Seth Rogovoy, a contributing editor at the Forward, is the author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet (Scribner) and Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison (Oxford University Press).
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By Seth Rogovoy
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News Klezmerania
It’s a great time to be a Jewish music fan. Creative work is being done in a variety of styles and genres, ranging from neo-traditional klezmer to cutting-edge Jewish jams, from new liturgical sounds to old-time Yiddish folk and theater tunes. Sometimes all these different styles show up on one recording — or even in…
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News Restoring Spirituality To Music –– And Life
When Daniel Asia began composing music in the early 1970s, he was, like many of his generation, intent on turning his back on what came before out of a belief that he was part of a revolutionary movement forging a radical future. This went for everything: music, culture, politics and religion. He was part of…
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News Not Your Father’s Klezmer –– But Neither Was His
Klezmer music is like pornography and spirituality: Everyone knows it when they hear it, but few agree upon just what it is. The funny thing is, klezmer hasn’t been around very long. As a term describing a musical genre, klezmer is a relatively recent coinage, only dating back to about 1980. At the beginning of…
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