"Shalom Ireland is a one hour documentary about Ireland's remarkable, yet little known Jewish community. Shalom Ireland chronicles the history of Irish Jewry while celebrating the unique culture created by blending Irish and Jewish traditions. From gun running for the Irish Republican Army during Ireland's War of Independence to smuggling fellow Jews escaping from the Holocaust into Palestine, Shalom Ireland tells the untold story of how Irish Jews participated in the creation and development of both Ireland and Israel.~"
"Ceilizemer (ceili, Gaelic for Irish musical party; zemer, Hebrew for song) is a unique and talented group of musicians that was especially assembled to create the Shalom Ireland soundtrack. The musicians in the band hail from two prominent Northern California bands: Driving With Fergus, the traditional Irish band from Oakland, and The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band, the traditional Jewish band from Sacramento. What binds these musicians is not only their Jewish faith, but their love of Klezmer tunes and traditional Irish music. The original soundtrack for Shalom Ireland combines these musical genres,and although the result is something rarely heard before, you won’t be able to get enough of it."
"To combine traditional Irish music with klezmer is a compelling, but little explored, idea. Nonetheless, there are several of us in Northern California who enjoy the craic and the krekht, the hornpipe and the hora, or in other words, could be called "Klez-Maureen". Imagine, then, our excitement when we heard that a documentary about the Jewish community of Ireland needed a soundtrack! A few days after giving the filmmaker, Valerie Lapin Ganley, our respective CDs ("The Flower of Berezin" by The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band, which includes David Kidron and Andy Rubin, and "The Welcoming Table" by the Irish band Driving With Fergus, which includes Lewis Santer and Vince Wolfe) and performing during a screening of the rough-cut of "Shalom Ireland", Valerie signed us on. We brought in Julie Hochman, LaRita Craft and Sean Feder, and called ourselves Ceilizemer ("ceili" for an Irish dance party; "zemer", Hebrew for song). We're proud of the results, which combine the joy and heartbreak of two genres in ways we hope you'll find pleasing."
& the artists are ~
"Driving With Fergus", Oakland, California
Vince Wolfe ~ wooden flute, Bb uillean pipes, tin whistle, guitar (2 + 6)
Lewis Santer ~ guitar, bouzouki, mandolin (melody: 3 + 9, rhythm: 2)
"The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band", Sacramento, California
David Kidron ~ fiddle, tin whistle (11 + 13), vocals (13) ~ now living in New Zealand
Andy Rubin ~ 5-string clawhammer and 4-string tenor banjos, mandolin, guitar and vocals (8)
Plus ~
LaRita Craft ~ accordion
Julie Hochman ~ cello
Sean Feder ~ percussion (3)
Shawn King ~ hand claps, recording engineer
Impulse Recording Studio, Davis, California
Plus, further on the engineering side of things ~
Judy Kirschner ~ Assistant Engineer
Lewis Santer, Dann Thompson and Vince Wolfe,
Music Mix at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California
"Shalom Ireland: a documentary film about Irish Jewry"
http://www.shalomireland.com/
"Shalom Ireland is a one hour documentary about Ireland's remarkable, yet little known Jewish community. Shalom Ireland chronicles the history of Irish Jewry while celebrating the unique culture created by blending Irish and Jewish traditions. From gun running for the Irish Republican Army during Ireland's War of Independence to smuggling fellow Jews escaping from the Holocaust into Palestine, Shalom Ireland tells the untold story of how Irish Jews participated in the creation and development of both Ireland and Israel.~"
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by ceolachan
"Ceilizemer: Shalom Ireland"
Driving With Fergus & The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
http://www.drivingwithfergus.com/ & http://www.freilachmakers.com/
"Ceilizemer (ceili, Gaelic for Irish musical party; zemer, Hebrew for song) is a unique and talented group of musicians that was especially assembled to create the Shalom Ireland soundtrack. The musicians in the band hail from two prominent Northern California bands: Driving With Fergus, the traditional Irish band from Oakland, and The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band, the traditional Jewish band from Sacramento. What binds these musicians is not only their Jewish faith, but their love of Klezmer tunes and traditional Irish music. The original soundtrack for Shalom Ireland combines these musical genres,and although the result is something rarely heard before, you won’t be able to get enough of it."
http://cdbaby.com/cd/ceilizemer
"To combine traditional Irish music with klezmer is a compelling, but little explored, idea. Nonetheless, there are several of us in Northern California who enjoy the craic and the krekht, the hornpipe and the hora, or in other words, could be called "Klez-Maureen". Imagine, then, our excitement when we heard that a documentary about the Jewish community of Ireland needed a soundtrack! A few days after giving the filmmaker, Valerie Lapin Ganley, our respective CDs ("The Flower of Berezin" by The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band, which includes David Kidron and Andy Rubin, and "The Welcoming Table" by the Irish band Driving With Fergus, which includes Lewis Santer and Vince Wolfe) and performing during a screening of the rough-cut of "Shalom Ireland", Valerie signed us on. We brought in Julie Hochman, LaRita Craft and Sean Feder, and called ourselves Ceilizemer ("ceili" for an Irish dance party; "zemer", Hebrew for song). We're proud of the results, which combine the joy and heartbreak of two genres in ways we hope you'll find pleasing."
& the artists are ~
"Driving With Fergus", Oakland, California
Vince Wolfe ~ wooden flute, Bb uillean pipes, tin whistle, guitar (2 + 6)
Lewis Santer ~ guitar, bouzouki, mandolin (melody: 3 + 9, rhythm: 2)
"The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band", Sacramento, California
David Kidron ~ fiddle, tin whistle (11 + 13), vocals (13) ~ now living in New Zealand
Andy Rubin ~ 5-string clawhammer and 4-string tenor banjos, mandolin, guitar and vocals (8)
Plus ~
LaRita Craft ~ accordion
Julie Hochman ~ cello
Sean Feder ~ percussion (3)
Shawn King ~ hand claps, recording engineer
Impulse Recording Studio, Davis, California
Plus, further on the engineering side of things ~
Judy Kirschner ~ Assistant Engineer
Lewis Santer, Dann Thompson and Vince Wolfe,
Music Mix at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by ceolachan
"Ceilizemer: Shalom Ireland" ~ reviews
The Klezmer Shack
http://www.klezmershack.com/
http://www.klezmershack.com/bands/misc/ceilizemer/misc.ceilizemer.html
The Green Man Review
http://www.greenmanreview.com/
http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_ceilizemer_shalomireland.html
Rianlore's World of Music
http://www.rainlore.demon.co.uk/
http://www.rainlore.demon.co.uk/Reviews/CeiliZemer-ShalomIreland.html
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by ceolachan
"Ceilizemer: Shalom Ireland" ~ tracks
1.) Gan Ainm / Boy On The Mountain Top / The Boys Of Portaferry
jig: trad., after Kit Slawson; reels: trad., after Harry Bradley
2.) Naftule Shpilt Far Dem Rebn
= "Naftule plays for the rabbi" ~ trad., after Naftule Brandwein
3.) Khosn Kale Mazltov (Sigmund "Zelig" Mogulesko)
= "Congratulations to the groom and bride"
4.) Poirt na bPúcaí / Cordal Jig (McWeeney's)
trad. via Ronan Browne / trad. via Edel McWeeney
5.) Sadegurer Khosid
= Hassidic dance from Sadegora ~ after Joseph Moskowitz
6.) Hora Mit Tsibeles (trad.)
= "hora with onions" ~ after Brandwein
7.) Crooked Road To Dublin / The Virginia (trad.)
8.) Yom Shabbaton
= "Sabbath Day" ~ trad.?
9.) Planxty Ginsberg (L. Santer)
10.) Hatikvah (Cohen/Imber)
= "the hope" ~ Israel's national anthem
11.) Lament For Limerick (trad., from David Kidron)
12.) Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid
= Hassidic dance of the Rebbe of Trisk (trad., after Alicia Svigals)
13.) The Parting Glass (trad.)
14.) Hatikvah (Reprise)
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by ceolachan