Abig thank you to the Ashkenaz Festival for bringing ASzURe & Artists to Toronto. Choreographer Aszure Barton's company performed to the klezmer music of Les Yeux Noirs and we, albeit briefly, got to ...

The thrilling opening notes of a spirited Hanukkah song, the kind of klezmer classic that instantly inspires people to move for the dance floor, can definitely inspire our inner dancer, as can the ...

"The Art of Klezmer and Yiddish Song," an event featuring the internationally renowned Yiddish singer, fiddler, and dance leader Michael Alpert and local klezmer revival pioneer Hankus Netsky, ...

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 ...

Upshtat Zingerai play Jewish simhah dance music for a wedding at the South Shore Cultural Center. From left to right: Emma Blau, Jonah Lazarus, Qi Yang, Hannah Mira Friedland, and Ethan Aronson Credit ...

It’s been dubbed Kleztronica. Essentially electronic dance music with klezmer elements, the year-old genre is made to a large degree with samplers and synthesizers, though old-school instruments that ...

As I type this blog, Bon Jovi and Kings of Leon are playing rock music on either end of the Fair Grounds at Jazz Fest. Rock music is great. You bob in place. Clap your hands. Wiggle your hips. But ...