Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah Explained

Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Klezmatics
Cover:	Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah.jpg
Released:	August 2006
Genre:	Klezmer
Label:	JMG^[1]
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Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah is an album by The Klezmatics, released in 2006.^[2] It contains Hanukkah-themed songs, with most of the lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1949.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "largely lives up to its name, stacked with uptempo, celebratory, often quite clever tributes to the festive Jewish holiday." The Sun Sentinel called the album "a fascinating project."^[1]

Track listing

"Honeyky Hanuka" (Guthrie/London)
"Happy Joyous Hanuka" (Guthrie/Sklamberg)
"Gilad and Ziv's Sirba" (Sklamberg)
"Hanuka Bell" (Guthrie/Morrissett)
"(Do the) Latke Flip-Flip" (London)
"Hanukah Tree" (Guthrie/London)
"The Many and the Few" (Guthrie)
"Groovy's Freylekhs" (Darriau)
"Hanuka Gelt" (Guthrie/Sklamberg)
"Spin Dreydl Spin" (Gutkin)
"Hanuka's Flame" (Guthrie/London)
"Hanuka Dance" (Guthrie)

Personnel

Matt Darriau - reeds, Jew's harp
Lisa Gutkin - violin, harmony vocals
David Licht - drums
Frank London - trumpet, harmonium, alto horn, harmony vocals
Paul Morrissett - bass, tsimbl, baritone horn, bass vocals
Lorin Sklamberg - lead vocals, accordion, piano
Susan McKeown - duet vocal, "The Many and the Few"; harmony vocals, "Happy Joyous Hanuka", "Hanuka's Flame"
Boo Reiners - guitars, banjo, mandolin
Greg Anderson - guitar, "Hanuka Dance"; zoura, "Hanuka Gelt"; production and mixing
Danny Blume - vocals and electric guitar, "(Do the) Latke Flip-Flip"
Erik Anjou, Annette Ezekiel, Tine Kinderman, Klara Zikova - chorus, "Hanuka's Flame"

External links

Notes and References

Web site: CD REVIEWS. Sun-Sentinel.com. 22 December 2006 .
Web site: THE KLEZMATICS. www.washingtonpost.com.