"Bukharian" is a Black Ox composition loosely based on a Bukharian Jewish folksong. "Violin Duet" is a Black Ox composition based on fragments of Czech folk ballads and a Transylvanian dance tune. "Ikh ken tsvey zayn": music composed by Black Ox, words by Melekh Ravitch (1893-1976). "Az vey dem tatn", "Ratsekr Grec", "Tsvey Taybelakh", "Dobriden": trad/arranged by Black Ox. "Golem": words and music composed by Black Ox.
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"Bukharian" is a Black Ox composition loosely based on a Bukharian Jewish folksong. "Violin Duet" is a Black Ox composition based… read more
"Bukharian" is a Black Ox composition loosely based on a Bukharian Jewish folksong. "Violin Duet" is a Black Ox composition based on fragments of Czech folk ballads a… read more
Black Ox Orkestar began in the summer of 2000, the project of four Montreal, Canada musicians exploring their common Jewish heritage for sounds that could speak to them today. Listening to pre-war recordings of Jewish and non-Jewish music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans, they wanted to capture the rawness and emotional intensity they heard there. They also threw their own musical histories into the mix, their years of playing out-jazz, punk rock, or weird folk, creating not so much a fusion of old and new as a way to tear the old sounds from the past and make them resonate in th… read more
Black Ox Orkestar began in the summer of 2000, the project of four Montreal, Canada musicians exploring their common Jewish heritage for sounds that could speak to them today. Listening to … read more
Black Ox Orkestar began in the summer of 2000, the project of four Montreal, Canada musicians exploring their common Jewish heritage for sounds that could speak to them today. Listening to pre-war recordings of Jewish and non-Jewish mu… read more