If anyone knows more about their music, please chime in.
Best,
Joel
At 10:36 PM 2/5/2003 -0800, Sandra Layman wrote:
Dear Joel,
Try this: http://www.forward.com/issues/2003/03.01.24/news13.html
JANUARY 24, 2003 LETTER FROM BELGRADE A Community Rises Up, And the Young Move Away By REBECCA REICH
< On a busy Saturday morning, the cool, stone synagogue with its bare interior walls had a calm, unhurried air, as if - despite a half-century of upheaval - tradition hadn't skipped a beat. Just a five-minute walk away, waiters were wrestling with caf� umbrellas and Yugos were zipping past Republic Square, leaving clouds of dust behind. But the attention of the two dozen mostly middle-aged people who faithfully attend the Sabbath services was focused directly ahead. Between the brass candlesticks, 26-year-old Stefan Sabljic, the thin, fine-bearded cantor with large round glasses, was spinning old Sephardic melodies from the Balkans like a muezzin calling his congregation to prayer. Playing the cantor is just one of Sabljic's roles. Much of what he knows he learned from tapes, he said, as he checked his cell phone for messages immediately after the service. Singing in the synagogue keeps him in practice for his band, Shira u'Tfila (Song and Prayer), which sets Sephardic melodies to Middle Eastern instrumentation. Sabljic would like to make it big in Serbia but, with barely 3,300 Jews registered in nine tiny Jewish communities, the country doesn't offer much of a market for his music. Lately, he has been thinking about bringing his band to America. > [snip]
-- Sandra
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Bresler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:09 AM Subject: Shira u'tfila in the "Forward"
> Chevra: > > I'm told there was an article recently in the Forward on a Balkan group > called Shira U'tfilah (spelling?) If anyone can provide info on the group > or the article, I'd be grateful. > > Best, > > Joel > > > > Joel Bresler > 250 E. Emerson Rd. > Lexington, MA 02420 USA > > 781-862-4104 (Telephone & FAX) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Joel Bresler 250 E. Emerson Rd. Lexington, MA 02420 USA
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