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Jewish Blues – celebration and soul at Saint Stephen’s Church

1st December 2016 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

£10 - £11
The Blues of Jewish Eastern Europe – music to make you dance, laugh & cry – come to Saint Stephens’ in a concert on 1st December featuring the London Klezmer Quartet (LKQ), with support from Bristol band Chai for All.
 
The London Klezmer Quartet’s old and new melodies on fiddle, clarinet, accordion and double bass, and colourful stories about musicians’ lives and times, take you on a journey from the Baltic to the Black Sea and beyond, delving deep into the celebratory and soulful music of Jewish eastern Europe. Prepare to be engaged in backing vocals, the occasional tear and plenty of toe-tapping – if not all-out dancing! – as you join the LKQ party.
The band’s new CD, ‘To the Tavern’ is their fourth, and tells a dawn-to-dawn story of a klezmer band’s arrival in a central European town that they recreate in performance, combining the subtleties of the original tradition with a kick-the-chairs-over ability to party.
Formed in 2009 by four London-based klezmorim with a shared interest in the traditional playing style, LKQ brings fresh life to an almost-lost instrumental folk tradition through a huge repertoire of dance tunes and lyrical melodies – some self-composed. The band also features the irresistibly sonorous vocals of multi-tasking bass player Indra Buraczewska in traditional laments, a Warsaw Yiddish theatre hit with a hint of jazz (‘Goodbye New York’) and even a song about beetroot soup.
Chai for All is led by veteran trumpeter David Mowat, once in Bristol’s legendary Klezmernauts. Chai For All bring together New York Yiddish songs delivered by charismatic Dutch chanteuse Marianna Moralis, Arabic Music played by the astonishing German oud player and guitar harmony maestro Knud Stuwe with the versatile Saudi Arabia-born Simon Leach on derabukka, and jazz-singed klezmer classics. They’ll be joined by clarinet virtuoso Katie Stevens. A “highly skilled” and “class act” notes 24/7 columnist Tony Benjamin (in Venue Magazine) . With roots in traditional klezmer, it stretches out way beyond.
Tickets: £10 on door (advanced booking advised) or £11 from Bristol Ticket Shop http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/?/161201STSJEWI1

Details

Date:
1st December 2016
Time:
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Cost:
£10 - £11
Event Category:

Venue

St. Stephen’s Church
21 St Stephen's Street
Bristol, BS1 1EQ United Kingdom
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