The Klezmatics with Sophie Solomon – review

Union Chapel, LondonThe Klezmatics have been one of the most adventurous roots bands in New York for more than quarter of a century. Their starting point is klezmer, the music that was traditionally performed at Jewish weddings and celebrations across eastern Europe, which has enjoyed a revival in the west, thanks in no small part to this band. It's not just a dance style, as they showed with their first song, a thoughtful lament in Yiddish sung by the black-hatted Lorin Sklamberg, a multi-ins...

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