It’s been dubbed Kleztronica. Essentially electronic dance music with klezmer elements, the year-old genre is made to a large degree with samplers and synthesizers, though old-school instruments that ...

If you find yourself wandering near the Longmont Museum this Friday around 2:30 p.m., don’t be alarmed if the air begins to vibrate with the brassy, caffeine-fueled energy of a Balkan wedding. It is ...

Susan Watts comes from a long line of performers of the Jewish genre of klezmer music: The klezmer dynasty dates to 19th century Ukraine and begins with Watts’ great-grandfather, the musician, ...

Evanston’s very own klezmer band, based at the Jewish Reconstructionist Synagogue in Evanston, brought its Evanston sound to the community on Dec. 16. The band called Heavy Shtetl, a play on the genre ...

(JTA) At the Orchard Estate assisted living facility in Woodbury, New York, residents hum along to the klezmer music familiar to many Jews of their generation. The Yiddish-inflected music with roots ...

The joyous, buoyant sounds of klezmer music will ring out for hours this weekend in midtown Detroit when Michigan’s first klezmer festival is held. The International Institute (111 E. Kirby St.) will ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On one evening last summer, Dan Horowitz found himself in the middle of rural ...

TORONTO – Five millennial chamber musicians walk into a backyard recording studio in Canada. They emerge with a modern – and thoroughly unique – klezmer ensemble. That’s the origin story of Schmaltz ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Klezmer music was heard Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Johnstown. Pittsburgh-based KleZlectic Ensemble performed as part of the Johnstown Concert Series. The group ...

Metropolitan Klezmer, founded in 1994, is the collaborative adventure of seven exceptional New York-based musicians creating inspired interpretations and original compositions around a panorama of ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. At the Orchard Estate ...