The Klezmatics: Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah

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The Klezmatics are globally renowned world music superstars and the only klezmer band to win a Grammy Award (Best Contemporary World Music Album for their CD "Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie" in 2006). In 1942, Woody Guthrie, through his mother-in-law Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, became involved with the Coney Island Jewish community and was inspired to write songs about Hanukkah, Jewish history and spiritual life. After his death in 1967, the songs sat forgotten in archives for decades. But in 1998 the songs were discovered by Woody's daughter, Nora Guthrie and she asked the Klezmatics to write new music for the lyrics.

The result, Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah, intermingles Klezmer music with American folk and bluegrass. The Klezmatics' playful renditions of songs such as "Hanuka's Flame," "Hanuka Gelt," "Spin Dreydl Spin," "(Do the) Latke Flip-Flip" and others make for a holiday treat to be enjoyed by all. Sponsored by Chicago Jewish News.