Jews Brothers Band Review Excerpts

Here is what some people have said about The Jews Brothers Band:

"Over-riding their tremendous individual musical abilities and unique sound, is the infectious exuberance that accompanies the free-flow performance. It didn't take much encouragement to get hands clapping and feet tapping, and for the audience to bawl out appropriate bits of chorus...."
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MANAWATU STANDARD, NZ. 2 June 2005

" ... Stratospheric levels of talent and borderline insanity ... Try to imagine the hilarious whirling gypsy soundtrack to the as yet unmade Muppet Mafia movie ... t's like Mum on acid".
THE ARGUS, BRIGHTON, UK

." this idiosyncratic band with its enormous drive, infectious beat and brilliant musicianship......all five members are compelling music-makers"
AUSTRALIAN JEWISH NEWS, SYDNEY

"it's not klezmer, it;s not Celtic, it's not blues, it's not chanson, it's not gypsy, it's not swing, ... it's all the above: it's The Jews Brothers Band!" CHADASHOT (magazine of the Auckland zionist society)

" Totally compelling, full of fantasy and wit. They were greeted with storms of applause and rightfully so" ("mitreissend, phantasievoll und witzig; davor gab es zu recht Beifallssturme von den Zuhoren") NUERNBERG NACHRICHTEN

"An impromptu collision of Sholom Secunda, Spike Jones and Django Reinhardt, their frenetic energy and irreverent attitude is a party from start to finish." ADAM DAVIS, KFAR ARTS, CHICAGO

" this dynamic quintet launched into wild interpretations of traditional Jewish music, served up with delicious dollops of jazz and blues" NUERNBERG ZEITUNG

" their slick arrangements....also perfectly show-cased the tonal luster of Linn Lorkin's voice, the nuance of her interpretations and the buoyancy of her rhythms..." HOWARD REICH, CHICAGO HERALD TRIBUNE

" ..performed with an energy usually associated with padded cells!" OAMARU MAIL

"a night of flamboyant splendour......the most harmonious sounds imaginable..this truly talented band has one foot steeped in the musical roots of jazz and blues and the other knee-deep in traditional Jewish music" - SOUTHLAND TIMES

".....like watching a musical cartoon. If you concentrate on the performance of one, you miss what the others are doing..." SOUTH TARANAKI DAILY NEWS

" ..a unique ability to win over everyone...from kids and hard-to-please teenagers through to baby-boomers and the oldies ... .. ..."GLOBAL RHYTHMS, MELBOURNE