The following recipe is one in the 'strange but delicious' category: 1) Have a klezmer orchestra, preferably one that does not shy away from experimenting. 2) Invite a gospel singer and singer, preferably both are blessed with a voice that makes the glass ring out of the rabbets. 3) Put them together on a stage during a big open air concert in Berlin. 4) Sit back and let your hip muscles do the rest
… of the work. Brother Moses Smote The Water is The Klezmatics' first live album and anyone who knows the Klezmatics a little knows that they love to try something new. That is why the musicians play 'freedom songs', some stem from the Jewish and others from the African American tradition. In practice, this turns out to go hand in hand. Sometimes it is gospel and sometimes it is klezmer but much more often it is a unique mixture. If there is such a thing as multicultural folk music, this is it. And swing it does! (PdK)more