Folk Notes The Official Newsletter of the Israel FolkStuff Society
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May the year 2003 bring us all peace – in body and in mind
Contents: Addenda; PPM evening; Rolling Stones disk review; the Real Thing; the usual
No attribution was given for the Dulcimer Workshop picture in last month’s issue. It was taken by Janet Lerner
The Singin’ at Sarona picture came from Harold Jacobs.
And a good time was had by all …..
As befits Israel’s number one city, there were a number of “firsts” at the November Jerusalem Folk Club. First off, radiologist Scott Fields, opened the Peter, Paul and Mary night
Scott Fields
Proving he is as at ease singing with a guitar as he is lecturing with Power Point, Scott sang The Water is Wide, Autumn to May, and For Bobby. Rumor has it that this performance marks his return to center stage after a 30-year hiatus.
Lauren Ornstein, whose idea it was to have a Peter, Paul and Mary sing-along, lead the audience in a number of oldies but goodies (remember when people used to go south for the winter?
Other firsts of the night included the attendance of two guide dogs and their owners. This was a night of traveling for Imbar Goldt and her Labrador. Schlepping in from Tel Aviv, she sang with Larry Gamliel. (Her guide dog, however, reserved the right to remain silent.)
Yoav Biran started off the 2nd half. Not to be outdone, the Arad Trio of Dov and Iris Landzbaum and Jean Moskowitz gave listeners a rousing and unexpected treat when they sang If I Had My Way. Dov mentioned that for the right price (namely another invitation), the group would be happy to return to Jerusalem.
Finally, in the can’t-keep- a-good-man-down category, Mark Gittelson, who had just returned (safely) from miluim, mounted the stage for bass accompaniment. The evening ended with a great sing-along led by the Master of Ceremonies, Larry Gamliel
Arad
Trio
Despite the drizzly weather, the evening was well attended. In fact, many people put off sleep, staying until the last song was sung well after 11:30 PM!
--Deborah Rubin Fields
Review - Rolling Stones - 40 Licks
First: the record. I had heard rumors that the Stones were going to release a new album. What reached Tower Records in Jerusalem was a new collection of Rolling Stones tracks, hence the title. At first, I hesitated. This was not the first Rolling Stones box to be released, nor was it the largest. Since I possess virtually the entire Rolling Stones catalog, why buy yet another collection? But curiosity won the day, and I bought this huge box containing only two discs and a fancy mouse pad.
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hippies in Sarona (Ariela’s pics)
Second: the contents. Despite the inauspicious packaging, this box is spell binding. It contains almost all of the songs for which the Stones are known or infamous, depending on your point of view, starting with the second one in early 1964 (a remake of Buddy Holly’s Not Fade Away) to a track from their last studio album released in 1997. There are several songs that I’d never heard before, leading me to believe that they were recorded for this collection. The first disc deals with the sixties and the second one with everything else. The tracks are not in strict chronological order, so that we keep jumping back and forth through the years. Somewhat surprisingly, some of the early tracks are recorded in mono, although stereo tracks are available for most of these. On reflection, the rationale for this might be to remind us of the feel of listening to a 45-rpm record or a radio broadcast from those early days. Considering the plethora of material that the group has recorded over the decades, I found myself in strong agreement with the inevitable selection process. When you hear this assemblage of music, you hear the essence of the Stones, a representative collage in excellent recording quality.
Third: the meat of the matter. What is the place of the Rolling Stones in the pantheon of popular twentieth century music? During the sixties, it was widely believed that the Stones were the number two rock group, behind the Beatles. This of course is justified. The Beatles burst the banks of rock in every respect and achieved an immense stature universally. Many of their songs were recorded and performed by singers and musicians who wouldn’t have been caught dead doing rock before then. Not so the Stones. Each one of the Beatles achieved adoration and respect in their own right. The only Stone to achieve notoriety of any sort was Mick Jagger, excuse me – I mean Sir Michael Philip Jagger. Keith Richards, although talented and colorful, is not as well known and the rest of the band is virtually unfamiliar to folks outside rock circles. In fact, it could be argued that throughout much of the world, the Stones are another good rock group. In the States however, the Stones sit high up on the rock pile.
What is it about the music of the Stones that excites such devotion? For one thing, from the very beginning to this very day, the Stones have been amazingly consistent. With a couple of minor lapses, such as their short and not too successful psychedelic phase, they have done what they do, year in and year out. They play hard, raunchy, vulgar rock in their own particular way. When one encounters one of their songs from any period, it is immediately recognizable.
Dulcimer Workshop @Sarona (Janet’s pics)
And yet they never get dated or stale. Someway, somehow, virtually every new release of theirs is fresh, vigorous, vibrant and alive. While it is certainly true that the lyrics are not for the squeamish or genteel, they are amazingly articulate, on a level way above your run of the mill rock band.
The Beatles broke up in 1970 and virtually all of the stars of that age are long departed. The Stones go on, with breaks and sputters, but they have survived. They are about to embark on a new tour which this new collection heralds. Thus, it would seem that their greatest weakness is their greatest strength. If you don’t like rock and blues, they’re not for you. But if you do, and if sometimes you need to be a purist, as I do on occasion, they are the very best.
--Larry Gamliel
Ariela
& her little man
The Real Thing – Barry Gilbert
Sailing back in time on the Compass Rose (CD), is one of those fantastic voyages that tows me back time and again. The impact of
being at sea for two years and then coming home is the theme of the opening song that Barry Gilbert wrote and performs in both his live concerts and on his CD (private label - available from the artist at Tel. 03-6745251). The song's impact is so emotional both in the exotic imagery and the musical dynamics that I'll Not Go Sailing Again is truly magnificent and unforgettable.
I wasn't planning on writing a CD review or even
summarizing a recent TAFC performance, but when Barry handed me his CD after a wonderful set that completely devastated the TA audience, I was more than pleased and haven't yet stopped hitting the replay button, so I figured I just must share this discovery.
There is a huge difference between Barry's live
performance and his studio recorded CD. Both are intense experiences, and both present songs of substance & sadness, humor & wit, bravery & pride, nostalgia & pain, love & longing. Both create an emotional impact in the listener; that magical musical moment that we all hanker for. That moment that either grabs our gut and/or puts our feet into motion. Some of Barry's songs do both. This amazing portrayal of compressed
musical sea stories in a definitive British style
explode like a cannon ball in his live performances.
His superb simultaneous rhythm and lead guitar
accompaniment really don't need any embellishment,
but his recorded studio version does have the added
delicate spice and support of other keyboard generated
instruments; organ, drums, bass, accordion, all played
beautifully by Barry. The recording also enables the
listener to study the rich tapestry of music and imagery that is so very satisfying. My personal favorite is a song about two years of longing called A Roving Man in which "she knows that he stares at the same stars above and she hopes that the same sun is warming his love".
On The Fighting Temeraire you can't avoid singing along
on the chorus because after navigating through the details of the ghostly JMW Turner seascape, (based on the painting 'The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up, 1838'), you realize the impact of a time and empire now relegated to history, but still alive in the memory
of a man who proudly sailed upon her. We now all sail upon her into perpetuity thanks to Barry's exceptional artistry.
The last cut on his CD is a departure from Barry's Spartan style and is a serious musical poem of protest "The Fallen Have A Name" that brings us back to our present harsh
realities, but at least we took a wonderful voyage in the interim.
Don't miss any perfor- mances by Barry "the Pirate" Gilbert, but since he writes all of his own songs, I think he's more of a Harbor
Pilot or ocean Navigator rather than a Pirate.
--Harold Jacobs
Jane & Larry, MC’s at Sarona
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January 2003
JERUSALEM AREA:
Thursday, January 9th , 8:30 pm. JERUSALEM FOLK CLUB – Protest Songs of the Sixties (70's, etc) with the music of Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton and others. With Larry Gamliel, Lauren Ornstein, Marianna & Shaun, Eli Rockowitz and Scott Fields. At the Tisch Family Biblical Zoo Auditorium. Admission NIS 25/20. For information call Larry (053) 801-202 or Carol (053) 850-098.
Saturday, January 11th , 8:30 pm. AACI/IFS Sing Thing. Larry Gamliel sings all your favorites (if he likes them) and some of his own. Requests can be made at (053) 801-202. This is not a democracy; His Majesty will decide according to his whim. At the AACI, 6 Mane St. Admission NIS 30 (25 for members). For information call Larry at (053) 801-202 or Carol (053) 850-098.
Thursday, January 23rd, 7:30 pm. The Variety Show, A Silver Dagger Special
with Larry Gamliel, Ofer Golany, Joshua Garbe (The new kid in town!), and
David Barshaw, at The Village Green, 33 Jaffa St. (near Zion Sq.). Admission 25/20 NIS
for info call Dave (02) 624-2859.
Jerusalem Harp Circle meets on the second Monday of every month at 11 a.m. (starting for sure by 11.30 am). Admission fee: NIS 10. For details, please contact Shoshanna (02) 624-3435. All harp players, all levels, welcome.
Israel Dulcimer Society meets Sunday nights barring unforeseen circumstances. First Sunday of the month is learning night, 2nd Sunday is reviews, 3rd Sunday welcomes other instruments compatible with dulcimers, and 4th Sunday is a free for all. For more info, call Judi (02) 679-8448 or Dena, (02) 561-8910.
TEL AVIV AREA:
Wednesday, January 1st, 8:30 pm. TEL AVIV FOLK CLUB. Details unavailable at press time Bikurei Ha'itim, 6 Heftman St. Admission NIS 25. For information call Ariela (03) 683-7441.
Wednesday, January 15th, 8:30 pm. TEL AVIV FOLK CLUB. Details unavailable at press time . Bikurei Ha'itim, 6 Heftman St. Admission NIS 25. For information call Ariela (03) 683-7441.
Saturday, Jan 4th. Golf Bistro, Caesaria, Elisheva Bat-Israel – warms the cockles of our hearts with her brand of Jazz, Blues & Soul. The doyenne of the Dimona Hebrews is joined by Mark Smullian on guitar and Shlomi Goldenberg on sax. (NIS 40; Jazz Club Members- NIS 25.)
Saturday, *Jan 11th. Golf Bistro, Caesaria, Jazz Fusion with “Cadoula”: Accordion, Bouzouki, Guitar & Bass blend happily and seductively. Uri Kamm,- guitar, Yaron Ziv - guitars / bouzouki, Coby Mish’al – keys / accordion & Shaul Hillman – drums. (NIS 20; admission free for our Jazz Club Members.)
Saturday, *Jan. 18th. Golf Bistro, Caesaria, The Golf Bistro Trio host Brazilian singer Elibeth for Jazz with a dash of Bossa: Shlomi Goldenberg on sax, Roni Zur on keys and Israel Neumann on double bass. (NIS 20; admission free for our Jazz Club Members.)
Saturday, Jan 25th Golf Bistro, Caesaria,. The Hugo Landwer Quartet: Singer-drummer Hugo is back by popular request with his interpretation of jazz, latin and swing classics. This time he joins with Roni Zur to bring us a combo new to the Bistro but well-known outside it - with the talented saxophonist Dror Bar- Israel and Rafi Yedidia on double bass. . (NIS 40; Jazz Club Members- NIS 25.)
*Saturday evenings – îåö"ù - 21:00; Reservations: 04-6260272
KIBBUTZ TZORA and area
Monday, January 6th NO Beit Shemesh Music Night. Next one will be on February 3rd.
Wednesday, January 29th, 9 pm. KIBBUTZ TZORA FOLK CLUB. For information call Judi & Lynn Lewis (02) 990-8382 or (051) 348-061 or email them at judilynn@tzora.co.il. Also see their website: www.oocities.org/tzorafolk
KARMIEL AND NORTH
Ada will be continuing the Saturday Morning Clil Concerts as usual, solo at times, with Diane at times, and with others. For information or reservations, call Ada (04) 996-9540 or (050) 601-774 or Diane (04) 80-0718.
Thursday, January 2nd, 9 pm. KARMIEL FOLK KLUB at Beit HaNoar Karmiel with with the Clarfield/Paltiel group including Geoffrey, as well as Marianna and Shaun. The price per person for the KFK is now only 25 NIS. There is a map with directions in the Photo section of the IFC home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/israelfolkcommunity. For further details, call Larry Rosenfeld (04) 990-2455.
Saturday, January 18th HaMakom in Shorashim presents an evening of dancing to the sounds of Tripod. A fun evening dancing with live music, a great way to stay warm in mid-winter. For reservations call Nate at (04) 990-2431.
THE SOUTH
Saturday, Jan. 4th, 8 pm, in Metar. Sandy Cash in Concert. For further information please contact Margo & Amiel (08) 651-9118.
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