Re-air: Ethel Raim

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Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music Podcast

Dan Blacksberg

39 episodes

3 weeks ago

Internationally renowned klezmer trombonist Dan Blacksberg sits down for in-depth and informal conversations with musicians and other artists whose work has made them an integral part of the klezmer world. Listeners get to go behind the scenes of the lives and work of the individual artists, and the modern history of klezmer music. We’ll talk about memorable moments in our artistic development, bring up wild performance stories, and ruminate what it’s like to be connected to this international community that makes up the klezmer world.

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Re-air: Ethel Raim

Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music Podcast

1 hour 18 minutes 29 seconds

7 months ago

Re-air: Ethel Raim

This month we are re-airing one of our favorite episodes, Dan’s 2018 conversation with Ethel Raim. Among numerous amazing accomplishments, Ethel is the most frequently name-dropped artist on this podcast in recent years. People keep bringing her up as a central mentor and source of inspiration, including in conversations we haven’t released yet! Listening back to the endless incredible stories that go along with her incredible artistry, it’s no surprise that she has and is still having a gigantic impact on our Yiddish world. Here’s what we said all those years ago:

Today’s episode features singer, music researcher, and arts advocate Ethel Raim. Actually, it’s quite hard to encapsulate Ethel’s long and continuing career. She’s the emeritus artistic director of the Center For Traditional Music and Dance, is a noted teacher of Yiddish, Balkan, and other styles of folk singing, and founded the important folk group The Pennywhistlers. Working with Zev Feldman and Andy Statman to present and fund concerts by Dave Tarras in the 70s, Ethel had a big hand in bringing klezmer music out of its “dry period.” It was a big treat get a chance to talk to Ethel about her life and career, and I’m so happy to be able to share it all with you.
Musical Selections:
– Oy vey mamen ikh shpil a libe – Traditional Yiddish song from the repertoire of Ita Taub – performed by Ethel Raim, recorded live at the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Performed by Urban Women Village Song (Ethel Raim, Sonya Cohen & Catherine Foster) live at a 1994 concert at New York’s Dance Theatre Workshop:
– Nye spasobnaya bila vryemichka – Russian song from the repertoire of the Fyodorov sisters – with guest artist Ellen Shumsky.
– Tsar Murat Mara dumashe – Traditional Bulgarian song.
– Chuli se sa male – Traditional Macedonian song.
– Mayn Rue Plats – Text by Moris Rosenfeld – performed by The Pennywhistlers on our 1968 Nonesuch recording.
Go here for a long bio of Ethel’s many, many accomplishments.

Radiant Others is produced by Dan Blacksberg and Beila Ungar. The podcast aims to be the internet’s central space for important conversations in Yiddish and Klezmer music. Please support our work on https://www.patreon.com/RadiantOthers

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