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When you combine the traditional sounds of the Klezmer–an Eastern European instrument that infiltrates Yiddish culture–with lyrics about “Laughing Jackie the Pimp,” drunken dancing and “The Whiskey Rabbi,” you come out with the one and only Geoff Berner.
The musical genius known as Berner is truly unique. He plays a style of music that’s utterly uncategorized–a smattering of hip-hop, rock and Klezmer sounds. In Geoff’s new album, Victory Party (coming out this March), he says, ”We’re all trying to put out a vision of Jewish culture that’s the opposite of the conservative, knee-jerk pro-Israel, judgmental bullshit that’s emerged in recent decades.”
What’s more, rumor has it that Berner’s live shows “tend to devolve into crazed, chaotic, drunken dancing and psychotic laughter.” What more could you ask for?
02/08/11
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