Charles de Ledesma has this review of the CD Bahamouk, by the French band Les Yeux Noirs — who blend Gypsy and Klezmer music. They were inspired by the Yiddish songs from the grandparents' homeland — ...
Eric and Olivier Slabiak were both classically trained on the violin at the Brussels Conservatory, but when these Jewish brothers discovered the American klezmer revival, they fell in love with the ...
The goal of Les Yeux Noirs is to demonstrate different cultures' musical affinities, but the octet's "Balamouk" is even more complicated linguistically than musically. The band is based in France, so ...
UNE « Yiddishe Mame », l'hymne familial des Juifs du début du XX e siècle, à la guitare électrique : la « maman » doit en perdre son yiddish. Les Yeux Noirs, dont le quatrième album, « Balamouk » (EMI ...
Though this Parisian band blends French Gypsy jazz, Rom music, and klezmer, last January the siblings at the heart of the group–Olivier Slabiak, who plays violin and sings, and his brother Eric, who ...
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