tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.comments2024-02-26T10:21:44.313-05:00Teruah - Jewish MusicJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150135572952331382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1030125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-78546803605615546932014-02-21T17:02:19.713-05:002014-02-21T17:02:19.713-05:00I am a huge fan of the Mimi Sloan album and would ...I am a huge fan of the Mimi Sloan album and would love to hear the Feder Sister recording. Unfortunately, i don't have any means of getting a CD mastering and distribution project going. The only person I know that might be interested in this kind of reissue project is Simon Rutberg at www.HatkivahMusic.com. I'm fairly sure I got the Mimi Sloan solo CD from him. Given the age of the recording, it's unlikely to be much of a money maker. A different strategy would be to create a Feder Sisters tribute website and to distribute .mp3 music files of the LP recordings for free download. That might attract more attention and share the legacy more widely than commercial sale. The challenge there would be to identify who holds the rights for the recordings and make sure it can be done legally.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150135572952331382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-41475594488978096542014-01-29T02:02:29.948-05:002014-01-29T02:02:29.948-05:00Not only did it exist, but as a young gal, I was l...Not only did it exist, but as a young gal, I was lucky enough to have worked my way through school at the Feenjon, dancing with my tray. The music was wonderful and the musicians were Israeli, as Menachem and later Avram Grobard was, and Ali the drummer was Arabic, Eliyahu who played the accordian was also Israeli, but Jerry Sappir, was a Jewish American. Long after my stint at the cafe, I would go back with friends and my husband. There is a FB page or two for the Cafe Feenjon if you would like to learn more about it and the performers. Pink Slip - Part 1 - Suziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018090231179516466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-30162470274476986352013-11-29T09:46:18.431-05:002013-11-29T09:46:18.431-05:00Thanx for your comments about my late stepmother, ...Thanx for your comments about my late stepmother, Mimi Sloan. She knew and greatly admired Oysher and had a great feel for his music.<br /> The Feder Sisters were much warmer than the mechanical Barry Sisters (OK; I'm prejudiced, but it's da truth!) Their two LP albums have great stereo separation. I saw them rehearse and perform in the Borscht Circuit and they were real pros and extremely talented. They just oozed the music and worked so well together. As a solo act, Mimi was able to demonstrate her great range and great voice. I'm so happy that her Oysher album was released as a CD, but the Fder Sisters' two United Artists LPs are so deserving of also being made available as CDs! Can you help get that going???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-14971544732727390722013-11-29T09:38:27.626-05:002013-11-29T09:38:27.626-05:00Thanx for your comments about Mimi Sloan, my late ...Thanx for your comments about Mimi Sloan, my late stepmother. She knew Oysher personally and was a great admirer of his. I sat with her many times witnessing his cahazunis at holiday services in the Catskills. Her Oysher album was a labor of love. She had a feel for his music and strove to get his jibberish lyrics in "Chassidic in America." just righjt. (And I dare say she does a better job of it than either The Barry Sisters or Moishe's own neice, the talented Marilyn Michaels.) Mimi and her sister wwere equally talented, and their two LP albums you cited were ahead of their time and have great stereo separation. The Feder Sisters were pros. I watched them rehearse and then perform many of their Borscht Circuit shows. They had a much more natural and mellower take on Yiddish music than the better known Barry Sisters, who I always believed were too mechanically perfect and hard on the ear. I kmnow I am considered prejudiced, but it's "da truth.")<br /> Mimi had great range and was, like her sister, a fine actress, as well, something few people know about. The sisters' LP's used to be available on Ebay, but no longer can be found there. They are now collectors' items, and also deserve to be re-released as CD's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-3668953532603197742013-11-29T09:26:02.419-05:002013-11-29T09:26:02.419-05:00Thank you for your comments about my late stepmoth...Thank you for your comments about my late stepmother, Mimi Sloan. She was so very talented, not only as a singer, but as an actress, something that is little known. She and her sister acted in many Yiddish shows, supporting many of the greats of the Yiddish Theatre. She also supported Tom Bosley, as his girlfriend's mother in the short-lived Broadway show, "The Education of Hyman Kaplan." (It didnt close on account of poor reviews; it closed because of poor press, thanks to opening the very night Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was there.) I saw many of her Borscht Circuit shows that she did with her sister, Sylvia. I watched them rehearse and then perform. They were true professionals with a natural talent, and much mellower and smoother than the Barry Sisters. Mimi also performed in such great venues as Carnegie Hall, and I saw her tear the house down.<br /> She knew Moishe Oysher personally, through her husband Danny Sloan(my father, and witnessed his great singing on the Jewish holidays first at Schenk's Paramount Hotel and then at The Pines Hotel,as my father officiated at services as the rabbi and reader of the torah scrolls. Mimi and I sat together for many of the Oysher-Sloan services and we were mezmorized by Oysher's singing. He had a great voice and tons of charisma. So her performance on "Mimi Sloan Sings Moishe Oysher Melodies" was inspired by her genuine love for his music. She strove to get "Chassidic in America" and "Amar, Amar" just right, but she didn't have to work too hard at it. She was a natural, and it was a labor of love and a tribute to Oysher that she dearly loved doing. (By the way, the full "Yiddish, Maestro" LP title you mentioned is "Yiddish, Maestro, Please!") Both of the Feder Sisters' United Artist LP's are classics and have great stereo separatio. (They were, tho, given their just recognition a couple of years ago in the book, "And You SHall Know us by the Trail of Our Vinyl" and the great exhibit about Yiddish music at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan!) (supervised by my father, by the way, with an assist from the man who orchestrated the records --the great and legendary Abe Ellstein. He also orchestrated some of the Barry Sistes' recordings, but he surpassed himself with his work on Mimi and Syl's albums.) Thanx again for your kind words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-76983289095931486832013-08-05T07:27:56.346-05:002013-08-05T07:27:56.346-05:00Jew joke are tired. Should have been scientologis...Jew joke are tired. Should have been scientologists to be funnier.<br /><br />Further, this part of the play was way too long, really wore it out. They should have given that time to something else from the movie.m11_9https://www.blogger.com/profile/14853462210715316303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-47119126693520000672013-07-13T13:29:34.867-05:002013-07-13T13:29:34.867-05:00He doesn't have a "claim to fame". H...He doesn't have a "claim to fame". He is actually rather humble and enjoys staying out of the spotlight. Which is the reason they are no longer dating. He just didn't like the attention.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450248760784522184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-57036877668562081662013-04-17T11:13:47.602-05:002013-04-17T11:13:47.602-05:00obviously yes. her music keep some negative effect...obviously yes. her music keep some negative effect that makes you violent and proud.Steve Robshttp://www.superiorleathergarments.com/products/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-47084971494813100802013-03-04T16:02:16.662-05:002013-03-04T16:02:16.662-05:00Revisiting your great blog after a few years. Just...Revisiting your great blog after a few years. Just wanted to give you an updated link with more research resources about ancient healing and transformational music.<br /><br />The Music and Medicine Journal paper is up on the site, as are video clips of the original healing music program I initiated in the neonatal intensive care unit of Meir Hospital. You'll be able to see the project in action and hear Dr. Arnon - head project physician, address the mothers about the music's effect upon baby and themselves. <br /><br />http://www.voicesofeden.com/researchEliana Giladhttp://www.voicesofeden.com/researchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-84721656101229010722013-03-02T09:11:44.213-05:002013-03-02T09:11:44.213-05:00This is fascinating narrative and apparently why G...This is fascinating narrative and apparently why Gelbart's music is so evocativeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-40194622027913578602013-02-16T12:14:53.174-05:002013-02-16T12:14:53.174-05:00Desean... I hear you and can empathize. Matis was ...Desean... I hear you and can empathize. Matis was an exemplar of how an artist could both live up to frum standards and be musically exciting. Matis was looked up to for this. For many in the frum community, his changes of behavior seem like a rejection of frum standards and the frum community. I totally understand why you'd see that as betrayal. <br /><br />I am sorry, though. I feel that Matis still has a lot to say to the Jewish community, both frum and liberal, and the world at large. There are few popular performers in the frum, liberal, or secular worlds with his deep sense of jewish ideals and his ability to communicate them. <br /><br /><br />Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150135572952331382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-38878852267783662442013-02-16T11:59:25.377-05:002013-02-16T11:59:25.377-05:00Paul, I'm sorry I don't. I'll ask arou...Paul, I'm sorry I don't. I'll ask around and see what I can find.<br />Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150135572952331382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-88896840454168017912013-02-16T11:49:10.660-05:002013-02-16T11:49:10.660-05:00David... I don't think so. It seems that B'...David... I don't think so. It seems that B'nai Or has closed it's doors. I'll see if I can dig up some more information.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150135572952331382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-46849665550032996432013-02-16T11:37:52.750-05:002013-02-16T11:37:52.750-05:00Hi... which Etz Chaim are you thinking about? Ther...Hi... which Etz Chaim are you thinking about? There are lots of versions.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150135572952331382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-47978072704367738712013-02-15T02:52:17.569-05:002013-02-15T02:52:17.569-05:00I consider myself yeshivish and I used to be a hug...I consider myself yeshivish and I used to be a huge Matisyahu fan. It may seam like I'm overreacting but but this is how it is.The beard loss isn't what killed it for me, the aesthetic change actually was kind of gradual as I saw it. What happened was like this: First when he lost the beard the accompanying tweet said he was dropping the chassidus. I thought ok his choice I know some people who have started as Lubavitch and went mainstream. Then he released his album during the 3 weeks. I thought: Uhh ok I guess I'll have to wait to hear it. then hes started a tour that spanned the entire 3 weeks and I thought: Errr that isn't really right but ok. Then he had a concert on Tisha B'av the one day where all mourning for all the bad things that happen to the Jewish people is condensed into one day. And the next day he put a letter on facebook rationalizing it with the parnassa argument among other not well thought out arguments. I mean the parnassa argument? You are a cross-country tour. Come on. That was when I stopped listening. Like I said it sounds like I overreacted but the betrayal feelings were kinda sharp.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340323081135407464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-16157192611462591282013-01-19T17:29:42.074-05:002013-01-19T17:29:42.074-05:00edthe best israeli singer of all times that sings ...edthe best <b>israeli</b> <a href="http://www.galiavinoam.com" rel="nofollow">singer</a> of all times that sings mostly in hebrew!!i listen to her since i was akid in the 80'דץAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-43491245166376700922012-12-11T13:26:26.678-05:002012-12-11T13:26:26.678-05:00I know it's a bit late, but Thank YOU for your...I know it's a bit late, but Thank YOU for your kind words and your bracha! - Reb DovidleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-418651295263498552012-12-08T23:47:17.719-05:002012-12-08T23:47:17.719-05:00Portnoy's melody is beautiful and reminds me o...Portnoy's melody is beautiful and reminds me of a couple of Soviet songs. I used to think that those were stolen from Etz Chaim, but recently I have learned that Portnoy's melody may be newer. Well, after all, it there are just 12 notes ;-) Anyway, I think I like another version of Etz Chaim better. Do you know who and when wrote that one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-27172127064923259062012-11-28T14:23:04.976-05:002012-11-28T14:23:04.976-05:00It's a song. Not an anthem or a manifesto. L...It's a song. Not an anthem or a manifesto. Leave it be and enjoy the music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-44540954924198567812012-10-28T04:58:01.851-05:002012-10-28T04:58:01.851-05:00How is it that I saw this today for the first time...How is it that I saw this today for the first time? Thanks for the comments!<br /><br />AdamAdamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-30495707678200762012012-09-20T12:46:28.539-05:002012-09-20T12:46:28.539-05:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-9yA3zqcHo&fe...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-9yA3zqcHo&feature=watch_response_revAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671888759786011081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-50195217331520533602012-09-20T12:46:06.731-05:002012-09-20T12:46:06.731-05:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-9yA3zqcHo&fe...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-9yA3zqcHo&feature=watch_response_rev<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671888759786011081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-7351438872560401762012-09-15T21:12:53.202-05:002012-09-15T21:12:53.202-05:00Did B'nai Or ever release their 14 track CD? a...Did B'nai Or ever release their 14 track CD? and if so, how would a person get a hold of it? I found a recording of Mi Kamocha of theirs on youtube and really like the melody.<br />davidandgraceolingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815960319143739019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-56343551430812835392012-08-29T15:48:10.801-05:002012-08-29T15:48:10.801-05:00Sorry - I do not know how else to contact you - ca...Sorry - I do not know how else to contact you - can you tell me how to get sheet music for Yair Rosenblum's Unetaneh Tokef <br /><br />Thank youpaul jesernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-63549942166539433092012-08-16T00:17:15.566-05:002012-08-16T00:17:15.566-05:00Ljuba is a wonderful singer, accompanied by a firs...Ljuba is a wonderful singer, accompanied by a first rate group of musicians. For someone who knows nothing about Ladino music, she has me wanting to hear more. I am proud to call her a friend. Enjoy reading your blog, check mine out. <br /><br />www.bagelsandthoughts.blogspot.comDominiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06685684218689765116noreply@blogger.com