Carmen Staaf; Shoko Nagai; Patrick Farrell , guest klezbian!
Emeriti Terri Conti; Rachelle Garniez("Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos" CD); Art Bailey (Abi Gezunt swing '05 live)
... vocals:
emerita Deborah Karpel ("Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos" CD), Melissa Fogarty, guest vox: Judith Berkson, Mira Stroika
... bass:
Saskia Lane; Emeriti: ...Anna Milat-Meyer ("Comes Love"); Catherine Popper ("Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos" CD); George Rush (Abi Gezunt swing '05 live)
... guest trombonist - Jacob Garchik! (Szol a Kakas Mar live)
Influences
Where to begin? The klezmer ancestors (Naftule Brandwein, Dave Tarras, and our dear departed Howie Leess), Yiddish forebears (Menashe Oppenheim, Solomon Mikhoels, Isa Kremer, Lev Pulver, Henokh Kon, Molly Picon, Grandpa Phillip Karpel), and then... so many other people and bands too: Nina Simone, Lionel [Begleiter] Bart, Lionel Belasco, Joni Mitchell, Harold Arlen, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Chopin, Gershwin, Beethoven, Kodaly, Bartok, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Mavis Staples, Jule Styne, The Roches, The McGarrigles, The Beatles, Regina Spektor, Bjork, Radiohead, Burning Spear, Charlie Parker, Vinicius Cantuaria, Los Mas Valientes, Leonard Bernstein, The Klezmatics, Aretha Franklin, Miriam Makeba, Erik Satie, Stravinsky, Alfred Schnittke, Rachelle Garniez, Alison Bechdel, The Five Lesbian Brothers, Gregg Bordowitz, Vito Russo ~ and: Metropolitan Klezmer (check that page for more of our influences)!
Sounds Like
“Isle of Klezbos tests the elasticity of the genre”
- The New Yorker
"One of the finest young klezmer bands ever to appear on the block"
- Phat Planet (UK)
“Talent as strong as its name is provocative... The all-female group is to Eastern European Jewish music what Cherish The Ladies is to Celtic”
- Courier News
“Great ears and great hearts”
- Der Pakn Treger, National Yiddish Book Center
"A supergroup... with an offbeat sense of humor and a relaxed sense of swing"
- George Robinson, Jewish Week
"Internationally acclaimed and much-loved... We'd make a joke, but they beat us to it."
- Time Out New York
"The absolute top of the klezmer genre"
- RootsTown, Belgium
"Excellent, haunting all-female klezmer band... featuring the human crescendo Pam Fleming on trumpet, a slinky frontwoman, and the astonishingly inventive Eve Sicular on drums... mischievously virtuosic"
- Lucid Culture
"Powerhouse, soulful all-female klezmer sextet... These women will make you shake your tushies!"
- Village Voice Choices Pick
"For a musical holiday, procure a ticket to the the Isle of Klezbos... an upbeat getaway... a refreshing fluidity...'irreverent respect.'"
- Ginger Mason, X-tra West, Vancouver BC
"an often pyrotechnic display of extemporaneous virtuosity...
[Debra] Kreisberg, a purist clarinetist with impeccable taste and a
love for dark, plaintive melody showed off a surprisingly playful wit
when she played alto sax... New vocalist Melissa Fogarty was
at the absolute top of her game, cutting loose with a wail that was as
sultry as it was clear and pure."
- Lucid Culture
Klezmer assortment pack of Yiddish-inspired dance, trance, swing, tango, and originals since 1998 ~ touring from Vienna to Vancouver! Savoring and subverting tradition, as heard on The L Word, PBS, and CNN Worldbeat ... Based right in New York City. "These women will make you shake your tushies!" - Village Voice
Our debut disc, "Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos" (Rhythm Media Records 004, distributed by Stern's Music worldwide) is available at iTunes, and at CDBaby & many other sites, as well as in stores worldwide. An Outmusic Award nominee, Outstanding Producer:
.. CDBaby link, ISLE OF KLEZBOS: Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos -->
You can hear us on the new Metropolitan Klezmer live in-concert CD "Traveling Show"! Not only are most Klezbians featured in MK's octet, there's the 'Klezbonus' studio track too: COMES LOVE (Yiddish/Latin groove style)
.. CDBaby link, Traveling Show -->
Isle of Klezbos also makes cameo appearances on Metropolitan Klezmer's 2001 release "Mosaic Persuasion":
.. CDBaby link: Mosaic Persuasion -->
ISLE of KLEZBOS plays wedding dance tune at Drom NYC, frolicke!
KLEZBOS: guest vox Mira Stroika, gorgeous horn solos: Pam & Debra!
Isle of Klezbos with Mira Stroika: Vocals & Vamp from Eve Sicular on Vimeo.
ISLE OF KLEZBOS shows yet another of our many moods in Debra Kreisberg's own composition, "ABRAH" -- performed live by our quintet at Drom:
Isle of Klezbos: "Abrah" live at Drom NYC from Eve Sicular on Vimeo.
Thanks as always to our accomplished videomaker Rich Brotman at Magnetic Post, NYC!
And here's a snippet of trumpeter Pam Fleming soloing on her new kudu (antelope) shofar horn with most of the Klezbos bandmates at a Metropolitan Klezmer gig. She'll be playing this at some of our upcoming shows too. Kudu kudos to Pam:
All-star cast hosted by MC Miss Saturn with dancers Darlinda Just Darlinda and Clams Casino!
This week the band features
Viva "Viva" on Electric Guitar and Vocals Sean "On it" Dixon on the Drums Mary "Freakin" Feaster on the Electric Bass Guitar Chuck "Big Mac" MacKinnon on Trumpet Maria Christina "Afro Chrissy Dub" Eisen on the Saxophone Matt Katz-Bohen on Synths and Sounds
Special guest, the legendary Curtis Fowlkes on Trombone
The Slipper Room is located at 167 Orchard Street at the corner of Stanton Two sets starting at 10.30 and 11.30 $5 cover charge
Finally is on line the first official video of Klezmer & Gypsy Festival VINCOLI SONORI. See it on www.sferaculture.com or www.myspace.com/vincolisonorifestival. Soon the program of the XIV Edition. Keep in touch!
Friendly reminder to come out and see me and my 7 piece band teamed up with some AMAZING people culminating in a night of original rock music and sexxxxxy stripping, dancing and hula-hooping!!
Thursday May 14th, 10:30- 2 sets and only 5 bucks!! The Slipper Room 167 Orchard Street at Stanton on Manhattan's Lower East Side
That's Right! Oh yes. Me and my 7-piece band are teaming up with the amazing Hula-Hoop Queen Miss Saturn to bring you night of Original Rock Music and Sexy Sexy Sexy Stripping and Dancing featuring Clams Casino and Darlinda Just Darlinda.
Pinch me--is this really my life?
Come on out this Thursday, May 14th at the Slipper Room Two sets starting pretty sharply at 10.30 pm.
The band features:
Mary "Freakin" Feaster on the Electric Bass Guitar Sean "On it" Dixon on the Drums Chuck The MacKinnon on the Trumpet Tina "Bo Bina" Richarson on the Tenor Saxophone Young Danny Lubin on the Slide Trombone and Matt Katz-Bohen on the Synthesizer
+ + + It only costs $5. The Slipper Room is located at
167 Orchard Street at Stanton on Manhattan's Lower East Side
Sunday, May 3rd, 8.30 pm Rose's Live Music 345 Grand Street Brooklyn Seven piece band! $5 Suggested Donation
Wednesday, May 6th Independent Music Awards with Ekayani Chamberlain Wicked Willy's 149 Bleeker b/w Thompson and Laguardia Evening starts at 8 pm, We play at 10, $8 Power Trio!
APPARATSCHIK - Russenparty Live am Fr. 08.05.2009 in Osnabrück Maiwoche 2009, D-49074 Osnabrück, Bühne am Marktplatz "Russenparty - Soviet Grooves from Machorka Tabakistan" ...KONZERTBEGINN 20:30 Uhr... ...wir sehn uns zur Open Air Live-Party ;-) Video-Band-INFOs: www.youtube.com/RussianLiveMusic Weitere Infos unter: www.apparatschik.com
Come join us on a DETOUR: NYC's Premiere Film Noir & Arts Festival @ Galapagos on Thurs, April 16th 7:30 pm SHARP! Go to LOOKpresents.com to order TIX online and save $5!!!
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