The Klezmatics
THE KLEZMATICS to BRING KLEZMER-ROCK FUSION to MAHAIWE
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, widely considered to be the world’s greatest modern klezmer group, perform at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8pm. The concert is presented by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst as part of Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music. Founded in 1986 in New York City, the Klezmatics almost singlehandedly pioneered the klezmer renaissance, helping to revive the traditional music and give it a contemporary, universal appeal in much the same way the Beatles did with rock ‘n’ roll.
Allison Moorer
ALLISON MOORER BRINGS COUNTRY-LACED FOLK-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Singer-songwriter Allison Moorer will bring her country-inflected brand of folk-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, November 15, at 9pm. The Alabama-raised singer — the younger sister of country singer Shelby Lynne and sometime singing-partner of Americana icon Steve Earle — garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for “A Soft Place to Fall,” which was featured in Robert Redford’s film “The Horse Whisperer.”
ELDAR DJANGIROV BRINGS JAZZ TRIO to HUDSON OPERA HOUSE
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The hard-hitting young piano prodigy Eldar Djangirov, who plays both classical and jazz, returns to the Hudson Opera House – where he gave a sold-out solo performance last year — on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8 pm, this time leading his jazz trio to play a mixture of standards, originals, and perhaps his much-lauded cover of Radiohead’s “Morning Bell” (a la Brad Mehldau). Djangirov is noted for his demonically fast flurries of notes, his Rachmaninoff-inspired loud chordal voicings, and for the lush effusiveness of his playing.
ELVIS COSTELLO PLAYS SOLO at UPAC
(KINGSTON, N.Y.) – Elvis Costello winds up his tripleheader in the region with a solo performance at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) on Thursday, November 14, at 8pm. Having just released “Wise Up Ghost,” an album he recorded with the Roots, Costello – who is an amazing entertainer and a wonderful solo performer – is expected to play songs from throughout his career.
OMAR SOSA BRINGS MILES DAVIS ‘KIND OF BLUE’ TRIBUTE to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Cuban pianist Omar Sosa brings his Afri-Lectric Sextet, performing a tribute to Miles Davis’s landmark “Kind of Blue” album, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at 8pm. The ensemble features trumpeter Joo Kraus and saxophonist Peter Apfelbaum.