Klez-hammer Anyone? An Interview with Andy Rubin, The Banjo Newsletter by Dan Levenson (July, 2007)
Freilachmakers: Klezmer unplugged, Sacramento Bee profile by Jim Carnes (June 24, 2005)
". . . infusing the traditional sound with strains of the Old West. . . "
Reporter Jason Margolis' public radio profiles of The Freilachmakers can be heard at two sites:
Klezmer, California Style, KQED radio's "The California Report" (Apr. 22, 2005)
Traditional Jewish Folk Music Gets a California Make-Over, Voice of America News (Apr. 26, 2005)
Libra Radio (Slovenia) profile by blogger O. Marian (June 27, 2005)
"This cd is a joy and a pleasure! I've been waiting to hear klezmer played just this way." Margot Leverett, The Klezmer Mountain Boys
". . . a passionate, compelling and beautiful collection."
Mike Regenstreif, Sing Out Magazine (Summer, 2005)
". . . a Jewish-Irish-Appalachian hybrid a hop, skip and a shpring from bluegrass." Sacramento band strings together unusual klezmer sound, Dan Pine, The J. - Jewish News Weekly of Northern California (Feb. 11, 2005)
"Gold rush klezmer. . . " Ben Jacobson, Jerusalem Post (March 2, 2005)
". . . the band is still charming, the playing is better than ever. . ." A Black-Jewish Chord, George Robinson, The Jewish Week (NY) (Feb. 18, 2005)
". . . clearly a band that knows the vocabularies of these genres and is having a great time." Paul Hormick, The San Diego Troubadour (Apr. 2005)
". . . California klezmer in the true spirit of Romania, Romania, yet, also entirely California bluegrass, too. It is the essential klezmer bluegrass album." Ari Davidow, The Klezmer Shack
" . . . bubbles with exuberance and a great sense of fun. The playing is highly virtuosic, yet subtle. Truly original and inventive. . . a style that is as compelling as their album and of equal charm and wit." Richard Sharma, Rainlore's World of Music
". . . an honest-to-goodness string band that infuses this age-old music with yet another new and pleasing twist." Ed Silverman, Dirty Linen magazine (June/July 1999)
". . .a soulful, infectious collection of dance music." Band takes klezmer music a step in a new direction, Sarah Horowitz, The Northern California Jewish Bulletin (May 7, 1999)
". . . respectful of tradition while allowing themselves the freedom to create a new modern American style of klezmer." Gideon Aronoff, The Washington Jewish Week (Mar. 18, 1999)
". . . guaranteed to reel in even the most skeptical listener." David M. Myers, The Davis Enterprise (Feb. 4, 1999)
". . . the emotion of the songs comes through loud and clear."
Suzanne Denison, The Bluegrass Breakdown (Feb., 1999)
". . . much more than another collection of Jewish standards alone."
Eastern European Music, World Discoveries.net
". . . an eye-opening. . . toe-tap pleasing experience. . . . how "Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid" might have sounded like if the Rebbe had B pipes."
Ari Davidow, The Klezmer Shack
". . . sheer magic. . . . The combination of klezmer and Irish music turns out to be a complete natural at the hands of these masters." Richard Sharma, Rainlore's World of Music
". . . adroitly performed Celtic tunes alternating with lovely string-driven klezmer." A World of Klez, George Robinson, The Jewish Week (NY) (Feb. 18, 2005)
"Despite the fact that the musicians, and their material, come from two distinctly different traditions, they blend quite beautifully. . . "
Mike Regenstreif, Sing Out magazine (Spring 2004)
". . . surprisingly good." Judith Gennet, Columbia Gypsy
". . . an appealing, well-conceived recording that respects both traditions equally." Earle Hitchner, The Irish Echo, (Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2003) |
