Isle of Klezbos! Klezmer for Kweens!
Isle of Klezbos sextet plays one final outdoor show this summer:Tuesday, September 167:30pm - rain or shine!Le Petit Versailles Garden346 East Houston St (btwn Avenues B & C)East Village, NYChttp://lpvtv.blogspot.comAdmission is FREE but donations help provide food & refreshments!Isle of Klezbos will regale hometown fans at this farewell to summershow, making the band's debut at Le Petit Versailles' lush gardenstage in the East Villlage.Following this year's outdoor concerts from KlezBiGay Pride at El SolBrilliante Garden to the dancing throngs at Michigan Womyn's MusicFestival, our fun-loving powerhouse sextet plays one final open-airseason celebration.This LPV Isle of Klezbos appearance features:PAM FLEMING (Hazmat Modine, Burning Spear, Natalie Merchant) - trumpetMELISSA FOGARTY (Coronation of Poppea, Mark Morris' King Arthur) - vocalsDEBRA KREISBERG (Los Mas Valientes, Metropolitan Klezmer) - clarinet + alto saxEVE SICULAR (J. Edgar Klezmer: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files) - drumsand special guest klezbians <<PATRICK FARRELL (Staggerback Brass, Romashka) - accordionDAVID HOFSTRA (Microscopic Septet, Metropolitan Klezmer) - bassFormed in 1998, the NYC-based Isle of Klezbos has toured from Viennato Vancouver. This soulful six-piece group performs a gorgeous rangeof traditional and original sounds, from vibrant Yiddish folk anddance tunes, retro swing and tango, to brand new genre-defying groovesand instant classics such as klezmer cumbia. Their music has beenheard on Showtime's "The L Word," CNN "Worldbeat," and PBS "In TheLife," and well over 100 radio stations worldwide. Isle of Klezbosdrummer/bandleader Eve Sicular is also founder of Metropolitan Klezmeroctet, and shares both these adventures in wide-ranging neo-tradklezmer with the versatile and virtuosic Pam, Debra, and Missy,approaching this artistic heritage with both irreverence and respect.We are thrilled to be curated at LPV by our friend and East Villagelegend/camp heritage diva Peter (Pierre) Cramer.http://metropolitanklezmer.comhttp://myspace.com/klezboshttp://lpvtv.blogspot.comLPV events are made possible by Allied Productions, Inc.,Citizens for NYC, Green Thumb/NYC Dept. of Parks, Materials for the Arts;NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, NYC Dept. of Sanitation & NYC Board of EducationFilm & Exhibition support from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.Additional support, in part, by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.