Weekend Audition: The Klezmatics, Dar Williams, and A She & Him Christmas

Wendy Wham — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Tis the Season! Celebrating Hannukah with the Klezmatics 'Woody Guthrie's Happy Hoyus Hanukh, ' the Solstice with an old favorite by Dar Williams, and celebrating Christmas with a She and Him Christmas.'

The Klezmatics: Tiny Desk Concert

Anastasia Tsioulcas — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:13:35 +0000

In the Jewish tradition, you're supposed to greet Rosh Hashanah — the New Year — with foods like honey, apples, dates and pomegranates. But all those treats can get kind of sticky, so we wanted to usher in the year 5772 the way we know best: with some sweet, sweet music.

So we invited The Klezmatics to stop by for a little holiday celebration. Twenty-five years into its career together, the band is one of the greatest klezmer groups in the world, but its members are more than that: They're Jewish innovators, American roots-rockers, punkish social activists and folkie balladeers.