Songs of Our Fathers | |
Type: | Studio album |
Artist: | David Grisman, Andy Statman |
Cover: | 1995_fathers.jpg |
Released: | 1995 |
Genre: | Americana, newgrass, jazz, Klezmer |
Label: | Rounder |
Producer: | David Grisman |
Prev Title: | Mandolin Abstractions |
Prev Year: | 1983 |
Next Title: | New Shabbos Waltz |
Next Year: | 1995 |
Songs of Our Fathers is an album by American musicians David Grisman and Andy Statman, released in 1995. It's a collection of Jewish songs, many of which are more than 100 years old. Much of the music is influenced by the Jewish instrumental folk music of Eastern Europe known as Klezmer.[1]
All songs traditional except for tracks 2a, 3, 7, and 9 by Shlomo Carlebach and track 5 by Andy Statman.