From: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org (believers-digest) To: believers-digest@smoe.org Subject: believers-digest V7 #199 Reply-To: believers@smoe.org Sender: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk believers-digest Saturday, December 20 2003 Volume 07 : Number 199 In Today's believer's digest: ----------------- The Jewish Songs of Woody Guthrie ["Ron Rosen" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:39:10 -0800 From: "Ron Rosen" Subject: The Jewish Songs of Woody Guthrie Tomorrow night in NYC at the 92nd Steet Y, Arlo Guthrie and the Klezmatics will present recently-discovered Jewish lyrics of Woody Guthrie that have been set to music. http://www.woodyguthrie.org/news.htm NEW YORK, NY.November 4, 2003: Buried in the Woody Guthrie Archives are scores of songs by Guthrie that have never been heard by the public - including dozens of lyrics with Jewish themes ranging from Hanukkah and blintzes to the Holocaust. The Klezmatics, who set these Jewish lyrics to music, perform them for the first time ever with special guest Arlo Guthrie at the 92nd Street Y on Saturday, December 20, at 8:00 p.m. in Holy Ground: The Jewish Songs of Woody Guthrie. Klezmatics trumpeter Frank London says, "each of us found our own way to confront Woody's poetry. The words are all his, but the diversity of musical styles is quintessentially Klezmatic." London says that some songs lent themselves to overtly Jewish klezmer music, others to more American forms, like classic dust-bowl country tunes. Some felt brand new to the musicians, while others felt more like folks songs "that had been around forever." The band's influences in setting the lyrics to music ranged from sacred (Hasidic nigunim --wordless tunes often used in prayer - and Gospel) to secular (freylekhs - traditional dance music - and hoedowns)." HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ End of believers-digest V7 #199 ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- This has been a posting from the Susan Werner believers-digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe believers-digest" in the body of the message