Name: Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love – Van Halen (60s Girl Group Rock Cover) ft. Veronica Swift by vner
Duration: 3 min 17 s
Description: A fresh and unexpected take on Van Halen’s "Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love", transformed into a 1960s girl group rock vibe with Veronica Swift’s stunning vocals. Vintage sounds meet rock energy in this unique cover! If you love classic rock, retro vibes, and powerful female vocals, this is for you. 🎶🔥

United by their love of rip-roaring artfully delivered klezmer, She’Koyokh spin tales of wild goats, unmarried women and broken hearts drawn from the rich folk traditions of Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans.

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Klezmer troubadours She’Koyokh spin tales of wild goats, unmarried women, squabbling Jewish mothers and broken hearts on this outstanding album. Inspired by wandering nineteenth century klezmorim, She’Koyokh have spent the last decade sponging up the rich folk music of Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans. The eight-strong line-up boasts members from the UK, USA, Greece, Serbia and Turkey. United by their love for artfully delivered, rip-roaring klezmer, the first incarnation of the band cut its teeth busking at Columbia Flower Market in the heart of London’s East End. Nowadays they are more likely to be found stomping the stage floors of Europe’s most prestigious concert halls with Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and London’s Southbank Centre already ticked off the list. 

Wild Goats & Unmarried Women opens with ‘Beregovski Sher/Honga/Freilicher Yontov’, She’Koyokh’s arrangement of a trio of tunes – a tribute to Ukrainian ethnomusicologist Moshe Beregovski, followed by a snippet of a popular Jewish-Hungarian dance and then by a tune composed by klezmer clarinet renegade Naftule Brandwein. ‘Hora De La Munte’ is a traditional Moldavian dance. Another Romanian tune ‘Țigăneasca De La Pogoanele’ is inspired by the recordings of accordionist Constantin Fulgerica and violinist Tudor Pana, as well as the manouche jazz of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the sound of the taragot reed instrument. 

Other Eastern European tracks include ‘Kopano Horo’, a Bulgarian tune learned from a collection of early recordings by star accordionist Boris Karlov. ‘Moj Dilbere’ is an age-old Bosnian love song or sevdalinka that has been performed since the days of the Ottoman Empire. ‘Jaseničko Kolo/Miloševka Kolo’ pays homage to two legendary Serbian musicians – the accordionist Krnjevac, and bandleader Urosević. 

Heading further east She’Koyokh explore Russian tradition. ‘Limonchiki’ is a song first made famous by the Soviet Jewish jazz singer Leonid Utyosov in the 1930s. The track is full of character, Odessa gangster character to be precise – the title is Russian rhyming slang for milionchiki (millions of roubles).  

Drifting far southwest to Greece next, ‘Selanik Türküsü’ is a lament for lost love. The lyrics tell the story of a couple who are preparing to marry before discovering that the bride has cholera – the lovers beg death to grant them three more days together. Band members Susi and Matt learnt the traditionally slow tune ‘Argitikos Kalamatianos’ on the overnight boat from Crete to Athens – their version is performed at a moderate pace. The lyrics of another Grecian track, ‘Amarantos/Tsamikos ‘Vohaítissa’’ praise the amaranth flower that can keep its colour and scent for days after it has been cut. 

Turkish tradition is also illuminated on Wild Goats & Unmarried Women. ‘Teke Zortlatmasi’ takes its name from the tekes (billy goats) that live along the South West coast of Turkey. When the mating season starts, the males jump up and down to attract female goats – allegedly the inspiration for the genre of music heard here. The subject matter of Sephardic track ‘Poco Le Das La Mi Consuegra/Schottische ‘Saint Julien’’ concerns a quarrel between two mothers-in-law over a dowry and upbeat Kurdish-Turkish track ‘Esmera Min’ tackles the theme of unrequited love.

On other songs She’Koyokh mesh location and genre with genius ease. ‘Der Filosof/Flatbush Waltz’ partners a satirical song mocking rabbis of the Hassidic movement with a waltz that has become a standard of the klezmer repertoire. This arrangement was authored in part by revered klezmer musician Andy Statman who is known for both for his work as a clarinettist and as a bluegrass mandolinist. ‘Svatbarska Rachenitsa/Yavuz Geliyor & La Comida La Mañana’ casts together three traditional folk tunes from Bulgarian, Turkish and Ladino cultures. The opening instrumental is a Thracian wedding dance, the song that follows in sung in both Sephardic and Turkish, and the Judeao-Spanish tune’s original lyrics tell of a mother warning her daughter not to fall in love too easily. 

Wild Goats & Unmarried Women takes you on a true klezmer odyssey, with She'Koyokh delivering a classic album that combines the zest of their live performance with the virtuosity and intelligence of their musicianship.


She'Koyokh: Esmera Min (taken from the album Wild Goats & Unmarried Women

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A fresh and unexpected take on Van Halen’s "Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love", transformed into a 1960s girl group rock vibe with Veronica Swift’s stunning vocals. Vintage sounds meet rock energy in this unique cover! If you love classic rock, retro vibes, and powerful female vocals, this is for you. 🎶🔥

Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love – Van Halen (60s Girl Group Rock Cover) ft. Veronica Swift

Che Vuole Questa Musica Stasera (Profumo Di Donna)

Oi Va Voi - Foggy Day

Sympathique, Pink Martini’s wildly popular debut album, was released in 1997. It has gone on to sell 975,000 copies worldwide and has taken the band around the world on tours to the Cannes Film Festival and Europe, Lebanon, Turkey, Japan and Taiwan among other far-flung destinations.

Nominated for “Song of the Year” and “Best New Artist” in France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards, the album is Platinum in France and Gold in Canada, Switzerland, Greece and Turkey.

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