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Fenci’s Blues, Shtreiml’s third album, features the incomparable oud playing and beautiful tenor vocals of Ismail Fencioglu along with the uniquely creative harmonica playing of Jason Rosenblatt. With echoes of Istanbul and Kiev throughout, Shtreiml and Ismail shift from virtuosic original compositions to haunting folksongs and from traditional Turkish instrumentals to adaptations of Eastern-European Jewish folk melodies. This album is a must for any lover of new Middle-Eastern and/or Jewish music. Led by harmonica innovator Jason Rosenblatt, one of few people worldwide who can play diatonic harmonica (blues harp) chromatically, Shtreiml’s blues-rock infused set delivers a new look at centuries-old folk music. Along with Jason are Rachel Lemisch (trombone), Thierry Arsenault (drums), Adam Stotland (bass) and Michael Winograd (clarinet). An explosive band!

“Klezmer will never be the same” Montreal Gazette

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Avec leur troisième album, Fencis’s Blues, Shtreiml donne une nouvelle dimension à la musique traditionnelle d’Europe de l’Est et de Turquie. Autour du prodigieux harmoniciste Jason Rosenblatt (un des rares au monde à jouer de l’harmonica diatonique en chromatique), Shtreiml reunit des artistes venus du blues-rock, qui énergisent comme par magie une musique ancestrale: Rachel Lemisch (trombone), Thierry Arsenault (batterie), Adam Stotland (contrebasse), Michael Winograd (clarinette) sont tout simplement explosifs! Ismail Hakki Fencioglu (oud, voix), invité sur le dernier album du groupe et souvent sur scène, apporte une touche orientale venue de son Istanbul natal. Un mariage éblouissant!

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Fenci’s Blues (2006)

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concerts

July 10-14 Winnipeg Folk Festival
August 17 Québec City (400th anniversary)
August 19-24 KlezKanada (Lantier, QC)
August 25 post KlezKanada at La Sala Rosa (Montréal, QC)
August 30 Ashkenaz Festival (Toronto, ON)