Articles & Reviews

Profiles

Klez-hammer Anyone? An Interview with Andy Rubin,
The Banjo Newsletter by Dan Levenson (July, 2007)

Freilachmakers: Klezmer unplugged,
Sacramento Bee profile by Jim Carnes (June 24, 2005)

". . . infusing the traditional sound with strains of the Old West. . . "
Reporter Jason Margolis' public radio profiles of The Freilachmakers can be heard at three sites:

• Global Hit Profile: BBC's The World, BBC / WGBH radio's "The World" (Apr. 25, 2005)
• Klezmer, California Style, KQED radio's "The California Report" (Apr. 22, 2005)
• Traditional Jewish Folk Music Gets a California Make-Over, Voice of America News (Apr. 26, 2005)

Libra Radio (Slovenia)
profile by blogger O.Marian (June 27, 2005)

And I in the Uttermost West (2005)

"This cd is a joy and a pleasure! I've been waiting to hear klezmer played just this way."
Margot Leverett, The Klezmer Mountain Boys

". . . a passionate, compelling and beautiful collection."
Mike Regenstreif, Sing Out magazine (Summer, 2005)

". . . a Jewish-Irish-Appalachian hybrid a hop, skip and a shpring from bluegrass."
Dan Pine, The J. - Jewish News Weekly of Northern California (Feb. 11, 2005), Sacramento band strings together unusual klezmer sound

"Gold rush klezmer. . . "
Ben Jacobson, Jerusalem Post (March 2, 2005)

". . . the band is still charming, the playing is better than ever and. . . they don't have -- and don't need -- a drummer."
George Robinson, The Jewish Week (NY) (Feb. 18, 2005), A Black-Jewish Chord

". . . clearly a band that knows the vocabularies of these genres and is having a great time."
Paul Hormick, The San Diego Troubadour (Apr. 2005)

The Flower of Berezin (1998)

". . . California klezmer in the true spirit of Romania, Romania, yet, also entirely California bluegrass, too. It is the essential klezmer bluegrass album."
Ari Davidow, The Klezmer Shack website

" . . . bubbles with exuberance and a great sense of fun. The playing is highly virtuosic, yet subtle. Truly original and inventive. . . a style that is as compelling as their album and of equal charm and wit."
Richard Sharma, Rainlore's World of Music website

". . . an honest-to-goodness string band that infuses this age-old music with yet another new and pleasing twist."
Ed Silverman, Dirty Linen magazine (June/July 1999)

". . .a soulful, infectious collection of dance music."
Sarah Horowitz, The Northern California Jewish Bulletin (May 7, 1999), Band takes klezmer music a step in a new direction

". . . respectful of tradition while allowing themselves the freedom to create a new modern American style of klezmer."
Gideon Aronoff, The Washington Jewish Week (Mar. 18, 1999)

". . . guaranteed to reel in even the most skeptical listener."
David M. Myers, The Davis Enterprise (Feb. 4, 1999)

". . . the emotion of the songs comes through loud and clear."
Suzanne Denison, The Bluegrass Breakdown (Feb., 1999)

". . . much more than another collection of Jewish standards alone."
World Discoveries.net, Eastern European Music

Shalom Ireland, by Ceilezemer (2003)

". . . an eye-opening. . . toe-tap pleasing experience. . . . how "Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid" might have sounded like if the Rebbe had B pipes."
Ari Davidow, The Klezmer Shack website

". . . sheer magic. . . . The combination of klezmer and Irish music turns out to be a complete natural at the hands of these masters."
Richard Sharma, "Rainlore's World of Music" website

". . . adroitly performed Celtic tunes alternating with lovely string-driven klezmer."
George Robinson, The Jewish Week (NY) (Feb. 18, 2005), A World of Klez

"Despite the fact that the musicians, and their material, come from two distinctly different traditions, they blend quite beautifully. . . "
Mike Regenstreif, Sing Out magazine (Spring 2004)

". . . surprisingly good."
Judith Gennet, Columbia Gypsy website

". . . an appealing, well-conceived recording that respects both traditions equally."
Earle Hitchner, The Irish Echo, (Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2003)