Simple Gifts Plays Klezmer

Combining tradition with innovation, Simple Gifts is an award-winning band that creates some of the finest arrangements in folk music today: a touch of blues creeps into a Hasidic melody, swing fiddle shows up in a Romanian dance, and instruments our grandparents never saw venture into the mix. The result is a sound that is unique yet familiar, that has a wide appeal while offering something new and different.

Simple Gifts' approach is interactive, the program is educational, the talent is obvious, and the result is entertaining. In addition to concerts, Simple Gifts offers a variety of workshops from a children's percussion class to an adult musicians' Klezmer workshop to a lecture-demonstration to a hands-on session of trying unusual instruments. Simple Gifts is frequently complimented on their stage presence, which is warm, personal, and accented with humor. These women deliver their music with rare intensity and contagious enthusiasm. It's obvious that Simple Gifts loves the music they play and knows how to share their excitement with the audience. This is an act not to be missed!

Listen to Simple Gifts playing Klezmer and related styles.

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