The London Klezmer Quartet

The London Klezmer Quartet’s To The Tavern album launch: 8pm Friday Feb 10

Much-loved international klezmer ensemble the London Klezmer Quartet return to Australasia in January 2017 with their latest hit album, ready to share with old and new fans alike.

LKQ’s fourth album, ‘To the Tavern’, takes their evocation of the celebratory and soulful music of Jewish Eastern Europe (‘klezmer) to a whole new level. The recording, which they will recreate live in performance for the tour, is a dawn-to-dawn story about a klezmer band’s arrival in a small town. With a wealth of traditional-style compositions by the band, the adventure weaves fabulous instrumentals with the irresistibly sonorous vocals of Indra Buraczewska, who features in traditional laments, a Warsaw Yiddish theatre hit with a hint of jazz (‘Goodbye New York’) and even a song about beetroot soup!

A band arrives at dawn at the railway station in a small middle-European country town for a 24-hour sojourn.
The musicians find their way around, get to know the locals and lead a rowdy session at the local tavern, before exhaustion sets in as they see in the new day. The spirit of the album reflects current and perennial themes of migration and community.

The London Klezmer Quartet was formed in 2009 by four London-based klezmorim with a shared interest in the traditional playing style. The group is Ilana Cravitz (violin), Susi Evans (clarinet), Carol Isaacs (accordion) – all direct from the UK – and Aussie, Indra Buraczewska (double bass & vocals).

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