Female singers : Noëmi Waysfeld | Robyn Helzner Trio | Martha Schlamme, produced by Cobie Ivens.
I– Noëmi Waysfeld.
On this album, Parisian singer and performer Noëmi Waysfeld delivers a highly refined and understated interpretation of melancholic Yiddish songs. With her slightly husky, dark-hued voice, she sings beautiful songs in a relaxed manner, subtly accompanied by Sarah Nemtanu (violin), Kevin Seddiki (guitar, arrangements), and Antoine Rozenbaum (double bass). Noëmi Waysfeld is a versatile artist; from a young age, she honed her skills in classical music, jazz, and traditional musical forms such as klezmer, fado, Russian traditional singing, and tango. She studied cello at the conservatory for eight years and works as an educator at the Maison de la Culture Yiddish in Paris.
CD. Soul of Yiddish – Noëmi Waysfeld.
LABEL: AWZ Records (2021) code: CW895644. VIDEO
2– Robyn Helzner Trio.
The musicians are all highly versatile; Robyn Helzner is accompanied by Dov Weitman on mandolin and guitar, and Matt Holsen on bass and keyboard. It is a world music album featuring songs sung in English, Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino. New interpretations of classics incorporate jazz and bluegrass influences. The album includes both upbeat tracks and sensitive ballads, brought to life by Robyn Helzner’s vocals and the trio’s signature harmonies. Notably, for their English-language repertoire, they chose “Turn, Turn, Turn” and “Summer’s End”—songs that are not the most obvious choices for Jewish artists.
CD. Signs & wonders : World Jewish music – traditional and new van Robyn Helzner Trio. LABEL:Rah Productions (2006) code: RAHCD-1006. VIDEO
3– Martha Schlamme.
She was born in 1923 in Vienna, Austria, into an Orthodox Jewish family. In 1938, Martha fled to France. Shortly thereafter, she joined her family in England, where they were interned as ‘enemy aliens’ on the Isle of Man. There, she made her acting debut in a German-language production of *As You Like It*. After emigrating to the United States in 1948, Martha Schlamme married her first husband. She earned a living by singing an ever-expanding repertoire of folk songs in various languages at nightclubs and concert halls. Her stage appearances included Weill’s *Mahagonny* (1965), *A Kurt Weill Cabaret* (1967), *Fiddler on the Roof* (1968), and various solo performances.
CD. Yiddish : Songs from my father’s house – Martha Schlamme.
LABEL: MSY (2007) code: Y-MS3011. VIDEO
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