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Near and Far Out-
Finally, who would ever think to link Jewish jazz-style Klezmer music with a classic anthem of womyns's music? Not us, but that was before we listened to the new Klezmatics CD, Rise Up! Shteyt Oyf! (Rounder Records). The disc's title comes from a Gospel-tinged revision of Holly Near's "I Ain't Afraid," rendered in both Yiddish and English.
The Klezmatics began performing "I Ain't Afraid" in their first post-9/11 concerts. "We see it as part of our purpose to be a link in the chain of all the activists who work for a better world," explains trumpeter Frank London. "The song is one way of expressing this."
"I ain't afraid of your churches," goes one of the songs verses, "I ain't afraid of your temples. I ain't afraid of your praying, I'm afraid of what you do in the name of your god." Amen! 06/10/03
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