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Rosie from Convergence 
Anthony Russell & Veretski Pass

Anthony Russell - vocals
Joshua Horowitz - piano, accordion
Cookie Segelstein - fiddle
Stuart Brotman - cello

www.anthonyrussellbass.com/convergence

Rosie - Convergence - Anthony Russell & Veretski Pass

Vocalist Anthony Russell, in collaboration with acclaimed klezmer consort Veretski Pass (Joshua Horowitz, Cookie Segelstein and Stuart Brotman), set out to create a new musical idiom by combining two distinct older ones: African American spirituals and the music of Jewish Eastern Europe.

Drawing from a diverse collection of folksongs, anthems, lullabies, art and religious music, Convergence mobilizes an array of historic genres to evoke a multi-diasporic sound. Early blues, Hungarian and Bessarabian klezmer, “old time” fiddle music, synagogue tunes and contemporary classical music combine to create a repertoire of songs authentically inhabiting the sounds and histories of two traditions.