A leading voice in the world of klezmer music and Yiddish song for close to 40 years, the Klezmer Conservatory Band (KCB) continues to thrill audiences all over the world. With a repertoire ranging ...

Metropolitan Klezmer, founded in 1994, is the collaborative adventure of seven exceptional New York-based musicians creating inspired interpretations and original compositions around a panorama of ...

There was a ring of Hanukkah musical light spread across the stage of Disney Hall on Tuesday. Appropriately, given the timing of its performance, a few days before the start of Hanukkah, the Klezmer ...

One of the fun things about klezmer bands is their names—Yiddishe Cup, The Klezmer Mountain Boys, Brave Old World, The Shtetl Blasters… anywhere from The Best Little Klezmer Band in Texas to The Isle ...

Born in Brooklyn, Richárd Bernard grew up listening to the sounds we now associate with klezmer music. His family enjoyed listening to Yiddish and folk music records, including those of Theodore Bikel ...

The Skokie-based Maxwell Street Klezmer Band performed in Highland Park at an outdoor concert Aug. 30. The Blues Skies Concerts series, presented by Sheridan Music Studio, producer of livestream and ...

It’s turning into a week full of klezmer at the New Times office. The folks at Rough Guide sent over their latest disc, The Rough Guide to Klezmer Revival, for review, with 18 tracks of fresh new ...

The Jewish Music Festival opened a four-night run at the Knitting Factory on Tuesday with a rousing set of tunes from Hollywood Klezmer. Although the group’s glitzy name may have suggested otherwise, ...