It’s time to head back to the earliest days of the so-called klezmer revival with today’s guests, saxophonist Lev Liberman and clarinettist David Julian Gray of The Klezmorim. Founded in Berkeley California in 1975, this band started playing the repertoire that so many of us know and love and sharing it first in the Bay Area, then soon all … Continue reading Lev Liberman and David Julian Gray (The Klezmorim)
Dan here! We made it through another year and are ready to start the new one with a really amazing conversation. I am so excited to share my (first ever) conversation with professor Devin Naar. Devin E. Naar is the Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies and the chair of Sephardic Studies at the University of … Continue reading Devin Naar
Our penultimate podcast of 2025 delves into the rarified and mysterious mystical musical form, Khazones. Khazones is Yiddish term for the work of the synagogue cantor, or Khazn. It is music, prayer, speech, and more all at once. Today we talk with two incredible musicians, Judith Berkson and Jeremiah Lockwood. They have banded together to … Continue reading Khazones Underground with Judith Berkson and Jeremiah Lockwood
It’s time for Part 2 of our conversation with singer, songwriter, actor, translator, bandleader and more, Daniel Kahn! We continue right where we left off and dive right in with talking about the very first Painted Bird song Dan Blacksberg recorded, Parasites. Then Dan & Dan get into their whole big history together, which is nearly … Continue reading Daniel Kahn – Part 2
It’s all Dans on Radiant Others this month! This month is part 1 of our conversation with one of our Yiddish World’s most wide-reaching artists, singer, songwriter, actor, and more, Daniel Kahn. Dan Kahn’s music, especially through his longtime band The Painted Bird, has reached a lot of people inside and outside the Yiddish scene. … Continue reading Daniel Kahn – Part 1
Today on the podcast Dan is joined by the Magid Ensemble for a conversation with his largest group of guests yet! The Magid Ensemble – klezmer musicians and composers Rachel Leader, Mattias Kaufmann, Raffi Boden, Yiddishist and storyteller Weaver, and visual artist Kiah Raymond – has taken the scene by storm with their multimedia piece Shterna and … Continue reading Magid Ensemble
Many listeners of this podcast will know our guest this month, Avia Moore from being an internationally renowned Yiddish dance leader and teacher, and from being a longtime faculty and current artistic director of Klezkanada. But did you know that she is a photographer and graphic designer who has made some of your favorite Klezkanada art and … Continue reading Avia Moore
On this month’s episode of Radiant Others, Dan sits down with actor, playwright, stage director, lyricist, and Yiddishist, Mikhl Yashinsky (מיכל יאַשינסקי). Mikhl shares his fantastic passion for all things Yiddish: the language, the poetry, the music, the history and more. We talk about the many connections to Yiddish from his personal history, his journey into the … Continue reading Mikhl Yashinsky
Today on the podcast, Seattle-based Brivele, the duo of Maia Brown and Stefanie Brendler! Brivele formed as a trio in 2017 and have recently become a duo. They are releasing their 3rd album, Khaverim Zayt Greyt, (Friends/Comrades, Get Ready) on May Day (May 1st), on Borscht Beat Records. Dan and the duo talk about the new … Continue reading Brivele
This month we are re-airing one of our favorite episodes, Dan’s 2018 conversation with Ethel Raim. Among numerous amazing accomplishments, Ethel is the most frequently name-dropped artist on this podcast in recent years. People keep bringing her up as a central mentor and source of inspiration, including in conversations we haven’t released yet! Listening back to the endless … Continue reading Re-air: Ethel Raim