Blog

Daniel Kahn talks about his musi­cal influ­ences, how all of his lan­guages inter­act with each oth­er in his songs, and what it means to ​“tradapt” a song across lan­guages and time.

Oct 01, 2015

Zisl Sle­povitch of the band Lit­vakus on klezmer, gath­er­ing sto­ries, and grow­ing up in Belarus. 

Nov 19, 2015

Klezmer singers and musi­cians gath­er in Berlin to make joy­ous new sound together.

Jan 29, 2019

What hap­pens when you move a klezmer fes­ti­val online? Eka­te­ri­na Kuznetso­va reviews Yid­dish cul­ture in the era of COVID-19 at Shtetl Berlin 2020.

Jan 19, 2021

Mama­li­ga’s debut album is an excit­ing, sub­tle, and intri­cate addi­tion to Boston’s klezmer offerings.

Feb 09, 2022

Isabel Frey reflects on the chal­lenges and pos­si­bil­i­ties of per­form­ing Yid­dish music as a Jew­ish per­former in Ger­many and Aus­tria beyond the insu­lat­ed Berlin klezmer scene.

May 18, 2022

Klezcadia’s inau­gur­al 2024 fes­ti­val was ful­ly hybrid, COVID-cau­tious, and includ­ed day­time work­shops and evening con­certs with a vari­ety of West Coast klezmer lumi­nar­ies and Yid­dish teachers.

Aug 08, 2024