(JTA) At the Orchard Estate assisted living facility in Woodbury, New York, residents hum along to the klezmer music familiar to many Jews of their generation. The Yiddish-inflected music with roots ...

In March of 2020, Craig Judelman came to visit his friend and fellow musician Michael Alpert at his home in Scotland. They were taking a break from life on the road before heading south to the ...

Musicians and fans will pay tribute to Brooklyn’s Pete Sokolow, who died in 2022, and his role as a generational bridge builder. (New York Jewish Week) — The late Brooklyn klezmer musician Pete ...

Susan Watts comes from a long line of performers of the Jewish genre of klezmer music: The klezmer dynasty dates to 19th century Ukraine and begins with Watts’ great-grandfather, the musician, ...

Holding a music box up to the microphone, Daniel Kahn asks his audience to stand at attention and spins the crank to play a tinny rendition of "The Internationale," a socialist workers’ hymn laden ...

The passionate, poignant and joyous sounds of klezmer, the Jewish folk music of Eastern Europe, will ring out in Stockbridge on Saturday evening when the Knaydels perform in concert. A fundraiser for ...

On May 18, acclaimed klezmer musician and composer Alicia Svigals accepted an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) for “extraordinary contributions to ...

On one evening last summer, Dan Horowitz found himself in the middle of rural Tennessee where his band was hired to play a wedding. Just like every good Jewish wedding, this one featured a Freylekh ...

The joyous, buoyant sounds of klezmer music will ring out for hours this weekend in midtown Detroit when Michigan’s first klezmer festival is held. The International Institute (111 E. Kirby St.) will ...

In 2019, the Michigan-based indie funk band Vulfpeck sold out Madison Square Garden for a one-night-only show. I was in attendance in nosebleed seats, and as the show began, klezmer clarinetist ...