German Folk Music
Tine Kindermann discusses German folk music that she sings and the taboo that still exists in Germany about such music.
View Article"It ain't never been away"
Theodor Bikel explains that culture is "cyclical" and uses an example from the folk music revival of the 1960s to illustrate his point.
View ArticleScanned this week: From folk songs and short stories to a spelling handbook,...
Highlights of books recently scanned for our Digital Yiddish Library, annotated by Fellow Joshua Price.read more
View ArticleThe Fugs' Yiddish Inspiration
Audio URL: Podcast InformationAudio Runtime: 11 Tune in! The Yiddish Book Center's PodcastEpisode Number: 27
View ArticleConnecting with Jewish folk music
Musician Assaf Talmudi explains that he started playing Klezmer music because it felt unauthentic to play folk music from other cultures.
View ArticleLanguage, music, and literature in Theodore Bikel's Vienna home
Theodore Bikel - actor, folk singer, and activist - describes the music and literature of the multilingual home in pre-war Vienna. (Yiddish with subtitles)
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