Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah is an album by The Klezmatics, released in 2006.[4] It contains Hanukkah-themed songs, with most of the lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1949.
| Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah |
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| Released | August 2006 |
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| Genre | Klezmer |
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| Label | JMG[1] |
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Wonder Wheel
(2006)
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Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah
(2006)
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Tuml = Lebn: The Best of the First 20 Years
(2008)
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AllMusic wrote that the album "largely lives up to its name, stacked with uptempo, celebratory, often quite clever tributes to the festive Jewish holiday."[2] The Sun Sentinel called the album "a fascinating project."[1]
- "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)
- 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"
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