctorow's sprawling novel. As the story continues, we meet pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Brian Stokes Mitchell) and his child's mother, Sarah (Audra McDonald), who has been taken in by a respectable family (including Marin Mazzie as Mother). Parallel story lines of the Latvian immigrant ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The Jewish Songbook The Heart And Humor Of A People is an album of classic Jewish songs newly recorded by some of today's top Jewish stars. Produced by legendary producer Brooks Arthur (Janis Ian, Bette Midler, Jackie Mason, Adam Sandler), the record is at once musical and comedic, and wholeheartedly documents thecreative richness of Jewish culture. The Jewish Songbook features Adam Sandler, Jason Alexander, Barbra Streisand, Neil Sedaka, Rob Schneider and many others.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Though often misrepresented and romanticized, the Roma people have had a fascinating history. Leaving the Indus Valley more than 1,000 years ago, they migrated first to the Middle East and Eastern Europe and then to the rest of the world, making an impact on the cultures with which they came into contact. They earned reputations as master musicians and entertainers whose influences can be heard in a variety of genres, including flamenco, Jewish klezmer and the ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:'A gilt-edged masterpiece.' -- Jewish Week 'Best Middle East Peace Plan.' -- Village Voice 'I want more of this band, much more.' -- Global Rhythm 'A sound both hypnotic and charged.' -- Washington Post 'Fuses Middle Eastern and Jewish sounds with a dark, indie pop sensibility.' -- All Music GuideFollowing Matisyahu's dramatic crossover from the Jewish market into the secular world, the most popular female New York Jewish musical artist is ready to break out! Haran ...
Editorial Product Review: :These days the New York City jazz scene is filled with klezmer-influenced musicians: guys like John Zorn and David Krakauer, who learn the minor-keyed melodies of their Jewish grandparents and subsequently tear it to pieces, driving forward while also looking back. There's just something magical about klezmer: it's all about energy and swing, but it's also (almost always) tinged with sadness. Which brings us to Naftule Brandwein. Brandwein was unique back in the '20s and '30s (he'd ...
Editorial Product Review: :In his introductory note to this CD, Itzhak Perlman informs us that, more than anything else he has recorded, this is truly his own music--'what you might hear if you came to my house and I decided to jam with some friends.' And jam he does--with some very talented friends indeed. Klezmer music, which combines the folk and religious music of Yiddish-speaking cultures with various musical traditions of countries such as Russia, Turkey, and Greece, is unusual ...
Editorial Product Review: : Founded by the violin-playing Slabiak brothers, Erik and Oliver, Les Yeux Noirs has explored the common ground between Jewish and Gypsy music for more than a decade. Here on the septet's fifth album, tChorba, which is a French perjoritive for 'soup,' the band continues to refine its Jewish/Gypsy stock while adding in plenty of herbs and spices to make it the band's richest-sounding effort yet. The title cut opens with a funk groove riff before ompapa-ing ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The biggest traditional Jewish artist of all time is back! For those who know Debbie?s music, it has become a treasured part of their lives. Debbie has recorded over 19 albums, sold over 250,000 units and was originally influenced by the music of the 1960?s and 70?s- Peter Paul And Mary, Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell. Hallmark greeting cards designed and marketed over 12 holiday cards using Debbie?s inspired lyrics. Debbie?s 1996 Carnegie Hall performance celebrated ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The biggest traditional Jewish artist of all time is back! For those who know Debbie?s music, it has become a treasured part of their lives. Debbie has recorded over 19 albums, sold over 250,000 units and was originally influenced by the music of the 1960?s and 70?s- Peter Paul And Mary, Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell. Hallmark greeting cards designed and marketed over 12 holiday cards using Debbie?s inspired lyrics. Debbie?s 1996 Carnegie Hall performance celebrated ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The story of Wonder Wheel is a glorious tale of happenstance and discovery, populated by luminaries from different worlds and different eras. In the pantheon: American folk icon Woody Guthrie and world music superstars the Klezmatics, Woody’s daughter, Nora Guthrie, maestro Itzhak Perlman—whose chance meeting with Nora helped plant the seed for the project, Celtic vocalist Susan McKeown, and producers GoodandEvil (Sex Mob, Elysian Fields, Felix Da Housecat). These Coney Island-wrought lyrics add a less-known urban ...
Small and light enough for a shirt pocket, Samsung's Helix YX-M1 is a one-stop audio entertainment center with an XM radio, a digital music player, and room for 50 hours of tunes, but it comes up short on battery life.
