Jewish Mambos and Yiddish Cha-Chas? That’s Meshugenah!
August 11th, 2009 | Blog, Mazeltov, Mis Amigos, Press | admin | No Comments“Cursing in Yiddish is part of the Latin musician’s birthright!”
So says Latin musician Arturo O’Farrill, a pianist who is one of the key figures in New York’s Afro-Caribbean scene.
There’s no cursing, per se, on ‘Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos,’ an album of Yiddish tunes given full-on Latin dance treatment. But there’s some great cross-cultural …
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