Wow, unbelievable, I didn’t even imagine I would ever hear this. The musical range is phantasmagorical. It starts with Эх Люли Люли, a traditional song of Jews recruited to Russian Army under Nicholas I (песня кантонистов), learned from Michael Alpert. The musical style is Russian “chastushka” that on occasion found its way into the Jewish folk songs (i.e. Chabad version of ehod miyodea). And finish is the stunning poetic philosophical Rap by Psoy Korolenko (Псой Короленко). From The Unternationale album presentation, Tel Aviv, “Levontin 7″, 11/05/2008. The fusion of Klezmer, rap and Russian folk songs is simply amazing [need to know Russian].
Pretty much 200 years of Russian Jewish history in one song!
Further Reading:
Psoy Korolenko & Daniel Kahn – Yiddish Song to Stalin
5nizza – Солдат
Solomon Burke – None Of Us Are Free
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