Who wouldn\'t be charmed by Bulgach and his Clarinet?
author: carol Davis, San Diego Jewish World
Who wouldn’t be charmed by the young energetic Bulgach and his clarinet? It made brilliant sounds and spoke volumes. It took us places we’ve forgotten we had been. As my friend Robin whispered, she felt as if we were going to be welcomed to someone’s Bar Mitzvah party celebration while this intense young man played “Ose Shalom” as a warm-up! Such talent!
If someone asked me to sum up the evening I would have to use the word Heart to describe it. Each of these young men and their respective bands worked their collective derrieres off to entertain a captive audience who were willing to participate, clap, shout, sing along and be a part of a larger community. There were no holds barred and looking around the audience, the only expressions I saw on the faces in my vision were smiles. And, Oh! The tango dancers he brought into his act and played for were the shine radiating from Bulgash’s rising star, or the frosting on the cake, as they say.
I must say I was taken with the young Gustavo. His enthusiasm, yes charm and liveliness energized the evening from the start. I think he could have been on stage all evening instead of the 45 minutes allotted him and his band. So eager to please, he kept telling us ‘this is just a warm up, a rehearsal.\' I believed him. With that energy, he was unstoppable. And he was having a ball playing to the audience.
Both artists and their bands performed together at the end of the evening to the audience’s pleasure. No one wanted to go home.
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Review of "Una noche Yidishe" @ Red Cat Theatre... October 20th 2007
author: Danielle Berrin... Jewish Journal LA
"I heard these Jewish tunes and thought of them as THE BLUES - as happy music in rebellion against hard times, as festive music to celebrate the faith and get through the reality".
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words
author: Harris Zeitzew
Papirosen is one of my all-time favorite Yiddish songs, and Track Number 2 of this Klezmer Juice CD is by far the best recording of Papirosen I've ever heard.
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Definitely Download!!!!! REVIEW of the WEDDING CRASHER'S SOUNDTRACK
author: Spence D. ign.com
The shining highlight of the entire album, however, is the raucous "Hava Nagilah" as performed by Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson & The Klezmer Juice Band. Granted Vaughn and Wilson's performance is more or less relegated to the opening shout of "mazel tov!" and mumbled Jewish phrases, so the real joy comes from the bouncing klezmer antics of the band themselves. Sadly, however, this little gem is just that: a little gem that lasts a paltry 1-minute and 15-seconds. More inclusions such as this would have given the album a much warmer, more intimate aura, not to mention a more emotional connection to the film itself.
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