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The Klezmatics: Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanuka.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)

From: Sing Out!  |  Date: 3/22/2005  |  Author: Regenstreif, Mike

THE KLEZMATICS Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanuka Woody Guthrie Publications

In 1998, Smithsonian Folkways released the Woody Guthrie collection, Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3, which included two previously-unreleased Hanuka songs. "The Many and the Few" is a magnificent 20-verse ballad about the Biblical Hanuka legend, and "Hanuka Dance" is a parent's song to a child celebrating the holiday. Woody's interest in Jewish culture was spurred by the relationship he ...

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