2026-05-01T05:09:59Z https://yabu.me 🕵️old klezmers🎻 https://yabu.me/npub1dehwn36h6ezyxchzljfg2mnz9cgzavchqqfzx5k2dt8ses3p725qdgg9gu https://cdn.masto.host/klezmorim/accounts/avatars/110/469/441/155/347/499/original/4f8a7f4cd0a0f714.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/klezmorim/accounts/avatars/110/469/441/155/347/499/original/4f8a7f4cd0a0f714.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszj4l3exshpnaf3pgalz8t7ynucsk9vzhu2q589kkr2emh279hvegzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sj3vwcd RE: <a href="https://klezmor.im/@carkner/116159920478250409">https://klezmor.im/@carkner/116159920478250409</a><br/><br/>I still have some left and mailing out some of these klezmer #zines I made if anyone on here wants one.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note18g4k6ew6pxd2ln38zkpsz4g9f53cth883vsrpz7m3k9wjxqzptlsjvkmf7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note18g4…kmf7</a></span><br/> </div> I have copies left of the zine I made for my talk here in Montreal which I'd be happy to mail roughly at cost $10CDN in Canada/ $10US to USA/world. It's 20 pages and gives an overview of what the Progressive Musical Benevolent Society was and profiles of some interesting members. Feel free to DM.<br/><br/>#zines #fanzines #klezmer<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/klezmorim/media_attachments/files/116/159/914/129/555/858/original/93a8332c33c6321a.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-21T14:19:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr52mdvhdqnx40ecn3tqcp25z56gu9mnnckgps30dcmzhfrqpq4lczyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sy45y6d I have copies left of the zine I made for my talk here in Montreal which I&#39;d be happy to mail roughly at cost $10CDN in Canada/ $10US to USA/world. It&#39;s 20 pages and gives an overview of what the Progressive Musical Benevolent Society was and profiles of some interesting members. Feel free to DM.<br/><br/>#zines #fanzines #klezmer<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/klezmorim/media_attachments/files/116/159/914/129/555/858/original/93a8332c33c6321a.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-02T13:55:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6nth98as3ky7uycu9nx2n9nsxnk9wl58hz3q8zh7236pkeks7ggzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2s4yx9t9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr7r2z3j4ycn0q8l0mn3285w8fa699w0kg7agk5j4435fxnwzcxaqqa8e2d'>nevent1q…8e2d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>sorry to add tourism into this but I was reminded how I saw Electrecord&#39;s office in Bucharest on google maps when I was there overnight in 2017. I went and peeked and there was just a big empty lobby inside with a piano and not a person in sight.<br/><br/>#Bucharest #Romania<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/klezmorim/media_attachments/files/115/854/745/580/939/052/original/f6a3ef63daf02d66.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-07T16:27:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7r2z3j4ycn0q8l0mn3285w8fa699w0kg7agk5j4435fxnwzcxaqzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2smlencq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgzqlgdty4hpuqamjuyllvr20yq6pny4322ct8x2eszequlqrqvlslwcgzm'>nevent1q…cgzm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>really interesting and gets into the dark side of how Roma music was alternately exploited and repressed through different eras. as someone who collects Electrecord LPs (the state record label from Romania) it&#39;s a good reminder of how much was constrained and never recorded.<br/><br/>#Romania #folklore #Roma #Lautar #electrecord 2026-01-07T16:24:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgzqlgdty4hpuqamjuyllvr20yq6pny4322ct8x2eszequlqrqvlszyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sfl26aj fascinating new article by a friend about how musical folklore was repurposed in communist Romania<br/><a href="https://theatticmag.com/features/2514/romani-music-in-communist-romania%3A-propaganda%2C-control%2C-and-resistance.html">https://theatticmag.com/features/2514/romani-music-in-communist-romania%3A-propaganda%2C-control%2C-and-resistance.html</a><br/><br/>#Romania #folklore #ethnomusicology #Romani #lautar 2026-01-07T15:52:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqyvej4htex8wtwalz32mfpd6emessl7ydtyzx9rtaum077f22kszyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sstq94f 17 years on youtube, less than a minute long, but I still think this is one of the folk music videos that hits me the hardest on there... legendary violinist Ion Albeşteanu, and the very professorial cobzar Marin Cotoanţă... ah, to sit among the reeds in capes and hammer out a hora with your chum..<br/><a href="https://youtu.be/C_KwDPou4pE?si=uLd-iTWIR7rpYfxt">https://youtu.be/C_KwDPou4pE?si=uLd-iTWIR7rpYfxt</a><br/><br/>#Romania #FolkMusic #fiddle #cobza #violin 2025-07-08T01:41:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0mcagkevhc7fkyelku8gkcgamr0npkgx0d5kvk3a9pczj9wjphpqzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sgqevzz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvyqhdxqn88ya7826scw5jppeugl8gl3nlrgnctyup5hqhaa2up6q0vwwf4'>nevent1q…wwf4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A thread of recent #klezmer albums worth checking out – Oktopus &#34;Brahms, Balkans &amp; Bagels.&#34; I think it&#39;s the third album by this #Montreal based group. Good arrangements &amp; eclectic mix of different folk traditions. <br/><a href="https://oktopus1.bandcamp.com/album/brahms-balkans-bagels">https://oktopus1.bandcamp.com/album/brahms-balkans-bagels</a><br/><br/>#JewishMusic #bandcamp #clarinet 2025-06-27T14:58:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvyqhdxqn88ya7826scw5jppeugl8gl3nlrgnctyup5hqhaa2up6qzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2spz8ry3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvtyupws2f054vnspr2dqlxvye29fq2yp7v27vqj5a4k032a8m7gpcexhg'>nevent1q…exhg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A thread of recent #klezmer albums worth checking out – Debut album by the Red Hot Chilli Schleppers (lol) &#34;Schleppin&#39;&#34;. IMO has a bit more of a jam band thing going on than traditional klezmer, but playful and with some good musical chops.<br/><a href="https://schleppers.bandcamp.com/album/schleppin">https://schleppers.bandcamp.com/album/schleppin</a><br/><br/>#clarinet #JewishMusic #Montreal 2025-06-27T14:54:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvtyupws2f054vnspr2dqlxvye29fq2yp7v27vqj5a4k032a8m7gzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2snkll9d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxuxpwh4r6679ug82fm7sc7fxtglvga38yypllm3wlyh07mkpc9pgg5387k'>nevent1q…387k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A thread of recent #klezmer albums worth checking out – Brivele&#39;s &#34;Khaveyrim zayt Greyt.&#34; A #Seattle #Yiddish folk punk duo with #banjo and #accordion. Some new versions of old songs and some new settings of left-wing Yiddish poems from Proletpen and affiliated movements.<br/><a href="https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/khaveyrim-zayt-greyt">https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/khaveyrim-zayt-greyt</a><br/><br/>#JewishMusic #FolkPunk #Bandcamp 2025-06-27T14:50:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxuxpwh4r6679ug82fm7sc7fxtglvga38yypllm3wlyh07mkpc9pgzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2stpjf3d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82e3cvuaxudxqzdj2h9keu2m392ls3jd66t08e56azf8ph0zrtrggqy6x8'>nevent1q…y6x8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A thread of recent #klezmer albums worth checking out – Black Rooster Kapelye&#39;s &#34;Vos mir Zaynen.&#34; A Latvian project drawing on historical Jewish scores collected by folklorist Emilis Melngailis. Multilingual, multi-style, including members of Forshpil.<br/><a href="https://blackroosterkapelye.bandcamp.com/album/vos-mir-zaynen">https://blackroosterkapelye.bandcamp.com/album/vos-mir-zaynen</a><br/><br/>#Latvia #Folklore #JewishMusic #Fiddle #Yiddish #accordion 2025-06-27T14:44:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs82e3cvuaxudxqzdj2h9keu2m392ls3jd66t08e56azf8ph0zrtrgzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2s2ve8fy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjrthe8l43d5x2mkyu632gjfyte3xqqpy6fv8nfnv4w3axwrn75cte06gj'>nevent1q…06gj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A thread of recent #klezmer albums worth checking out – the Magid Ensemble&#39;s &#34;Shterna and the Lost Voice.&#34; A klezmer-inspired #soundtrack to a live show, mostly written by accordionist Mattias Kaufman, with #violin and #cello. Playful, introspective, triumphant, just like the live show.😁<br/><a href="https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/shterna-the-lost-voice">https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/shterna-the-lost-voice</a><br/><br/>#accordion #bandcamp #JewishMusic 2025-06-27T14:24:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdjrthe8l43d5x2mkyu632gjfyte3xqqpy6fv8nfnv4w3axwrn75czyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sxedm9y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpqaxd5f9r460pwzcrdxtfkpavwczrsq7jkcz9pfjz2umc4f8c8qvjxlhe'>nevent1q…xlhe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A thread of recent #klezmer albums worth checking out – Jake Shulman-Ment and Abigale Reisman&#39;s &#34;Two Strings.&#34; Two of the top klez fiddlers of the US East Coast, IMO this collaboration displays their love of crunchy string ensemble rhythms, baroque melodies and nigunim.<br/><a href="https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/two-strings">https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/two-strings</a><br/><br/>#Fiddle #Cimbalom #JewishMusic #violin #bandcamp 2025-06-27T14:18:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswpqaxd5f9r460pwzcrdxtfkpavwczrsq7jkcz9pfjz2umc4f8c8qzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2spyte3c A thread of recent #klezmer albums worth checking out – <br/> Zoë Aqua&#39;s &#34;In a Sea of Stars&#34; recorded in two Romanian synagogues during a recent tour. Like a fusion of klezmer and Transylvanian fiddle music, the logical result of her several years of field work in the region.<br/><a href="https://zoeaqua.bandcamp.com/album/in-a-sea-of-stars">https://zoeaqua.bandcamp.com/album/in-a-sea-of-stars</a><br/><br/>#fiddle #cimbalom #bandcamp #JewishMusic #Transylvania #Romania 2025-06-27T14:10:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs92fhscz7m93zyr763s9m0cvp2zj3pk9njrlydmg6e5frkwykc30qzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2s6staw8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4v44zuangc7wv4vd30257g9vtkxdtyzh9ms09ml52xd82y3dd4cwq7480'>nevent1q…7480</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, these are great. AFM Local 802 directories from 1922 onwards. Basically lists of all NYC union musicians and their instruments and home addresses, so perfect for cross referencing names from other sources or figuring out more about someone. Would contain pretty much any active old NY klezmer musician,. although some figures I&#39;ve been curious about may not really have been playing proper gigs and not in here. <br/><br/>#MusicHistory #LaborHistory #MusicUnions<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/klezmorim/media_attachments/files/114/163/169/101/211/683/original/c2d03a5ce24197e1.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-14T22:43:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4v44zuangc7wv4vd30257g9vtkxdtyzh9ms09ml52xd82y3dd4czyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sudf42x today my long-planned research appointment at the Tamiment Library &amp; Wagner Labor Archives at NYU has finally come up. I&#39;m mainly looking for music union materials from before WWII (A.F.M. locals 310 + 802) and maybe stuff about United Hebrew Trades if they have anything relevant to me. we&#39;ll see what I can find! If nothing else the union members booklets with address (of which I&#39;ve only seen snippets on facebook) will be quite helpful.<br/><br/>#LaborHistory #MusicHistory #archives #MusicianUnion 2025-03-14T11:21:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4p2nfpczzuk05uq6ld5fdfketpm059420qh2exd0xam6aglke4czyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2syrfv7t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0d7hgvx6fw0elk58fuqelhg3agnpepq7rfza7w6s9xh2ygjn4erqsztsc6'>nevent1q…tsc6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK, I managed to upload it with the workaround. thanks! I wouldn&#39;t have known where to find that info... 2025-01-12T21:26:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqe80z2jrvrlpw0c9hrxdzs65lqnlcyznv9dmvaa5uuqsr8ek37rszyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2srgghuw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrqkfvnx2ex7p27lq6upnxay6wgmejms9tkruvnshkgyhrhqxlyycx3nwjd'>nevent1q…nwjd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ah, there&#39;ve been complaints there. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk#PD-US-no_notice_advertisement_no_longer_accepted_by_commons_upload_wizard">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk#PD-US-no_notice_advertisement_no_longer_accepted_by_commons_upload_wizard</a> 2025-01-12T21:19:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst576me68m0lum28ujk8uqt2e2y2xs7al2rejwyua05kdvs5gzl3gzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2swmmvqn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs26dwyzkvr2ehgg62xnzwk84sa2g3kueyv4uzfsqfmtkpe6es7v5sa8us3h'>nevent1q…us3h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks for confirming. I already have this page open, would it be an appropriate place to say so ? <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Copyright_rules_by_territory/United_States">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Copyright_rules_by_territory/United_States</a> 2025-01-12T21:17:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8egzl74a3k35xavzq6wk0ncvmhxr3w7h5nw6ldy5r3g5e0c8rnszyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sywkuyh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98dtsgdg0askv0fmv8j950gmhq4rya9hvugfx9g0upw4g4x4vrdcqxgm6h'>nevent1q…gm6h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>strange, I found a good public domain photo for this article but #Wikimedia Commons is rejecting any US public domain tags today. What am I doing wrong? I&#39;ve done this many times. The most appropriate one is PD-US-not-renewed but PD-US isn&#39;t working either.<br/><br/>In the documentation site there&#39;s a space between not renewed but that doesn&#39;t work either atm.<br/><br/>#Wikipedia #WikimediaCommons<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/klezmorim/media_attachments/files/113/817/432/957/591/712/original/ea49127d9746e123.png"> <br/> 2025-01-12T21:11:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs98dtsgdg0askv0fmv8j950gmhq4rya9hvugfx9g0upw4g4x4vrdczyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2szegmgk bit of a dry topic even for me, but since I kept coming across it in my research this week I thought I&#39;d make a #wikipedia article for this defunct music licensing org founded by some of my historical heroes Sholom Secunda, Alexander Olshanetsky, etc.<br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jewish_Composers,_Publishers_and_Songwriters">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jewish_Composers,_Publishers_and_Songwriters</a><br/><br/>#klezmer #JewishComposers #MusicHistory 2025-01-12T20:40:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdm4z56fj5eglg5zgyueayge070f3yxs4xtutlk8448myhwnm8e0szyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2s3ahyj4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrnanfzq9yp8jazvafpcz84hmjwaewk9x5hwzxdy0jc4kduqzwtkg0tplej'>nevent1q…plej</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks in particular to Evgenia Khazdan (whom I don&#39;t know), whose Biobibliographic Index (2023) contains an excellent and detailed timeline of Beregovsky&#39;s life which helped me sort through some of the contradictions in the written record. (Due to the passage of time and the loss of records during the upheaval of the 20th century, probably some questions will never be answered definitively.)<br/><a href="https://archive.org/details/moisey-beregovsky-biobibliography/page/n19/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/moisey-beregovsky-biobibliography/page/n19/mode/2up</a><br/><br/>#SovietJews #musicology #ethnomusicology #SovietAcademics #Yiddish 2024-09-22T18:49:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrnanfzq9yp8jazvafpcz84hmjwaewk9x5hwzxdy0jc4kduqzwtkgzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2szmg8ek After an editor removed a bunch of uncited info and left his article with some major gaps, I made the time this weekend to rewrite the biographical sections of Moshe Beregovky&#39;s #wikipedia article.<br/><br/>Beregovsky (1892-1961) is the most important academic of #klezmer music, #Nigunim and #Yiddish songs, and did research during the Soviet period which would be impossible to replicate today when the generations who remembered the late Russian Empire period are long gone.😌📚<br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisei_Beregovsky">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisei_Beregovsky</a> 2024-09-22T18:43:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz299zjzy8ypu0627uka86rvv5stfekvs6hfs74xd5w224v8kc0sqzyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sxtck6d Halfway through this latest Radiant Others #klezmer #podcast episode interviewing Zisl Slepovitch &amp; Stephen Naron about their work selecting, arranging, performing and recording music and poems found in the #holocaust survivor and witness testimony at the Fortunoff Video Archive. I have one of the CDs in this series but didn&#39;t know all this about how they came to exist. Often these songs were collectively composed in WWII labour camps and recalled by a single survivor.<br/><a href="https://radiant-others-a.blubrry.net/zisl-slepovitch-stephen-naron-fortunoff-video-archive/">https://radiant-others-a.blubrry.net/zisl-slepovitch-stephen-naron-fortunoff-video-archive/</a> 2024-08-30T18:58:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8qxuhvw25fgjvhwqfqqn8hf5n7ngx3qadgfad405wq69uqkf7uszyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2sk0s7pf FYI. Sad to hear that apparently Klezkanada north of Montreal (it just ended, I wasn&#39;t there) had a huge COVID outbreak, I&#39;ve heard of at least dozens now out of the 200+ attendees. Including plenty of close friends of mine. This with some protocols that were apparently not enough:<br/><a href="https://klezkanada.org/summer-retreat/covid-19-safety/">https://klezkanada.org/summer-retreat/covid-19-safety/</a><br/>Makes me appreciate the Klezcadia festival I was at in Victoria back in June which had stricter rules (no common eating, no group dancing etc). Although some of it is always to chance of course 2024-08-29T14:27:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjmekdtq0hfghk6dr2s8muad7nfk6yferpplhkrkgr9llkyehutszyphxa6w82ltygsmzut7f9ptwvghpqt4nzuqpyg6jef4v7rxzy8e2seh99jk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8txyaqsyldr69qkqdmsgawv3glurnw9xlazp39tjzflkxt8a2dq2wh8m3'>nevent1q…h8m3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I admit I don&#39;t get out much but the one time I walked into a restaurant that had old fashioned pressurized seltzer bottles on every table was at this amazing non kosher Jewish restaurant in Budapest a decade ago (now sadly closed)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.frommers.com/destinations/budapest/restaurants/kdr-tkezde">https://www.frommers.com/destinations/budapest/restaurants/kdr-tkezde</a><br/><br/>as you can see in this article (which also updates that they intend to reopen it)<br/><br/><a href="https://turizmus.com/cikk/vendeglatas/gerendai-karoly-vezetesevel-nyit-ujra-a-legendas-kadar-etkezde">https://turizmus.com/cikk/vendeglatas/gerendai-karoly-vezetesevel-nyit-ujra-a-legendas-kadar-etkezde</a> 2024-08-27T17:35:08Z