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Featuring those pioneering women of the 1920s who put voice to jazz, from Ma Rainey to Mae West.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 07, 2022
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:16
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 05:24
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:53
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:44
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 09:55
- Added: Apr 18, 2007
- Length: 05:19
Young Female American Tabla player becomes 1st woman to play at Pakistan Qawwali festival in 600 + years
- Added: Oct 04, 2006
- Length: 17:59
