PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA MAY 3, 2009

It is hoped that you were as impressed as I was with the piece(s) by Lorin Sklamberg and Susan McKeown. Ecumenism at its best---she had, as I noted, performed with the Klezmatics and he is their lead singer. A distinctive voice.

We all have to appreciate an icon that is celebrating his 90th birthday today with a huge celebration---benefiting his major cause---Clearwater at Madison Square Garden with a bevy of great artists and there are also events all over the world with the title---Sing For Pete's Sake. Proceeds for Clearwater.

You will also note Theodore Bikel on the list here. His 85th birhday was on May 2 (we share that in common--and our birthplace) and on June 17 there will be a huge concert at Carnegie Hall to commemorate it with the proceeds going to his main cause---Juvenile Justice. More later on that.

Here are some pictures to put a face with the voice this week.

PETE SEEGER

SUSAN McKEOWN













ARTIST/
PIECE/
ALBUM/
LABEL/

MARGOT LEVERETT & THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS
A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys
http://www.margotleverett.com/

THE KLEZMATICS
Yo Ribboyn Olam
Rise Up!
Rounder Records

THE KLEZ DISPENSERS
Ray Charleston
Say You'll Understand
http://www.klezdispensers.com/

SUSAN McKEOWN /LORIN SKLAMBERG
In My Mother's House
Saints & Tzadiks
Unknown

SUSAN McKEOWN /LORIN SKLAMBERG
The Rattling Bog
Saints & Tzadiks
Unknown

SI KAHN
Blood From Stones
Blood From Stones
http://www.sikahn.com/

THEODORE BIKEL
If I Were A Rich Man (Yiddish Version)
In My Own Lifetime
http://www.jewishmusicgroup.com/

ALLAN SHERMAN
Shticks of One and Half A Dozen of Another
My Son Ther Celebrity
WB

ALLAN SHERMAN
If I Were A Tishman
Togetherness
WB

PETE SEEGER
Turn Turn Turn
Greatest Hits
Columbia



SHLOMO CARLBACH
Lahai Dodi
Demo
http://www.billhahnprogramnotes.blogspot.com/

CONNIE FRANCIS
Tzena Tzena
Jewish Favorites
http://www.jewishmusicgroup.com/


CONNIE FRANCIS
Hava Negilah
Jewish Favorites
http://www.jewishmusicgroup.com/