Golden Land Concerts & Connections

Featured 2012 ROSTER


			YEMEN BLUES - Ravid Kahalani's breathtaking stage presence and musical wizardry have generated a loud international buzz about this musical ensemble. The group had a major breakthrough with their performance at WOMEX in Copenhagen, and has already been invited to numerous festivals and venues world-wide. Most recently a sensation at Globalfest. Listen to / download the full concert at NY's Globalfest 2012 (NPR) Great write up of Yemen Blues in Time Out Chicago! Tour Alert

			Soul to Soul: Yiddish and African-American Music Meet in a Celebration of Two Cultures. The concert is headlined by Elmore James, a veteran of five Broadway productions and numerous opera stages around the world, Tony Perry, a commanding young singer-actor, and Magda Fishman, Israeli singing sensation. Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek. Touring 2012

			Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird: Radical Yiddish Punkfolk Cabaret. Detroit-born, Berlin-based singer/songwriter, polyglot poet, translator, activist Daniel Kahn concocts furious, tender, electrifying and revolutionary Alienation Klezmer. "Accordion charged with punkrock... the free-spirited attitude of the New York Tzadik circle, cabaret flair, and scraps of Tom Waits." - Rolling Stone [Germany] Touring September 2012 and March 2013

			Omer Avital Quintet - Hailed by Downbeat as “one of the leading composers of his generation“ and “a pioneer in combining jazz with myriad world music elements" (LA Times), acclaimed jazz bassist and composer/arranger Omer Avital has loaned his highly spirited and soulful sound to the jazz, classical and world music scenes for well over two decades. Touring September/October 2012 and January 2013

			Iranian descended vocal innovator, Galeet Dardashti, has earned a reputation as one of the most innovative Jewish musicians today with her three award-winning projects: Divahn, The Naming, and Monajat.

			Belle Linda Halpern's original, heartwarming show CRAVINGS: Songs of Hunger & Satisfaction is a funny, thought-provoking Jewish-American take on our constant cravings for food, love, acceptance, fame… and true nourishment. Belle has been called "Stunning, as both music and theater" in the Boston Globe. The Boston Herald hails her as “Boston's best singing actor.” She has sung at NY's Town hall and at clubs and theaters in NY, Boston, San Francisco, Paris, Munich, Jerusalem, Bombay and regularly in Northern Italy.

			MIRA AWAD - One of Israel's most successful actresses, singers, songwriters, TV stars, Mira Awad is a Palestinian/Israeli performer with a growing international following. Her debut album on SONY/SPAIN will consist of original English songs, and will include some Arabic songs.

			PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER - The beautiful music of Pharaoh's Daughter is a blend of Middle Eastern, Chassidic, Contmporary Rock/Jazz, exhuding passion and excitement. Including Pharaoh's Daughter in your performing arts seies guarantees a night of pulsating, rich and original music that will please any audience of any age and background.

			MEG OKURA's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble - Violin virtuoso Megumi Okura has created a gorgeous original sound that draws inspiration from her Japanese heritage, and her training as a classical European style violinist, and her years of jamming in the New York Jazz scene. The result is a hauntingly beautiful musical feast, that evokes emotion in the audience, and earns standing ovations.

			MAGDA FISHMAN - The gorgeous voice and soulful trumpet playing of Magda Fishman are reasons for her growing popularity in the Jewish and Israeli-American concert scenes. Her range of genres is wide - from Broadway and Hollywood standards to hot jazz, from Israeli chestnuts to Cantorial gems, audiences come awayhooked on the talent and musicality of Magda. Tour Alert


			OTHER FEATURED ARTISTS FOR 2012

			Golem The Afro-Semitic Experience Zalmen Mlotek's Magical World of Yiddish Song Avram Pengas & the Noga Group The Strauss-Warschauer Duo HaBanot Nechama Gerard Edery's Caravan Ensemble Presents The Spirit of Sepharad Neshama Carlebach and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir ----------- Noa Avishai Cohen SoCalled Shira Kline Circumcise Me Julie Silver

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