Atonement: Avraham Fried and "Kaparah"

American Orthodox Jewish musical entertainer Avraham Fried brings us today's random tune, called Kaparah. Playing pop Jewish music, and incorporating pop, rock and jazz into Jewish themes with mostly Yiddish lyrics, Fried also sings some songs in "cantor" style. He got his start in the early 1980s after being encouraged by the leader of one of the world's best known Hasidic movements, Lubavitch, of which he is a member. He has released 34 albums, as well as numerous singles and collaborations. Among his nephews are the members of 8th Day, another Hasidic Orthodox Jewish pop band that has been played on this show. You can find Kaparah on his 2016 album Bring the House Down

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avraham_Fried

One of a Different Color: Golem and "My Horse"

For the next two weeks I will be in California helping care for my mom. However, because I am a fayner mensch, I have put together two weeks of random music to cover the daily song.

Today's random tune is from the band Golem and is called My Horse. A rock-klezmer band, Golem was created in 2000 in New York City by Annette Ezekiel Kogan, who serves as bandleader, vocalist and accordionist. The band describes their music as Eastern European Jewish folk-rock, and combines elements of rock, punk, and klezmer with lyrics in mainly English, Yiddish and Russian. The name of the band refers to the monster created out of clay to protect the Jewish people, and turned back to clay when it got out of control. The band calls themselves a collective monster that approaches traditional music with respect, but without timidity and resistance to change. My Horse can be found on Golem's 2014 CD Tanz.

Globalquerque Video 8: Golem (Klezmer, United States)

Today's video captures a performance by klezmer band Golem from New York City, performing on the Plaza Mayor stage at the National Hispanic Cultural Center during Globalquerque 2014 on September 20th in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Golem was founded in 2000 by Annette Ezekial Kogan. They perform what they refer to as Eastern European folk punk, and their song are sung in Yiddish, English, and various Slavic languages. You can get a sense of their kinetic performance here.

I shot this on my Samsung Galaxy - good sound and video.