San Francisco Jewish Music Fest: Golem is a Joy
Golem at the Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco California
March 26
The week I spent in San Francisco coincided with the city's annual Jewish music festival. One night, I hit small venue called the Rickshaw Stop to check out the New York-based band, Golem. Bozhe moi! They were fantastic!
The six-piece band comprise East European immigrants and their music is a joyful blend of klezmer and some alt-rock. Many of their songs are sung in Russian or Yiddish. Alternating between male and female vocalists, the instrumentation is largely what one expects from a klezmer group, complete with violin, accordion, and a trombone. One song was complete silly punk, sung in English, that sounded as though the Violent Femmes had a hand in it. Overall, their show heavily highlights the klezmer and the whole place danced frenetically throughout their set.
Their 2006 cd Fresh Off Boat is as fun and joyful as one of their shows.
March 26
The week I spent in San Francisco coincided with the city's annual Jewish music festival. One night, I hit small venue called the Rickshaw Stop to check out the New York-based band, Golem. Bozhe moi! They were fantastic!
The six-piece band comprise East European immigrants and their music is a joyful blend of klezmer and some alt-rock. Many of their songs are sung in Russian or Yiddish. Alternating between male and female vocalists, the instrumentation is largely what one expects from a klezmer group, complete with violin, accordion, and a trombone. One song was complete silly punk, sung in English, that sounded as though the Violent Femmes had a hand in it. Overall, their show heavily highlights the klezmer and the whole place danced frenetically throughout their set.
Their 2006 cd Fresh Off Boat is as fun and joyful as one of their shows.
posted by Dana @ 7:50 PM
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