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A celebration of Klezmer music in America, with a new generation of young musicians rediscovering the infectious music of Eastern European Yiddish culture. This fast-paced and upbeat documentary explores the roots of Klezmer melodies in the musical traditions of the Balkans, the Gypsies, vaudeville and American jazz. Features the raucous music of the New York-based Kapelye and Boston's Klezmer Conservatory Band as they play hot numbers at weddings, in Catskills resorts, and on the radio show "Prairie Home Companion." Includes outrageous images from the great Yiddish theatre of the past.
