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The Klezmatics, Photo by Michael Macioce
The Klezmatics, Photo by Michael Macioce

The Klezmatics are a Grammy Award winning American neo-klezmer music group based in New York City, who have achieved fame singing in several languages, most notably mixing older Yiddish tunes with other types of more contemporary music of differing origins. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Winning is a 1969 American Motion picture starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also Secular Jewish music Klezmer (from Yiddish כּלי־זמיר kley - instrument and zemer - song etymologically from Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The City of New York Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High

Current members include composers Matt Darriau, wind instruments, and Frank London, on trumpet, Paul Morrissett playing bass and tsimbl cimbalom, vocalist Lorin Sklamberg on accordion, and Lisa Gutkin on violin. A wind instrument is a Musical instrument that contains some type of Resonator (usually a tube in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing Frank London is a New York City -based Trumpeter bandleader and composer and one of the most prominent American musicians active in Klezmer The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. The cimbalom (most common English spelling is a concert Hammer dulcimer. The cimbalom (most common English spelling is a concert Hammer dulcimer. The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member Past members include drummer David Licht, Alicia Svigals on violin, David Krakauer, Margot Leverett, and Kurt Bjorling on the clarinet. A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Alicia Svigals is an American Klezmer Violinist. She cofounded one of the most well-known klezmer bands The Klezmatics, as well as an all-female The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member David Krakauer is an American Clarinetist. He is mostly known for his Klezmer compositions The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word

Frequent guests with the band have included Boo Reiners, Susan McKeown, and drummers Richie Barshay and Aaron Alexander. Susan McKeown (born 1967 is an Irish songwriter and folk singer A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Photographer + New Media Artist Aaron Alexander is lead instructor in the areas of Design | New Media and Photography at Florida School of the Arts where he has taught since 2003 The group formed in New York's East Village in 1986. The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) They have appeared numerous times on television, including on the PBS Great Performances series, with Itzhak Perlman. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Great Performances is a Television series devoted to the Performing arts and has been aired on the U Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli American Violin Virtuoso, conductor, and Pedagogue Their lyrics are sung in English and Yiddish. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High They also recorded pieces in Aramaic and Bavarian on Schneider-Zwiefacher and on Shvaign = toyt. Aramaic is a Semitic language with Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German varieties.

The Klezmatics appeared live, in June 2003, in collaboration with the Jenaer Philharmonie of Jena, Germany. The Jenaer Philharmonie is a symphony orchestra based in Jena, Germany. Jena (pronunciation ˈjeːna is a university City in central Germany on the river Saale. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. They have also participated in cross-cultural collaborations, most notably with the Palestinian musician Simon Shaheen. cross-cultural may refer to Cross-cultural studies, a comparative tendency in various fields of cultural analysis any of various forms of interactivity Palestinian music ( موسيقى فلسطينية) is one of many regional sub-genres of Arabic music. Simon Shaheen ( Arabic: سيمون شاهين; b Tarshiha, Upper Galilee, Israel, 1955) is a Palestinian

Their most recent album, Wonder Wheel, melds The Klezmatics' unique take on klezmer with the English lyrics of American folk icon Woody Guthrie. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14 1912–October 3 1967 was an American Singer-songwriter and Folk musician Guthrie's musical legacy The album won a Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary World Music Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album was first awarded in 2004 alongside the award for Best Traditional World Music Album. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Another album of Guthrie material, entitled Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkahaudio, was released via JMG in August 2006. August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten Airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to Guthrie's granddaughter, Sarah Lee Guthrie has guested with them. Sarah Lee Guthrie (born in Massachusetts on 17 February, 1979) and Johnny Irion (born in Columbia South Carolina

The Klezmatics' 20th anniversary concert took place at New York City's Town Hall on March 5, 2006. An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn meaning (returning yearly known in English since c. The City of New York Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. They have released CDs on the Rounder, Piranha, Xenophile, Flying Fish, Klezmatics, and Jewish music group labels. Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge Massachusetts but now based in Burlington, is an Independent record label founded in 1970 by Xenophile Records is a Danbury Connecticut based subsidiary of Green Linnet Records, started in 1992. Flying Fish Records is a Chicago -based eclectic blues and country Record label. The Klezmatics are a Grammy Award Winning American neo- Klezmer music group based in New York City, who have achieved fame Additionally, a few members of the group appeared on the klezmer-inspired track "Stephen's Last Night in Town" from the Ben Folds Five album Whatever and Ever Amen. Ben Folds Five was a piano-based rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Whatever and Ever Amen is the second Album by Ben Folds Five, released in 1997

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See also Secular Jewish music Klezmer (from Yiddish כּלי־זמיר kley - instrument and zemer - song etymologically from See Secular Jewish culture for the main article on secular Jewish culture
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