finally finished my latest blog post which I've been working on for the last few weeks after I got interested in E 2nd Street and its klezmer connection.I definitely went from "wow this is neat" to "WTF am I doing" over the past month, but I may as well document it🤪 https://alte.klezmor.im/2026/08/01/east-2nd-street-as-a-hub-of-new-york-klezmer/#LowerEastSide #MusicHistory #JewishMusic #klezmer #Yiddish #East2ndStreet

first concert in a lil while at the Peretz Centre here in Vancouver. Come see Levyosn August 29, 2026, 7:00 p.m. an eclectic Yiddish folk & strings ensemble from Boston.I saw them in Montreal this spring and they're quite talented.https://www.peretz-centre.org/event-details-registration/levyosn-old-new-and-reimagined-yiddish-song#Yiddish #Vancouver #FolkMusic #JewishMusic

"In fact, my family, where we had I don't know how many we had in our family, musicians, now the youngsters, I only have one nephew who is still in the line, and one retired cousin who lives in Los Angeles, at times he plays a recording, or for a movie, or TV. But he's retired."as far as I got 🧵