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Sample Track 1:
"Didn't It Rain" from Joshua Nelson
Sample Track 2:
"Khurbn Katrina" from Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird
Sample Track 3:
"God is Good" from Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Sample Track 4:
"Beatbox Harmonica" from Yuri Lane
Sample Track 5:
"Rawhide" from Andy Statman
Sample Track 6:
"Mandilatos" from Brass Menazeri
Sample Track 7:
"Douce Ambience" from Gaucho
Sample Track 8:
"Ketsele Broyges" from Sisters of Sheynville
Sample Track 9:
"Modeh Ani" from Elana Jagoda
Sample Track 10:
"I Am Handsome, You Are Beautiful" from Flory Jagoda
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Kosher Gospel & Yiddish Punk
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Examiner, Kosher Gospel & Yiddish Punk >>

Music festivals do not often deliver on the grand visions of their organizers; often the mission statements or ad copy promise an experience that isn’t delivered. The 24th Jewish Music Festival, presented by the Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, appears to be an exception. The range of its eclectic programs and range of performance spaces lives up to its mission statement's declaration: “…to present music that celebrates the Jewish experience and explores what it means to be Jewish in a multicultural world. The Festival produces creative and entertaining programs, challenges stereotypes, and fosters engagement with the broader community.” The program (below) includes an amazing diversity of musical styles and voices presented in small venues around the Bay Area. The festival starts this Saturday with the ambassador of “Kosher Gospel” Joshua Nelson performing with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir at the Congregational Church of Oakland. Check out the YouTube video of Nelson performing “He Ne Ma Tov” to the tune of when the “Saints Go Marching In” at Nashville’s Heska Amuna Synagogue – ‘nuff said’ and more on the festival later!  

-- Jeffrey Callen 03/17/09 >> go there
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