Irish music in Israel...

Subject: Irish music in Israel...
From: GUEST,Yuval
Date: 06 Mar 00 - 02:09 PM

Hi! Irish music lover staying in Israel are welcome to call me. I might have info. about concerts, sessions etc. call 03-9024773 Slaan! Yuval.

Subject: RE: Irish music in Israel...
From: The Shambles
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 02:04 PM

Thank you very much.

Subject: RE: Irish music in Israel...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 19 May 19 - 09:45 AM

Now the nutters have had their say..

I don't recall ever having heard an Irish folk & Klezmer fusion band..
Seems so obvious, but would it work well...???

Subject: RE: Irish music in Israel...
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 19 May 19 - 10:01 AM

'I don't recall ever having heard an Irish folk & Klezmer fusion band..'

De Dannan did a few bits in that direction, on their 'Half set in Harlem' recording, IIRC.


Denis Heaney should check out ipsc.ie

Subject: RE: Irish music in Israel...
From: GUEST
Date: 19 May 19 - 10:06 AM

Róisín Elsafty - An Phailistín -

Subject: RE: Irish music in Israel...
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 19 May 19 - 10:16 AM

There are a few, very few, venues for Irish music in Israel, but the ones I have been to seem to be enjoyed by a wide variety of people from all sorts of backgrounds.

Subject: RE: Irish music in Israel...
From: Jack Campin
Date: 19 May 19 - 10:32 AM

Klezmer is not very popular in Israel, often perceived as losers' music.

Klezmer groups do occasionally break into Irish tunes, but there's only one klezmer dance type where Irish rhythms fit - the sher, which is basically a square dance done to tunes in reel time, imported from outside the Yiddish world. There is no Irish tune type like the khosidl (historically the oldest klezmer dance, asymmetric 4/4), the bulgar (3+3+2 metre), the Moldavian hora (in between 3/4 and 5/8), or the many varieties of slow tune, either derived from religious songs or built up by modal structures from Ottoman music. Jig time, either 6/8 or 9/8, doesn't exist. Also the tonality and key choices of Irish music are very different from what klezmer uses.

Subject: RE: Irish music in Israel...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 19 May 19 - 12:18 PM

Ok.. I now notice this is a raised from the grave thread from nearly 20 years ago..

anyway... thanks for the detailed answer Jack...

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Troll activity brought it up, deleting the troll makes it a bit disjointed. You probably need to check first, before heading there, to see if the original offer is still open. :)

Subject: RE: Irish music in Israel...
From: GUEST,Kenny B
Date: 20 May 19 - 06:54 PM

Just by chance on another thread I found this

De Paris Bar Haifa

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Since this is mostly a troll thread, I'm going to close it.. -Joe Offer-