Friday, December 26, 2008

Hannukah greetings

Christmas is over, but it's still Hannukah, and this video is the perfect illustration of diversity rocking. In fact it's the rockingest version of the Dreidle song I've ever heard.



From Erran Baron Cohen's Songs in the Key of Hannukah:
a collection of songs that brings the ancient music of Hanukkah kicking and screaming straight into the 21st Century. Recorded in London, Berlin and Tel Aviv, the songs combine klezmer, reggae, electronica, hip hop, tango, pop and other genres, all fluently woven into something uniquely Baron Cohen’s.

The album contains five reinterpretations of classic favorites as well as five original tunes created exclusively for this project, all sung in English, Hebrew or Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish). They are performed by some world-class Jewish singers, including Israeli superstar Idan Raichel, world-music diva Yasmin Levy and New York City-based rapper Y-Love (who actually rhymes in Yiddish!) to name but a few.

Thanks for sharing the video, Magpie!

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