klezmer

A new box set offers a taste of one of the world’s great Jewish music collections

Oran Etkin takes his cues from Malian griots, Louis Armstrong, and the shtetl

New albums find inspiration in the Passover haggadah

Once bustling, and long silent, Krakow’s streets sing anew

A klezmer musician turns her grandmother’s FBI files into musical theater

Musical stage acts with soul

Musical know-it-alls talk the talk, but can they walk the walk?

The overlapping musical traditions of the Roma and the Jews

Paul Shapiro’s music is a buffet of treats

Two musicians meet at the intersection of then and now

Hill country and the old country merge in a unique folk sound

What happens when 100 klezmer musicians from around the world gather for a photo op?

Composer Osvaldo Golijov

When Italians fell for klezmer, Francesco Spagnolo tuned them in to the forgotten sounds of their own people

A dubious portrait of Shostakovich as dissident has been debunked, but motifs in his work underscore his discord with Soviet power.