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Ya se habló aquà de la KlezFiesta. Ya hay una fecha definitiva. _________________________________
Queridos amigos y público en general:
Tenemos el placer de informarles que ya está “on line” el sitio web del PRIMER ENCUENTRO MUNDIAL DE MÚSICA KLEZMER EN ARGENTINA,que se realizará entre el 15 y 21 de Septiembre próximo:
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Yitzy Spinner has graciously agreed to be interviewed by yours truly. If you have any questions you would like to pose this new singing sensation, feel free to email me.
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Jona Rapoport to Represent Celebrated American Composer Lori Laitman by jona rapoport on March 3rd, 2008 March 3, 2008
For Immediate ReleaseÂ
Jona Rapoport to Represent Celebrated American Composer Lori LaitmanÂ
“It is difficult to think of anyone before the public today who equals her exceptional gifts for embracing a poetic text and giving it new and deeper life through music.
New Radio Show Draws Accolades by jona rapoport on February 23rd, 2008 Art & Fine Living with Jona is the brilliant initiative of producer/host Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom in Montreal.
Blogging about Jewish Music during the two times of the year we are not allowed to hear music is very challenging. Even more so than Sefiras Haomer, this is specially true now that we are coming close to Tisha Beav, the saddest day of our calendar, and bloggers deal with this in their own way. Some go out for vacations, some write about older acapella albums (no new albums came out this time, as far as I know) and I decided to go for something more exotic - I got into Ben Bresky’s poetry initiative in his radio show. You can hear my piece here (click in “Listen Now” and skip to 35:34).
You must be asking yourself who in the world would be interested in poetry these days and that’s kind of understandable. Last time I wrote poems was in school, years back, and this poem is actually old - I originally wrote it a few years ago because I wanted to understand Poetry.com’s business concept after meeting its founder. So, it’s not like I write poems everyday. Okay. But how is this connected to Tisha Beav?
In case you didn’t realize, Tisha Beav is all about poems - that’s what the Kinos are, poems. In fact, we all spend two or three hours reciting the (numerous) poems and most people don’t even understand what’s going on, aside from the implicit connection to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash. Poetry was one of the tenets of Judaism in the Spanish Golden Age and poets would be sponsored on a yearly basis to write poetry about Judaism, history and also love stories. That’s why most of our Zemiros come from that time - Zemiros are also poems, written by real poets who were very knowledgeable about Judaism or even famous Rabbis like Elazar Hakalir, the most prolific of them all, and Ibn Ezra (you read some of his poems here).
Now, Jewish Music and poetry are also intrinsically connected. Although the vast majority of JM lyrics today are taken from the Tanach and Chazal, Jewish musicians of the past would focus in composing music for their own original lyrics. Adon Olam, Lecha Dodi and Yedid Nefesh are good examples of popular “liturgical poems” that are commonly used as song lyrics. Taking lyrics from the Torah and Chazal is halachically problematic and many religious musicians refrained from doing it until the past century. Only recently JM has become flooded with Torah and Chazal lyrics, most probably because of Reb Shlomo Carlebach’s influence - JM of today is a brainchild of Reb Shlomo, who would always find touching lyrics in the Torah and Chazal.
But even today most of the Sephardic songs, called “Pizmonim“, are solely based in poems. Back in Syria and Lebanon, the poets were celebrated and well-respected as a noble and noteworthy class, and if you look into their songs is possible to learn a lot about their “Avoda” and life back in the Arab countries.
It’s getting harder and harder for JM composers to find meaningful and “new” lyrics from the Torah and Chazal. The times were every singer would come up with a new Hamalach Hagoel or Acheinu are over - most recent CD’s have very original lyrics. As I see it is a matter of time until JM turns back to poems as its prime source of lyrics. Many singers are already in this stage - Chaim Israel is a good example (no wonder he is Sephardi) and my man Shuli Rand (review coming soon!) - it’s really cool to hear songs that actually tell a whole story (of course, I also like songs from Chazal and Torah, but original lyrics are more dynamic and leave more room for creativity, if you know what I mean). But in order to come up with great new lyrics we need great poets. And poetry today is often times seen as outdated or one of those things no one does anymore (come on, admit you thought I was weird when I said I was writing poems).
My poem is stam something I wrote long ago that is not really connected to Torah or Tisha Beav. But maybe that’s the birth of a new poet, who will down the road compose lyrics for an actual JM star. Who knows?
But one thing is clear - we need more poets/lyricists! Rav Shwab (maybe I’m confusing with the Bobov Rebbe - see Artscroll’s comentary on the Piyutim) wrote his heartbreaking Piyut about the Holocaust, which many congregations recite in Tisha Beav, after he saw in a Sefer that whoever is capable of writing Piyutim should not refrain from writing about the destruction of the Beis Hamikdah. So what are you waiting for?
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Jona Rapoport to Represent Celebrated American Composer Lori Laitman by jona rapoport on March 3rd, 2008 March 3, 2008
For Immediate ReleaseÂ
Jona Rapoport to Represent Celebrated American Composer Lori LaitmanÂ
“It is difficult to think of anyone before the public today who equals her exceptional gifts for embracing a poetic text and giving it new and deeper life through music.
Pipe Dreams, by Zipi Shohat, Haaretz by Eyal on February 11th, 2007 At the Gesher Theatre, in Old Jaffa
Elder Son by Aleksandr Vampilov; Gesher production; adapted by Ben Levin; directed by Lena Kreindlin; starring Moshe Igvi, Daniel Chernish and Moshe Leon.
Playwright Daniel Lillford Guest on Art & Fine Living with Jona by jona rapoport on March 18th, 2008 For Immediate Release
Playwright Daniel Lillford Interviewed on Art & Fine Living with Jona on Radio ShalomÂ
Playwright, actor and director Daniel Lillford made a guest appearance on Art & Fine Living with Jona to air March 23rd and 26th, 2008.
At the AJL convention in Cleveland last month, a Powerpoint presentation on the portrayal of Israel & Israelis in comic books, comic strips, and graphic novels was given.
Tonight, I put the finishing touches on the official presentation blog for “From Tintin to Waltz with Bashir”, which may be found at http://israelincomics.blogspot.com
Even if you were among the 30-something people who attended the session, you’ll probably want to take a look at the blog. Not only will doing so enable you to take a second look at the all of the scans I showed, but you will be able to see dozens of additional ones which time didn’t permit me to share.
The blog is arranged into 11 sections for those who don’t want to read it all at once (and the downloading of the images is quicker).
To see the full-size scan of any image, simply click on that image (a hyperlink will take you to the image file).
* hyperlinks to selected fulltext magazine, journal, & newspaper articles
* description of each of the scans, sometimes with additional commentary
* hyperlinks to reputable online vendor sites that sell the items under discussion
* hyperlinks to cartoonist bios and websites
Your feedback (positive or negative) is welcome and appreciated.
Enjoy!
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Grammy Winner James Ehnes in Candid Interview on Art & Fine Living with Jona by jona rapoport on March 11th, 2008 Canadian violinist James Ehnes was the honoured guest on radio show Art & Fine Living with Jona, produced and hosted by Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom, a mere 24 hours after receiving the coveted Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra.
New Radio Show Draws Accolades by jona rapoport on February 23rd, 2008 Art & Fine Living with Jona is the brilliant initiative of producer/host Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom in Montreal.
Tomorrow night will be the preview night for one of the biggest comics events of the year - San Digeo Comic Con International aka SDCCI.
As I try to do every year, I’ve made a list of “Jewish” people and sessions that atand out from the less “Jewish” ones.
(1) Sergio Aragones (who illustrated the “Fanny Hillman : Jewish Madam” books and adapted the Jonah story for Testament)
(2) Antarctic Press (publisher of Families of Altered Wars [which included the "Stars of David" storyline] and Dictators of the Twentieth Century : Hitler #1-4)
(3) Arsenic Lullaby (issue #12 contains “Pilsbury Doughboy at Auschwitz”")
(4) Kyle Baker (Eisner-winning author-illustrator of the King David graphic novel from Vertigo, as well as a funny 1-page cartoon in his Kyle Baker : Cartoonist TPB in which a Jewish Cinderella has a mishap under the chuppah)
(5) Mike W. Barr (author of the story “Sympathy for the Führer!” (Adventures of the Outsiders #35)
(6) Howard Chaykin (author-illustrator of American Flagg, as well as Batman / Houdini : The Devil’s Workshop)
(9) Tony Dezuniga (illustrator of the stories “Black Crossing” and “There Comes Now Raging Fire” in Strange Tales #176 & #177)
(10) Colleen Doran (illustrator of a one-page illustration in The Death Gallery, in which Death is at a concentration camp
(11) Mark Evanier (author of a Crossfire story for a Free Comic Book Day comic involving a Holocaust survivor who tries to kill a suspected Nazi war criminal)
(12) Al Feldstein (author of “Master Race”Impact #1)
(13) Danny Fingeroth (author of Disguised as Clark Kent : Jews, Comics and the Creation of the Superhero
(14) Robert Loren Fleming (co-author of the Ragman miniseries)
(15) Keith Giffen (illustrator and co-author of the Ragman miniseries and author-illustrator of the Heckler series which introduced the characters Rabbi Zone and Dreidel)
(16) Mike Gold, editor
(17) Mike Grell (author-illustrator of Green Arrow #57-58 and Jon Sable : Freelance #22-24)
(18) Pia Guerra (one of the illustrators of the Eisner-nominated Y: The Last Man)
(19) Jaime Hernandez (co-author of the graphic novel Love & Rockets X)
(23) Neil Kleid (author of the graphic novel Brownsville, as well as the forthcoming Migdal David and The Big Khan)
(24) Peter Kuper (author-illustrator of the short biographical story “Promised Land”(Bleeding Heart #2), as well as the book-length autobiographical Stop Forgetting to Remember : The Autobiography of Walter Kurtz)
(26) Stan Lee (Jewish comics legend who co-created the Fantastic Four, which has a Jewish chartacter called The Thing and who appeared in the story “What if the Original Marvel Bullpen was the Fantastic Four?” in What If? #11)
(27) Paul Levitz (author of “Tradition” in DC Comics’ 9-11 September 11th 2001)
(33) Jimmy Palmiotti (co-creator of the short-lived golem series The Monolith from DC Comics)
(34) Jerry Robinson (Batman series artist who also did illustrations for Bible Tales for Young Folk)
(35) Jon Rosenberg (author-illustrator of the webcomic Goats), which includes the Jewish character “Jon”, as seen in the strip from Nov. 24, 2005)
(36) Steve Rude (author of many Nexus stories ; one of the main characters in Nexus is Judah Maccabee aka “The Hammer”)
(37) Ariel Schrag (editor of Stuck in the Middle)
(38) Gail Simone (who wrote the story “Li’l Krusty in Give a Hoot, Stay in School” in Simpsons #62)
(39) J. Michael Straczynski (author of the Spider-Man story “You Want Pants with That?” and the Rising Stars story “Selah”)
(40) James Sturm (author-illustrator of The Golem’s Mighty Swing, reprinted in the Eisner-nominated God, Gold, and Golems)
(41) Roy Thomas (who had the Thing battle the Golem in Marvel Two-in-One #11 and introduced Jewish superheroes Nuklon {Infinity Inc. / JLA} and Golem {The Invaders})
(42) Jim Warren (publisher behiod Warren Publishing, whose titles included After Hours, Creepy, Eerie, Famous Monsters and Vampirella)
(46) Marv Wolfman (author of The Tomb of Dracula #27, The New Teen Titans #24 and Homeland : The Illustrated History of the State of Israel)
(47) session - Comics Arts Conference Session #4 (Thurs., July 24th, 2:00-3:30 PM) Superman’s 70th Anniversary— Price Hamilton (American Falls High School) compares three different versions of the Superman origin story and three versions of the Jewish folk tale “The Golem of Prague” to demonstrate how certain images begin to appropriate larger meanings through their consistent repetition.
(49) session - Will Eisner Tribute (Sat., July 26th, 1:00-2:00 PM)
(50) session - Jack Kirby Tribute (Sun., July 27th, 10:00-11:00 AM)
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Grammy Winner James Ehnes in Candid Interview on Art & Fine Living with Jona by jona rapoport on March 11th, 2008 Canadian violinist James Ehnes was the honoured guest on radio show Art & Fine Living with Jona, produced and hosted by Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom, a mere 24 hours after receiving the coveted Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra.
New Radio Show Draws Accolades by jona rapoport on February 23rd, 2008 Art & Fine Living with Jona is the brilliant initiative of producer/host Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom in Montreal.
David Gantz, author-illustrator of the book Jews in America : A Cartoon History and the online article “Jews and the Graphic Novel” passed away on Dec. 14th.
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Grammy Winner James Ehnes in Candid Interview on Art & Fine Living with Jona by jona rapoport on March 11th, 2008 Canadian violinist James Ehnes was the honoured guest on radio show Art & Fine Living with Jona, produced and hosted by Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom, a mere 24 hours after receiving the coveted Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra.
New Radio Show Draws Accolades by jona rapoport on February 23rd, 2008 Art & Fine Living with Jona is the brilliant initiative of producer/host Jona Rapoport on Radio Shalom in Montreal.
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El grupo de klezmer KentokakÃ, del que ya hablamos en el blog, actuará en Lugo el próximo diez de julio. La actuación comenzará a las 20:30 y en ella presentarán en directo su primer disco, Odessa Mamma. El concierto se celebrará en los jardines de la sede de la Deputación Provincial, ubicada en la Rúa San Marcos 6, Lugo.
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Desde el Reino Unido llega Oi va voi, un grupo formado en los 90 en Londres y que tiene la peculiaridad de mezclar música tradicional judÃa, tanto ladina como klezmer, con música electrónica. E s, sin embargo, en el klezmer donde más se vuelcan, junto con el folk húngaro. Como un tributo a esta música, el nombre de la banda procede de cómo suena en yÃdis la expresión “Oh, querido!“.
Aquà teneis un vÃdeo suyo para que veáis cómo suenan:
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