6:30 to 8:30 a.m., Sunday
Simcha
Gail Wartell
Sunday Simcha has been on the air for over 15 years and is the only Jewish music program in Maine and northern New England. It is one of only a handful of Jewish music radio shows in the United States and one of only a very few to feature modern, diverse, and cutting-edge recordings.
Sunday Simcha features:
* An eclectic blend of Jewish music from across the diaspora, including klezmer, Sephardic, ladino, traditional, sacred, folk, rock, classical, and jazz.
*Live interviews
*News and announcements for the Southern Maine Jewish community
*Occasional Jewish humor
Gail Wartell by the Dead Sea
VOICES FOR ISRAEL is the most ambitious Jewish Music project ever, bringing together over 50 Jewish music artists from throughout the broader Jewish community, joining their voices in solidarity with Israel.
It is the most comprehesive collection of contemporary popular Jewish artists from the US and Israel ever put together. All sales of the CDs go to aid Israeli victims of terrorism. The CDs include an inspiring QuickTime movie as well as hours of music.
For Individual sales click here. Cd's can be ordered for group fundraisers.For more details about this project: click here.
Recent live interviews:
Reuben Hoch of the Chassidic Jazz Project
Glenn Dickson of Naftule’s Dream and Shirim
Selected Jewish music sites:
Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Selected labels and distributors:
Selected musician sites:
Best Little Klezmer Band in Texas
Casco Bay Tummlers (Maine’s own klezmer group!)
Chassidic Jazz Project (Reuben Hoch)
David Chevan (The Afro-Semitic Experience)
Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band (and Ceilizemer)
Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys
Frank London (and the Klezmer Brass All-Stars)
Metropolitan Klezmer (and the Isle of Klezbos)
Pharaoh’s Daughter (Basya Schechter)
Peter Saltzman (Revolution Ensemble)
Alicia Svigals (and Mikveh)
Mark Weinstein (Jewish Jazz Ensemble)
World Quintet (f/k/a Kol Simcha)
Maine Sites:
Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine
Selected Jewish information sites:
The Forward - Weekly newspaper (NYC)
The Jerusalem Post - Daily newspaper (Israel)
The Yiddish Voice - Radio program (Boston)
The Virtual Shtetl - Yiddish language and culture
Mima’amakim – Online Jewish arts magazine