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Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastAvia MooreMany listeners of this podcast will know our guest this month, Avia Moore from being an internationally renowned Yiddish dance leader and teacher, and from being a longtime faculty and current artistic director of Klezkanada. But did you know that she is a photographer and graphic designer who has made some of your favorite Klezkanada art and … Continue reading Avia Moore →2025-07-041h 27Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastMikhl YashinskyOn this month’s episode of Radiant Others, Dan sits down with actor, playwright, stage director, lyricist, and Yiddishist, Mikhl Yashinsky (מיכל יאַשינסקי). Mikhl shares his fantastic passion for all things Yiddish: the language, the poetry, the music, the history and more. We talk about the many connections to Yiddish from his personal history, his journey into the … Continue reading Mikhl Yashinsky →2025-05-301h 14Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastBriveleToday on the podcast, Seattle-based Brivele, the duo of Maia Brown and Stefanie Brendler! Brivele formed as a trio in 2017 and have recently become a duo. They are releasing their 3rd album, Khaverim Zayt Greyt, (Friends/Comrades, Get Ready) on May Day (May 1st), on Borscht Beat Records. Dan and the duo talk about the new … Continue reading Brivele →2025-04-251h 28Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastRe-air: Ethel RaimThis 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 … Continue reading Re-air: Ethel Raim →2025-03-281h 18Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastIsabel Frey and Benjy Fox-RosenOn today’s episode, Dan sits down with two musicians based in Vienna, Austria: Isabel Frey and Benjy Fox-Rosen. Both musicians are accomplished Yiddish singers, and thoughtful Yiddish scholars, among many other roles. The wide ranging conversation begins with a focus on Isabel’s new album Di fliendike pave (Borscht Beat), and expands outwards in many personal … Continue reading Isabel Frey and Benjy Fox-Rosen →2025-02-281h 34Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastAdrianne GreenbaumToday on the podcast, flautist, composer, teacher, scholar, Adrianne Greenbaum. Adrianne has been at the forefront of bringing the rich tradition of klezmer flute playing into the present day. A stunning player, she leads successful lives as a symphony player (and a long time member of the New Haven Symphony), a teacher at Mount Holyoke … Continue reading Adrianne Greenbaum →2025-01-311h 46Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastMarilyn LernerIt’s our final Radiant Others episode for 2024 and it’s a big one. Today on the podcast is pianist, composer and awesome human Marilyn Lerner. Based in Toronto, Marilyn makes music across a really wide range of sounds and practices ranging from Yiddish music to jazz, and beyond. Dan and Marilyn go deep into the … Continue reading Marilyn Lerner →2024-12-201h 21Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastRe-air: Pete RushefskyJust in time to aid in your digestion or your long drives home, we’re re-airing one of our earliest episodes with tsimbalist, cultural organizer, and cultural enabler Pete Rushefsky! Pete was the first person Dan interviewed way back in 2018, when life was oh-so-different. We get into the many nooks and crannies of Pete’s journey … Continue reading Re-air: Pete Rushefsky →2024-12-021h 07Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastSasha LurjeRadiant Others is back with a new episode featuring Yiddish singer, educator, Road Warrior and sometimes poyk player Sasha Lurje! Sasha is one of the most in demand Yiddish singers active on the scene today. From her home in Berlin, she can often be seen all around Europe, North America and Beyond. She is involved … Continue reading Sasha Lurje →2024-11-011h 35Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastZisl Slepovitch & Stephen Naron – Fortunoff Video ArchiveRadiant Others is proud to present an episode on “Songs from Testimonies – Fortunoff Video Archive” Featuring musician and scholar D. Zisl Slepovitch and archivist Stephen Naron. This is the second in our informal series about people creating present day music working with archives. The archive that is the focus of this episode is the Fortunoff … Continue reading Zisl Slepovitch & Stephen Naron – Fortunoff Video Archive →2024-08-301h 41Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastAlicia SvigalsToday on Radiant Others, violinist, composer, bandleader Alicia Svigals. Since the 1980s, Alicia has been a major figure in the klezmer and Yiddish music worlds. She was a founding member of the Klezmatics, and took a lead role in bringing back attention to the traditional fiddle style of klezmer music, especially with her groundbreaking album … Continue reading Alicia Svigals →2024-07-261h 14Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastSusi Evans & Szilvia CsarankoThis week on the Radiant Others Klezmer Music Podcast, Dan sits down to speak with Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko. Susi and Szilvia are stalwarts of the UK and German klezmer scenes who joined together as a duo in 2019 after meeting earlier at Yiddish Summer Weimar. Their latest release is Fun an Altn Klezmer … Continue reading Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko →2024-06-281h 19Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastSonia GollanceToday on Radiant Others, scholar and Yiddish dancer Sonia Gollance. Sonia is a scholar of Yiddish Studies and German-Jewish literature whose work focuses on dance, theatre, and gender. Her first book, It Could Lead to Dancing: Mixed-Sex Dancing and Jewish Modernity, was published by Stanford University Press in May 2021. It is a National Jewish … Continue reading Sonia Gollance →2024-05-311h 28Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastFran and FloraToday on the Radiant Others Klezmer Music Podcast, Dan speaks with Francesca Ter-Berg and Flora Curzon about their duo Fran and Flora and their new album entitled Precious Collection, out now on the Hidden Notes label. We talk about what it takes to make a band’s second record and how to stick together through their … Continue reading Fran and Flora →2024-04-191h 25Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastIlya ShneyveysIlya Shneyveys is an international performer, accordionist and multi-instrumentalist, teacher, composer, arranger and producer of contemporary Jewish music. He’s one of the most in demand musicians on the klezmer scene and works in just about every setting imaginable, from the traditional to the most cutting edge. This episode is a “return to form” with Dan … Continue reading Ilya Shneyveys →2023-07-071h 29Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastIra Khonen TempleToday on the Radiant Others Podcast, Dan speaks with Ira Khonen Temple. Ira is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and embedded cultural organizer. Recent credits include accordionist for Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, and music director of Indecent at the Weston Playhouse, Great Small Works’ Muntergang and Other Cheerful Downfalls, the Aftselakhis Spectacle Committe Purimshpil, and … Continue reading Ira Khonen Temple →2023-06-161h 32Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastAaron Bendich/Borscht BeatToday on The Radiant Others Podcast we hear a conversation between Dan and Aaron Bendich, the founder of Borscht Beat, a multifaceted cultural project with a focus on Jewish Music. After a decade of collecting records, Bendich launched Borscht Beat as a radio program on WJFF Radio Catskill in early 2021 (listen to past programs here). … Continue reading Aaron Bendich/Borscht Beat →2023-06-021h 13Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastZoë AquaWhat would it be like if klezmer music’s geographic and historical continuity had never been interrupted? Today I talk to violinist, composer, educator, and researcher Zoë Aqua about her experiences researching Jewish and non-Jewish music in Transylvania and surrounding regions in Hungary and Romania. These are regions where musicians have been exceptionally successful at keeping … Continue reading Zoë Aqua →2023-05-191h 29Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastThe Klezmer InstituteHow do you bring people in and get them invested in Ashkenazic Expressive Culture? The Klezmer Institute has a few ideas! In this episode I sit down with Klezmer Institute leaders Christina Crowder (her 2nd appearance on the Podcast!) and Clara Byom. They share stories about how this community fueled organization began, where they are … Continue reading The Klezmer Institute →2023-05-051h 24Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastTsvey BriderA very hearty welcome back to the Radiant Others Podcast! There is a lot of new music coming out in our Yiddish world, and so it’s the perfect time to drop back in with NEW episodes to share conversations with the people making it happen! This is our first in a while and it’s a … Continue reading Tsvey Brider →2023-04-211h 18Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastCOMING SOON: New EpisodesHello Everyone! Dan Blacksberg here, to let you know that the Radiant Others Podcast will have New Episodes coming to your podcast feed very soon! There’s a lot of really amazing music and work being done right now in our klezmer and Yiddish world. I can’t wait to share new episodes that feature wonderful people … Continue reading COMING SOON: New Episodes →2023-04-0403 min
Right Brain Music PodcastRight Brain Music Podcast - Episode 33: Brass Tacks, Bold Sounds - Trombonists on the EdgeThe trombone is an instrument of mystery and intrigue. We've found some terrific trombone improvisers, and you might be surprised by the depth and breath of their sounds. Featuring Reut Regev, Jeb Bishop. Matthias Muller, Matthias Muche and Dan Blacksberg.2022-01-2035 minRadiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastRAY MUSIKER LIVING MUSICAL LEGACY PODCASTI’m thrilled to share this very special episode of the Radiant Others Podcast with you all. On this episode: Ray Musiker. Ray is a living legend – clarinetist, saxophonist, educator and composer. He’s a leading figure in 20th-century Yiddish-American music and he’s still leading the way in the 21st century. Ray is the fourth generation … Continue reading RAY MUSIKER LIVING MUSICAL LEGACY PODCAST →2020-06-121h 47
The Crossover Media PodcastZajal With Dave Soldier And Pedro Cortes - The Spanish Tradition Is Our CultureLyrics in medieval Hebrew, Arabic and Spanish from Andalusia, 900-1400 C.E. The Golden Age of Spain that created the tradition of Western song, from Schubert and Verdi to Hank Williams and the Beatles
Zajal, renowned Downtown composer and instrumentalist Dave Soldier explores the beginning of popular song and locates it 1000 years ago at the intersection of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures in southern Spain. Zajal, along with muwashaha, were the lyrics of medieval Andalusia. While many are still sung today (notably in Lebanon), their offspring are everywhere. On a trip to Spain in 2004, Soldier read about the Andalusian caliphate...2020-03-2707 minRadiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastMark Rubin (Radiant Others Returns!)After a hiatus due to many great composition and performing projects, the Radiant Others Klezmer Music Podcast is back! And we are back with a great one! In today’s episode I talk to bassist, tubist, guitarist, producer, songwriter, guerrilla folklorist, and all around musical macher, Mark Rubin. Mark and I met at Klezkamp in 2002, … Continue reading Mark Rubin (Radiant Others Returns!) →2019-08-161h 53
Fun 2 Know PodcastF2K Ep. 48 Guitarist Nick MillevoiOur guest today, guitarist Nick Millevoi. To quote his bio, “Nick Millevoi is a guitarist and composer whose music searches for the sonic cracks between jazz, rock and roll, noise, and modern composition.” Nick has performed with Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Nels Cline, Marc Ribot, and Jamaaladeen Tacuma, the duo Archer Spade with trombonist Dan Blacksberg as well as making five full-length albums with the trio Many Arms. Since 2016, Nick's main vehicle is The Desertion Trio, featuring Johnny deBlase on bass and Kevin Shea on drums. Their first two records also featured Jamie Saft on organ and their thir...2019-05-101h 33Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastSusan Watts – Soul Songs ReflectionsOn Sunday, October 28th in Philadelphia, a concert took place called Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer. It was conceived and led by the one and only Susan Watts, (check out her episode from a while back) and featured a total of 11 women and non-binary klezmer musicians. The concert had only new compositions by … Continue reading Susan Watts – Soul Songs Reflections →2018-11-0233 minRadiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastChristina CrowderHi Everyone! Welcome back to another episode of Radiant Others! I’m really glad we’re rolling again with new episodes and this one is a good one. Christina Crowder is an accordionist, and an important researcher of klezmer, Romanian and Moldavian musics. She’s great to play with, and great to hang out with. We go deep … Continue reading Christina Crowder →2018-10-191h 49Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastDavid BuchbinderThe Radiant Others podcast is back! After a break that was part chosen, part almost forced, I’m so excited to share a good batch of new episodes with you all. And I can’t think of a better musician to start things off than David Buchbinder. David is a trumpeter, a composer, and a big thinker. … Continue reading David Buchbinder →2018-10-051h 23Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastBKG Part 2Here is part 2 of my interview with scholar and curator Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. In part 1, BKG talked about growing up, her work, and her career in academia. In today’s conversation we delve deeply into the work that’s occupied her directly for at least the last 10 years: being the chief curator of the POLIN … Continue reading BKG Part 2 →2018-04-201h 00Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastBKG Part 1Finishing out this mini-season of Radiant Others with a very special 2-part interview with the amazing Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, or as she’s known among the klezmer world, BKG. Barbara is a groundbreaking scholar in Jewish and Performance Studies, a University Professor at the Tisch School at NYU, and the Chief Curator of the POLIN Museum … Continue reading BKG Part 1 →2018-04-131h 00Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastEthel RaimToday’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 … Continue reading Ethel Raim →2018-03-301h 15Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastSusan WattsToday on the podcast, Susan Hoffman-Lankin-Watts. Susan is a fourth generation (at least!) Philadelphia klezmer musician and one of my favorite trumpet players in this music. If you want to hear the spirit of the old world come from the bell of a trumpet, listen to Susuan. The daughter of klezmer drumming legend Elaine Hoffman-Watts … Continue reading Susan Watts →2018-03-021h 02Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastSanne MörickeHi everyone, the Radiant Others Podcast is back! I’m so excited to share this conversation with the great klezmer accordionist Sanne Möricke, from Berlin. We got to talk back in November when we were working on a project (as yet unnamed) with Michael Winograd in Brooklyn. Sanne is one of my favorite klezmer accordionists and … Continue reading Sanne Möricke →2018-02-161h 07Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastVeretski PassWelcome everyone, to the 6th episode of the Radiant Others Klezmer music Podcast!! What can I say about the band Veretski Pass? Veretski Pass takes its name from the mountain pass through which Magyar tribes crossed into the Carpathian basin to settle what later became the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These three musicians, Cookie Segelstein, Josh Horowitz, … Continue reading Veretski Pass →2017-11-031h 09Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastMark SlobinWelcome everyone, to the 5th episode of the Radiant Others Klezmer music Podcast!! I had the pleasure of talking to ethnomusicologist and historian Mark Slobin at Klezkanada back in August. We had a great talk about the arc of cultural revivals, the creation of Ethnic identity in the US, and of course, the early days … Continue reading Mark Slobin →2017-10-201h 07Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastShura Lipovsky/Josh WaletskyWelcome everyone, to the 4th episode of the Radiant Others Klezmer music Podcast!! This episode also marks the beginning of our 2nd mini-season! Today I’m excited to present two conversations with two great Yiddish singers, Shura Lipovsky and Josh Waletsky. Shura and Josh both compose new Yiddish songs and each in their own way, show … Continue reading Shura Lipovsky/Josh Waletsky →2017-10-131h 21
Treyf PodcastShort: Radiant OthersWe spoke with musician Dan Blacksberg about his new podcast, Radiant Others, an extended interview show with Klezmer musicians. We spoke with Dan about his politicization via Jewish Voice for Peace, what it means to be a white Ashkenazi cultural worker, and what Klezmer has to offer young Ashkenazi Jews.2017-09-2300 min
KaddishKaddish: Live!Kaddish's farewell episode, recorded live at Kol Tzedek at the Calvary Center for Culture and Community on July 6 in Philadelphia, PA.
Featuring:
Evi Numen, thanatography.com
Christopher Bartlett, gayhistory.wikispaces.com
Poetry:
Noor Jaber, mapsforteeth.com/2016/12/31/noura-jaber
Music of:
Dan Blacksberg, danblacksberg.com
Dot Levine, evancorylevine.com
Rachel Winsberg
Following this recording, Kaddish will be on a hiatus. Our website, kaddishpodcast.com, will remain live and episodes can be revisited on iTunes + Soundcloud.
It is with deep gratitude we close this season. Thank you to our listeners, guests, makers and professionals behind the scenes. May the memory of those we...2017-09-2000 minRadiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastZev FeldmanWelcome to the 3rd episode of Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music Podcast! Today on the podcast, historian, musicologist, tsimbalist, and Yiddish dancer, Zev Feldman. Zev Feldman is one of the most central figures of the klezmer revival. He was instrumental in introducing the great clarinet virtuoso Dave Tarras to a wider audience and has released … Continue reading Zev Feldman →2017-09-081h 13Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music PodcastMichael WinogradWelcome everyone, to the very first episode of Radiant Others: A Klezmer Music Podcast! My name is Dan Blacksberg and usually I’m playing trombone when a microphone is front of me instead of talking. Maybe some listeners will know me as a klezmer trombonist, maybe some of you know me through the avant garde jazz … Continue reading Michael Winograd →2017-09-061h 14
Klezmer PodcastKlezmer Podcast 59- Dan BlacksbergThis episode features an interview with Trombonist Dan Balcksberg. Dan has been very active in the east coast Klezmer scene and has appeared with many well known groups.2009-12-0231 min