Album Notes

Josh Lederman y Los Diablos reign high o'er the Irish-Jewish Folk-Punk scene

With their latest CD, It's a Long and Lonely Time Until the Train Will Bring You Home, Josh Lederman y Los Diablos elevate themselves from mere Sheik to King of all that is Irish and Jewish, Folk and Punk.

From the thundering opening track, "Four in the Morning (or, Lovestreams)," with it's pounding tom toms and imagery reminiscent of Bugs Bunny on his watery descent into the layer of a mad scientist, to the closing country waltz, "It's a Long Walk Home, Darling," Los Diablos cover a vast range of moods while managing to keep their unique personality intact the only way they know how-through irony, melody, and lots of accordion.

Add to that Mandolin, Banjo, Fiddle and Rhythm Section, layered beneath Lederman's playful melodies and sorrowful lyrics, and It's a Long and Lonely Time... cruises by like the dirtiest joke you've ever heard without the punchline.

Previous releases include, 1996's Serenades from the Gutter and 1999's The Sheik of Araby.