This approaches tradition with irreverence and respect. The soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-women’s klezmer sextet has been touring from Vienna to Vancouver for two decades. Band repertoire ranges from rambunctious to entrancing: neo-traditional folk dance, Yiddish swing & retro tango, late Soviet-era Jewish drinking song, re-grooved standards, and genre-defying originals. ISLE of KLEZBOS concert footage has been broadcast internationally on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN WorldBeat, and PBS. Their Pride Season debut at NYC’s Center for Jewish History was a multi-media concert version of The Celluloid Closet of Yiddish Film featuring vintage film clips galore plus cinema commentary and live sextet.
