Punk-inspired klezmer band Black Ox Orkestar is releasing new music after a 16-year hiatus
Experimental klezmer band Black Ox Orkestar has returned with its first new music in 16 years, which expands on the social justice themes and eclectic stylings of its earlier work. The band’s new album Everything Returns comes out Dec. 2. “Mizrakh Mi Ma’arav,” its first single, which made its streaming service debut on Oct. 20. […]
Klezmer and jazz meet in a new album
For Yiddish lovers there is the familiarity and nostalgia of the mamaloshen and for jazz lovers there is beautiful and imaginative music being made.
Musicians struggle as concert venues close
Toronto’s clubs and bars are closed for an indefinite period of time and concerts and music festivals have been cancelled, putting the livelihood of many musicians in jeopardy.
Quebec band embraces klezmer with a resounding “K”
Heather Solomon speaks with Oktopus, the Montreal-based eight-member klezmer band.
Magillah musicians serve up klezmer feast
Heather Solomon speaks with musician Henri Oppenheim, whose band’s 90-minute concert, titled Un Festin Klezmer, is a “klezmer feast”.
Klezmer jam gets people playing, and dancing
A klezmer jam and dance party has been drawing crowds of revellers to a hotspot on Queen Street West in Toronto.
A musical look into the criminal mind
Orkestar Kriminal’s new album covers 10 songs in Yiddish, Russian, Greek, Spanish and Pashto from the early 20th century, which tell the stories of people living in crime.
Yiddish is alive and well for new KlezKanada director
Yiddish is not a dead language for 33-year-old Sebastian Schulman, the new executive director of KlezKanada, an annual festival in Quebec that celebrates eastern European Jewish music and culture.
My Grandparents Had a Hotel: An ode to The Monteith Inn
This film is more than a loving glance in the rearview mirror. It highlights an anti-Semitic era in North America when resorts posted signs reading “Gentiles Only.”
Beyond the Pale creates ruckus with new album
Formed in 1998 as a trio, Beyond The Pale developed a distinctive sound – influenced by jazz, classical, bluegrass, reggae and funk – early in its career.
