Israeli band weaves “spiritual lyrics with Latin, African and Middle Eastern grooves” comprised of six members living in Israel.
http://www.revalsheva.com/

The Reuben Jewish Jazz Duo is Nehama and Shimon Reuben, husband and wife professionals in Jewish music, for harp & piano. They perform traditional Jewish music, liturgical, and new compositions. They have produced several albums between 1997 and the present, and travel throughout Europe to play in festivals. They will appear in Prague at the Jewish Music Festival in summer of 2000 and on national French TV for the 2000 millenium celebrations. Shimon recently recorded a new double album CD piano jazz solo “Yom Yeroushalayim Blues”, 25 compositions Nehama composed for harp solo and just published “Rhapsodia Ivria for harp” by Editions Combre – Paris. CDs are for sale at www.fnac.com
shimon-reuben.jimdo.com

“The exciting six-piece, world beat band, featuring vocals, balalaika, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, and exotic percussion, plays material from their three CDs plus traditional and new songs.” The band members are Bruce Burger (all things with strings); Tim Bolling Percussion; John Waller Drums,Percussion; Lyn Rose Vocals.
http://www.rebbesoul.com/

David and Shira, a singing duo, perform in the New York area in Concerts featuring Broadway Classics, Opera, Cantorial, Yiddish, Israeli and Original compositions. Cantor David Presler has been serving congregations for the past 25 years as Cantor/Educator and is a Doctoral Candidate in Jewish Education and Administration. David’s Jewish Jazz CD entitled “Time for Moshiach” can be heard at www.davidpresler.com. Shira Flam, Soprano, has numerous credits performing off Broadway, in the Yiddish Theatre as well as in professional opera. Her sweet energy and exquisite high notes always touch the hearts of our audiences! David and Shira sing duets such as Fiddler’s “Do You Love Me”, The opening of Marriage of Figaro and Falling in “Love is Wonderful”. Please visit them on You Tube by typing in “David and Shira”, choose Hawaii performance.…
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The amateur,joint a capella group of Columbia, Barnard and JTS students.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu/pizmon/index.html

Pharoah’s Daughter, is a band featuring Basya Schechter, Tracey Love-Wright, Martha Colby, Jen Gilleran, Jarrod Cagwin, Tomer Tzur, and Benoir. The website features press reviews of concerts and their cd’s. The links lead to places to purchase the cds. The new music blends Jewish traditions with world beat music.
http://www.pharaohsdaughter.com/

“Oi-Va-Voi represent the cutting edge of new wave klezmer. Their unique sound infuses the traditional music of Sephardi Jews, Transylvanian gypsies and the Ashkenazi shtetl with the dub and breakbeats of urban London. Odessan freylekhs, Yemeni devotionals and Macedonian wedding tunes explode effortlessly into drum and bass driven tracks. Hip young Londoners, Oi-Va-Voi are the subject of a recent international documentary film showcasing the best of contemporary British culture. They have recorded original music for film, theatre and BBC2’s South Bank Show. The eclecticism of their music means klezmer Voi-style is not a musical sacrament played only in hushed auditoriums. Oi-Va-Voi’s musical wanderings have taken the spirit of klezmer to club nights in Amsterdam, to New York’s avant-garde jazz scene, to Robert Wyatt’s Meltdown at the Royal Festival Hall and to Antwerp International Festival of Jewish Music.” Contact:INFO or bookings
http://www.oi-va-voi.com…
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A group operating in the New Jersey area. Website has contact information and brief bios on the performers, Mark Kapner, clarinet; Ed Goldberg, accordian; and Barbara Goldberg, percussion.

“Octava” is an Israeli vocal ensemble with 12 amateur singers. Located at Haifa, Israel. Repertoire includes various types of music, classical, Folklore, Jazz and light music.
http://www.geocities.com/octavaensemble/index.htm

Husband and wife duo based in the Washington D.C. Area, telling stories and singing songs. Renee is a storyteller and juggler and Mark is a cantor and musician. Mark and Renée present Artist-in-Residence weekends at synagogues throughout the United States.
http://www.jewishstorytelling.com/

“Holland-based NIKITOV is an acoustic ensemble that plays Yiddish songs and Klezmer accented by the rhythms and sounds of Gypsy Jazz and East European folk music. Called “one of the best of the new Yiddish folksong ensembles” (klezmershack.com), the band members combine their ideas in producing a unique approach that harnesses the drive and energy of these related musical traditions while capturing the emotion and depth of the Yiddish text. Featuring the stunningly beautiful vocal interpretations of Niki Jacobs backed by a powerhouse group of creative instrumentalists, Nikitov has performed throughout Europe and the United States since 2000.” The site has bios, photos, schedule, cds and reviews.
http://www.nikitov.com/index.html

Hungarian band formed in 2001 mixing “traditional Jewish music (klezmer, sephard, folk-sacral) with jazz and and free-improv elements.” Members of the band:András Párniczky: guitar; Kristóf Bacsó: alt-, and szopran saxofon; Péter Nagy: bass; Csaba Gavallér: drums, derbuka;Featuring: Dániel Váczi: sopran saxofon; János Vázsonyi: alt saxofon. They perform in venues around Hungary and in festivals around Europe.
http://www.nigun.hu

Summer camp rock singer. Band pages have photos, music clips and schedule of appearances. Artist-in-residence at venues such as Kutz Camp and Wild Acres for summer 2004, and traveling throughout US at camps.
http://www.jewishrock.com/index2.asp

A sohisticated website introduces the Neshoma Orchestra of Cedarhurst, New York. Celebrating 20 years as a band performing “at weddings, dinners, Bar /Bat Mitzvahs, and organizational/corporate events worldwide,” the orchestra is an exemplar of the American Yeshivish and Modern Orthodox style of music. The group boasts a large number of instrumentalists and vocalists, although there are no individual bios on the website. Neshoma Orchestra has records with many top concert artists in the Jewish field. Michael Sojcher and Elly Zomick are the leaders of the group. Neshoma website audio clips include a choice of mp3 or Real Audio. The current website features their CD “A Heimishe Simcha,” with a mention about the upcoming album called “Neshoma @your Simcha”. Contact information includes their address: 420 Central Avenue Cedarhurst, NY 11516.…
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Located in Southbury, Connecticut, this band serves the local communities surrounding Waterbury.
http://members.tripod.com/NefeshBand/index.htm

(D’Europe de L’est et D’ailleurs…) Lisa Chnaider, violon, et Marc Chnaider, accordeon. Geneva klezmer page. http://borzykowski.users.ch

A new group called Mozaik based in San Francisco with a self description from their webpage:”The music has been described as: Psychedelic Jewgrass, Klezmer Jamband, Klezmer Trance, Fiddler on the Roof meets the Grateful Dead or the Grateful Dead playing A Jewish Wedding, or try this one Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach sitting in with Vanilla Fudge …”
http://www.mozaik.org

Milot Ha’Nefesh is a trio with unique voices combined “to create one incredible performance.” Milot Ha’Nefesh has a combination of contemporary songwriting and stirring vocal harmonies presented in a wide range of musical styles. The trio is David Ross, Micha Liberman, and Suzy Zeffren.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/milothanefesh

This website features information about current albums, a clearly arranged listing of concert schedules, music samples and enthusiasm in a visual site.
http://www.ybandmbc.com

A simcha big band from Chicago, organized in 1995, groupings from a one piece melava malka to a fifteen piece concert. Links, sound bites in real audio and mp3, and contact info on the website. For more info: info@mesamechaileiv.com
http://www.mesamechaileiv.com/info.htm

A Chicago based klezmer band. Site lists the band’s upcoming concert dates and some CD’s. It includes a nice page with bios of the musicians.
http://www.klezmerband.com/

Bringing Jewish music to Virginia, North and South Carolina. Their repertoire includes Yiddish and Ladino tunes. Jane Peppler is the contact person in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Write or call 919-383-8952 (fax: 919-382-8601). Jane Peppler, 5301 Cedronella Drive, Chapel Hill NC 27514.
http://www.mappamundi.com/jewish.html

Rock ‘n’ roll band formed in 1991 comprised of Steve Brodsky, Ken Chasen, and Josh Zweiback. Original songs use rock ‘n’ roll as a means of teaching Jewish history, Hebrew, and Jewish values. Steve and Josh were songleaders for the National Federation of Temple Youth’s Missouri Valley Region, and had grown up deeply involved in Jewish camping, youth programming, and Jewish music. First recording, Jewish Rock and Roll Singer” (1992)followed by “Only This” (1996). Released a CD single of “Pharaoh, Pharaoh,” a parody of the 60’s Kingsmen’s song “Louie, Louie” which is a huge hit on the Jewish camp and youth group circuit.
http://www.mahtovu.com/

Yale’s Jewish and Israeli singing group, a full sized co-ed ensemble.
http://www.yale.edu/magevet/

Website in Hebrew about a klezmer Israeli group. The group has been performing since 1991 all over the Israel, in the States, and in Europe. Their manager is Yaron Ofer and the contact information is

email isken123@netvision.net.il
And phone: 972+4+8246677
Also in Israel cell: 972+52+581967 .
http://www.ofereruim.co.il

Another new group doing klezmer and Jewish music.
http://www.LoxVodka.com/

A singing group from Istanbul, Turkey that specializes in Sephardic music. They have been acclaimed as quite authentic in terms of Sephardic and Ladino (Judeo-Spanaish) music. The website is in Turkish and English and gives information about the performers and their CDs. Real Audio files give samples of their music. Members of the group have advanced degrees in Judeo-Spanish culture and come from the academic as well as performance side of the culture.
http://www.sephardic-music.com

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony is a professional organization that performs serious works by Jewish composers or music based on Jewish themes. Under the direction of Noreen Green, the group scheduled four major performances in the 1999-2000 season. The website offers concert schedules and ticket information, contact information and a list of officers.
http://www.lajewishsymphony.com/

Album, “London Unplugged” has been released, and the group has a website: Music by Yisroel Lamm and songs composed by Yoel Calek. Other members are Dovid-Zvi Calek, and Motti and Shloimie Richman. The website provides information for purchasing their CD, but not much information about the group. There is a guest book and visitors can leave questions for group members.
http://www.londonunplugged.com

A Chicago-based singing group, they bill themselves as the only “pop-klezmer-jazz-yiddish-hebrew-country-western band”. Their site provides some sound clips and information about this group of five young singers. Very upbeat sound.
http://www.jewishsong.com/

“LAMA LO!” ensemble was established in 1999 with the support of the Ministry of Absorption in Jerusalem. “LAMA LO!”(“WHY NOT!”) presents a new view of traditional Jewish folklore by blending traditional klezmer music with elements of classical, jazz and Middle Eastern ethnic music, thus forming the bright individual and creative manner of the group. It consists of 6 professional musicians: Roman Kekhman virtuoso clarnetist (soloist), Yevgeniy Lyublin (Trumpet), Yuri Povolotsky (Piano, Accordion), Yakov Entin(Violin , Bass), Eduard Rezonov(Contrabass) and Anatoly Magdalinsky (Drums). Lama Lo! participated in arrangements, organized by Knesset, the President’s House, and other governmental institutions, and took part in the opening of international klezmer festival in S’fat. All concerts organized by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2001 and in 2002 were a great success.…
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Based in Englewood, N.J., this is a vocal group of orthodox men who perform a capella and with simcha bands. Benny Amar and Alex Katz co-founded the group to perform “at bar/bat mitzvahs, chuppahs, sheva berachos, banquets and more.” They have a CD, Kulanu B’Yachad, which has instrumental accompaniments interspersed with a capella. It is interesting to see how the group’s tunes turn from traditional Jewish music to incorporating elements of American music including moments from old spirituals and pop tunes to modern orthodox.
http://www.kolzimra.com/website/

All male synagogue ensemble. This group travels to lead services at various synagogues. They are an a cappella group with rich harmonies. They rehearse in the Boston area but come from various cities. They lead services in what they term “traditional” chazzanut style. “Demo tape” online.
http://www.KolTefilah.org/

Kol Simcha, a Swiss ensemble formed in 1986, plays an assortment of klezmer styles from traditional to “contemporary.” The website provides an up-to-date schedule, including venues in Switzerland, Germany, France and Norway. The biographies reveal that band members include both American and European trained musicians. Four CDs are featured with playlists and sound snippets. The newer website features news, movies and videos online, as well as all their sponsors and managers all over Europe.
http://www.kolsimcha.com/english/TheBand/frame_band.html

A duo of Rabbi Dan Freelander and Cantor Jeff Klepper perform widely for Reform audiences. Their primary music is religious Jewish melodies in a modern American folk/pop musical idiom.
http://www.artistbooking.com/artists/kolbseder/talk.html

A lot of tongue in cheek, and lots of fun. CD Honey Would You Be Meshuga Tonite and Blue Suede Jews are available through cdbaby.com.
http://www.klingonklezmer.com/

New klezmer band with some reviews, photos and sounds bites. Watch these folks. Klezska plays a blend of klezmer and ska. http://www.klezska.com/

The Klezmos webpage provides a calendar of upcoming programs, information on group members and contact information.
http://www.klezmos.com

The “history” of Klezmer is part of this website –about The Klezmorim — “the Berkeley, California band that jump-started the worldwide klezmer revival in 1975.” The website provides an easy-to-peruse chronology of the band’s history, biographies, discography, and lots of “inside stories.” With several books published recently on the history of klezmer, it will be interesting to readers to gain access to this perspective from someone who was there “in the beginning”– of the American klezmer revival, that is!
http://klezmo.com/

Large performing group in Berlin. They have a CD called Oifn Jorid. The webpage is in German and gives some details about where and when they perform.
http://www.freilach.com/Labsaal/klezmisch.htm

Now in its fourteenth season and based in Boston, the Klezmer Conservatory Band has performed concerts from coast to coast and has seven albums: Yiddishe Renaissance, Klez, and A Touch of Klez , Oy Chanukah, A Jumpin’ Night in the Garden of Eden, OldWorld Beat and their latest release, Live!
http://www.aaronconcert.com/acm/kcb.htm

A musical quartet called The Klezmer Connection now has a website advertising the group, with Iosif Zilberman, violin; Dimitry Cernavski, clarinet/saxophone; Michele Levine, vocalist and pianist/keyboardist and Andrea Valentini, percussion. They perform in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut area. The Klezmer Connection specializes in klezmer, Yiddish and Israeli music, as well as American standards such as Broadway showtunes and lots of swing music. Klezmer Connection has “performed throughout the US, Europe and Israel at concerts, music festivals, and, most joyously, bar/bat mitzvahs and weddings.” They are often joined by Jim Gold, a folk-dance teacher and leader. Contact Michele Levine: 914-328-3408 or email:
klezmerconnection@hotmail.com
http://klezmerconnection.com/

Part of Ari Davidow’s Klez Shack site, Klezmer Bands by Location is an alphabetical listing by location of performers of klezmer music. Contact information, usually an email address, is linked to further information elsewhere on the site about the bands.
http://www.klezmershack.com/contacts/klezbyloc.html

The Klezical Tradition is a klezmer band based in western New England. They have outstanding blend of Yiddish and klemzer songs, vocal andinstrumental.
http://members.aol.com/klezical/tradition.html

Klezfactor band i s “a high-energy band playing traditional and progressive Klezmer music.” Website has band bio of the 5 musicians, and short clips of the music. Band hails from Toronto.
http://www.klezfactor.com

Princeton University’s brand new Klezmer Band founded in the Fall, 1998. The web presentation has a wonderful history of klezmer written by Evan Variano.
http://www.klezdispensers.com/

Russian (or is that Ukrainian?) language only. A website devoted to some Ukrainian musicians doing klezmer. Contains information on the klezmer modes. Schedules of events. Links to Jewish Ukrainian organizations.
http://jewukr.org/klezmer/

Washington D.C. klezmer group billed as “Wild and Authentic Modern Klezmer Music”. Features David Julian Gray, Wendy Morrison and Richard Seidel.
http://klezcentricity.com/