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When Oy Division, a
klezmer ensemble of four funky Israelis who perform wonderful Yiddish soul and
rock songs started doing their thing, you could see smiles gradually beginning
to cover the faces of everyone in the audience. Oy division plays the kind of music
that anyone who grew up with Yiddish as his childhood soundtrack would find
hard to resist. The soft and comforting sound of this old language, which is
currently undergoing a fantastic revival, inevitably struck a chord with my
nostalgic heart, but it was the vibrant and genuine way in which it was played
and sung by Noam Inbar (vocals) and his band members with their violin,
accordion and double bass they try to make it
contemporary in any way, but rather try to recreate and bring back to life the
nearly extinct .Old music revisited with the zeal and exuberance of punks. Oy
division has recently returned to Israel after a short but successful tour of the U.S.and Canada including performances at the KlezKanada Music festival. Their debut album is
soon to be released.
http://www.myspace.com/oydivision
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