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Ger Mandolin Orchestra Backstory

Inspirational story of Avner Yonai’s discovery of his grandfather’s 1920s and 1930s Polish mandolin orchestra on Tablet Magazine.
Plucky Move A picture of his Polish grandfather’s mandolin orchestra inspired Avner Yonai to start his own by Alexander Gelfand.

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CD Review: My Hometown Soroke: Yiddish Songs of the Ukraine

How to do an archival recording right:

A review by Ari Davidow from The Klezmer Shack on Arkady Gendler’s first and only recording of yiddish song of his hometown in the Ukraine.

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