A Mordechai Medley, Ish Yehudi/Sason Viykar/Kain Tihye Lanu (8:37) from the jewishmusician.com release, "Purim Sameach", featuring the Binyomin Ginzberg Trio. (This is not a Breslov Bar Band track.) Guest fiddle player Kenny Kosek joins the Trio for this selection of tunes with a more contemporary folk/rock influence. 

 "Ish Yehudi" was composed by Avraham Rosenblum (the words are from Megilas Esther 2:5) and was originally recorded by the Diaspora Yeshiva Band. "Sason Viykar" was composed by Nurit Hirsch and has become a Purim standard in Israel. The text for "Sason Viykar" comes from Megilas Esther 8:15-16. "Kain Tihye Lanu" was composed by Yehuda Katz and Adam Wexler and was originally recorded by their Israel-based group, Reva L'sheva.The text comes from Havdala, which quotes Megilas Esther 8:16 and adds the affirmation "Kain Tihye Lanu."

Mordechai Medley

Rabbi José Rolando Matalon, Dan Nadel (guitar), Jay Gandhi (bansuri flutes), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
Recorded live at B'nai Jeshurun, NYC, March 2018
Photograph by David Katzenstein

Shir HaShirim chapter 1, Judeo-Syrian

From melancholy midnight meditations to funky/punky affirmations of the One, the Breslov Bar Band explores musical expressions of the Breslov Chassidim from the traditional to the contemporary.

The group's repertoire includes old dveykus melodies and ecstatic nigunim, as well as contemporary Breslov folk and rock music. The band members combine their passion for Jewish music with their strong roots in rock, jazz, and world music.

Blending Klezmer/Hassidic music with Middle-Eastern, Rock, Jazz, Reggae, Punk, and other musical styles in an organic manner, the band puts on a high-energy show that is both visually and musically compelling. Members are powerful improvisers and no two performances are alike. In addition to keyboards and vocals, BBB bandleader Binyomin Ginzberg plays the vibrandoneon -- a mouth blown variation on the Argentinian bandoneon -- which adds an intriguingly exotic component to the group's sound.

Mordechai Medley

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