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Germany Loves The Idelsohn Society
December 21st, 2009 | Blog | admin | No Comments
The Juedische Allgemeine of Berlin wrote a lovely review of Mazel Tov Mis Amigos in their Winter 2009 music round-up. If you can read it, here it is:

Wehmut trifft Rhythmus…
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Remembering Ruth Wallis
December 18th, 2009 | Blog | admin | No Comments
Two years ago this month, we were saddened to learn of the loss the remarkable singer, songwriter, pianist, and comic Ruth Wallis– a genius of the risque, a poet of the saucy. Like so many, we were long-time fans of Wallis classics like ‘It’s a Scream How Levine Does the Rhumba,” “The Dinghy Song,” “Queer …
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The Legendary Gino Restaurant
December 16th, 2009 | Blog | admin | No Comments
If there was an official restaurant of the Idelsohn Society, Gino at Lexington and 60th would be it. With its old world ambience and singular zebra wallpaper, not to mention the greatest capellini with segreto sauce ever served, we love that place. So we have been saddened to read about its current predicament and threat …
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And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl
December 11th, 2009 | Blog, Press | admin | No Comments
MARCO WERMAN: I’m Marco Werman. This is The World. At sundown tonight Hanukkah begins which means we can play great Hanukkah music like … . No don’t worry we’re not going to hear the dreidel song. Let’s listen instead to some music that often gets overlooked.

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That would be none other than Motown greats …
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Hanukkah Mix 2009
December 10th, 2009 | Avram Grobard, Blog, Mixtapes | admin | No Comments
In honor of the holiday season, we are proud to offer this little mix of music culled from our various albums, archives and projects. There’s plenty of choice old-school tracks mixed in with new school Idelsohn exclusives like the re-mix of the Yemenite Trio by Soulico’s DJ Sabbo. Songs from Lionel Hampton and Marlena Shaw …
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