Saturday night, after the visit to Portsmouth, we rushed to the lovely campus of St. Hilda's for a concert by Daphna Sadeh and the Voyagers. The posters had intrigued us: "a brilliant and hypnotic mix of jazz, Western classical, Middle Eastern, Arabic Taqsim and Jewish music." The energy that exploded on that stage before an intimate audience of about 100 people made me feel as though we were at a Jewish wedding with gypsies, Arabs and Russians all contributing to the musical experience of the bass, an accordian, guitars, drums and a variety of wind instruments. After about a half-hour, the audience could hardly sit still, and by the last number, two young people got up and danced. What a night!
Check them out at http://www.daphnasadeh.com/the-voyagers/
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