Yiddish

Jewish music and cuisine

An audiovisual conference hosted by Hervé Roten about songs speaking of the culinary specialties from Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Oriental and Israeli traditions …

Jewish music and cuisine

Three short funny movies produced by the EIJM and screened during a conference hosted by Hervé Roten in the Cercle Bernard Lazare (Paris) on the subject of "Jewish cuisine and music" in the Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish and Oriental traditions …

OVES – Resonance of the Past

Released in May 2019 at Pike’s Nice Records, the CD OVES – Resonance of the Past presents misknowned Yiddish songs, as well as musical fragments from wax-cylinder recordings …

The yiddish cabaret – Korngold / Schulhoff / Desyatnikov

A disc placed under the label of the Yiddish musical tradition, imagined by Jerusalem’s Quartet, around Schulhoff, Desyatnikov and Korngold …

Horse Raddish – Haskalah

This new album by Horse Raddish explores new imaginary territories, inspired by Yiddish folklore, jazz and contemporary music. It creates in us alternatively tenderness, humor or rage. …

Üsküdara – Fel shara – Terk in America – Et cetera

Üsküdara giderik’en is a song taken from a Turkish operetta of the end of the 19th century, which was translated or adapted in dozens of languages (Judeo-Spanish, Serbian, Croationa, Greek, …

The Barry Sisters’ Yiddish swing

A selection of songs performed by the Barry Sisters, famous duet from the end of 1930s the to the beginning of the 1970s. Myrna & Claire Bagelman start their career …

Sutzkever Project

The CD Sutzkever Project gathers 12 poems written by Avrom Sutzkever on a music composed by Olivier Milhaud beautifully performed by Mélanie Gardyn (vocal) and Natacha Medvedeva (piano). …

Extreme Jewish music – From Punk-Rock to Heavy Metal

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI – FEBRUARY 12, 2019, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H00. The encounter of Yiddish, Israeli or Chasid music played in punk, hardcore or heavy metal …

Rock, hard-rock, metal, punk and Jewish music

At first, they look like very different musical styles, but when you look deeper, you can find several similarities which can allow fusion, and even a “transe-fusion”… …