Live at Tranzac

The Toronto Klezmer Society is thrilled to welcome Klezmatics Violinist Lisa Gutkin to Toronto for a performance, workshop and private lessons.

The Performance will take place on Feb. 26th at 7pm, doors at 6:30 at the TRANZAC Main Hall which is located at 292 Brunswick avenue, north of Bloor.. The ticket prices are on a sliding scale from $20-$30. It features Martin Van de Ven (clarinet), Beth Silver (Cello), Kirill Savransky (accordion), Michael Herring (bass) and Lorie Wolf (Poik/Drums).

Aux Angles Ronds - Espace Creatif, Montreal

With Josh Dolgin and Dan Kunda Thagard

$20 at the door, no reservations. Doors at 7:30, show 8-9

5333 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H2T 1S5, Canada

Emma's Revolution and Lisa Gutkin

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Emma’s Revolution is the dynamic, award-winning activist duo of Pat Humphries & Sandy O, whose songs have been sung for the Dalai Lama, praised by Pete Seeger, and covered by Holly Near. With beautiful harmonies and genre-defying eclecticism, Emma’s Revolution delivers the energy and strength of their convictions, in an uprising of truth and hope for these tumultuous times.

Emma’s Revolution has shared the stage with Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Rev Jesse Jackson, Amy Goodman, Indigo Girls, Joan Baez, Rev William Barber and Bill McKibben and has performed at concerts, justice events and mass demonstrations across the country, including the #FamiliesBelongTogether Day of Action in San Francisco, Women’s March Oakland and the Poor People’s Campaign National Demonstration in Washington DC.  Their songs cover issues from reproductive justice to refugees and Black Lives Matter to their sustaining power of love. “Sing People Sing” is the duo’s loving and moving tribute to Pete Seeger that captures Pete’s unique ability to empower an audience with harmony and hope. A dear friend and mentor to her, Pat was at Pete’s bedside when he passed, “singing his songs back to him in gratitude for all the times he had left home to sing to us”. The duo’s songs span styles from folk to jazz and funk to rock.

Visit their website: 
Emma’s Revolution: https://emmasrevolution.com/

Check out their music:
Sing People Sing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3QbM-1mEo
Break the Cycle of Violence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8iJBOotk8

Here’s me explaining the shifting technique that I learned from the legendary Ruth Waterman to a student. I’ve interpreted Ruth’s teaching using analogies and imagery to convey this foolproof method so that you can feel confident using the higher register of your instrument.

Please join me for a half hour cram course in this simple technique. Send an email here to sign up for free. There will be a tip jar after the class! 

Artist: It will be hosted by Elena Skye and Boo Reiners of Demolition String Band and feature Cole Quest, Lisa Gutkin, Queen Esther, Deena and Jon of The Cucumbers, Glenn Morrow, Gene D Plumber and others.

• Date: 01/30/25

• Time: 7:00pm

• Venue: 503 Social Club

• City: Hoboken , NJ

• Address: 503 3rd St.

• Country: United States

• Box office: Advance tickets — Venmo: @Elena-Skye-1

• Notes: Woody Guthrie – A Song Celebration! DSB is joined by special guest performers! BYOB, and net proceeds go toward the ACLU. Capacity is limited so get yer tix today! $15 advance, $20 at the door, tip bucket is for the ACLU Advance tickets available thru Venmo: @Elena-Skye-1

The DeLIVER CARE Van is a Lived Experience Alliance (LEA) Community Hep C Navigation Program that navigates the most at risk and vulnerable populations to get cured of one deadliest communicable diseases. Lived Experience Alliances (LEA) are organizations that work with people who have direct experience with a particular issue to inform policy and service design, so it’s a great reason to come out and celebrate!

I’m honored to share the stage with Mia D’Bruzzi, John Binkov, Kimba Anderson, and my dear friend Pauli Gray who is spearheading this event! Lisa goes Punk!

Public Works Improvisational Theatre and Storyphile Presents:

Lisa Gutkin on Stage in

“To Broadway and Back” - a captivating wander through the musical landscape of a legendary fiddler/singer/composer whose artistry has contributed to both Tony and Grammy Award wins. Featuring a set by 

L.A.’ s Stepwise - Olivia Breidenthal and Liam Lewis

at the Church in Ocean Park 235 Hill Street Santa Monica, CA 90405

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Lauren Brody spends half of her time in Bulgaria but she’ll be back in New York just in time to play at the Old Broadway Synagogue with me and Pete Rushefsky for an evening of Klezmer and Bulgarian melodies.

Lisa Gutkin plays klezmer (the music of the Ashkenazy Jews of Eastern Europe) with a nod to her grandparents and a creativity born from her days as a NYC freelance musician. Lisa Gutkin’s Concert in Klezmer is a lyrical and vivacious program featuring Lisa and Christina Crowder.

The concert will be held in person at the Old Songs building (37 S Main in Voorheesville) and live-streamed on the Old Songs YouTube Channel.

Tickets $25 live, $10 stream. Purchase tickets here

Nikolayev is a performance of music composed by members of the Charitonow family, who lived in the Russian Empire town of Nikolayev at the end of the 19th century. Avraham and his two sons, Aharon and Sholom, were renowned musicians, as well as kosher butchers in their community in what is now known as Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Their compositions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries continue to be actively sung and performed today in the Hasidic world. From soulful melodies to raucous dance tunes, this concert will be a window into a living history, with cellist Laura Malnikoff and a world-class klezmer band.

Tickets $10. Purchase here

Lisa Gutkin’s “solo” show is a whimsical wander through her musical styles, intertwining Irish, Jewish, American, and other sounds with improvisations and humorous touring stories. It features Lisa on fiddle, tenor guitar, and voice, with a star studded back up band: Christina Crowder on accordion and banjo, Pete Rushefsky on tsimbl and special guest Rachel Leader on violin. The show will be preceded by a Klezmer workshop!

I can’t believe it’s 10 years since I was on Broadway with Sting in his beautiful show The Last Ship. I am so looking forward to playing his music again. Arrangements by Rob Mathes, with a fantastic band…. it’s gonna be great. SOLD OUT

LIVE STREAM: https://54below.org/events/the-last-ship-10th-anniversary-reunion-concert/

This one hour Simchat Torah service is live and Streamed! with Cantor Rita Glassman, me, Eleonore Weill & Matt Darriau!

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LiveStream

What happens when you mix the harvest holiday of Sukkot with an old fashioned hootenanny? A Sukkot’enanny, of course! Join us in The Ark for live music, Yiddish and American-style square dancing, and a delicious buffet dinner from Liebman’s Deli. This joyful event will feature special guests Cantor (and dance caller) Sarah Myerson and the award-winning Lisa Gutkin and her Klezmericana Square Dance Band.

Don’t like to dance? No problem! You can still enjoy this unique musical evening with great food and company. JCC members and non-members are welcome, so tell your friends!

This Verve event is generously sponsored by UJA-Federation of NY.

“While the band have done a sterling job promoting interest in Klezmer and Yiddish music, you can’t overlook what they’re adored for - catchy, pulse-quickening party tunes and heart-warming melodies - just try to watch them and not a)weep or b)stop yourself dancing.” - The Jewish Chronicle

Dining 5:30-9 Music 7:30

Contribute what you will, 100% of the proceeds go to the artists.

Recognized as violinist and vocalist for the groundbreaking, Grammy winning Jewish Roots band The Klezmatics, and as fiddler for the Downtown Celtic band Whirligig, Lisa is also known for her scoring, performance, and music direction in the two time Tony Award-winning play, Indecent. She had an on-screen cameo and compositions featured in Sex and the City; has performed in Sting’s Broadway musical The Last Ship; and her song Gonna Get Through This World - with words by Woody Guthrie - was hailed by Pete Seeger, as “a piece of genius.” Lisa’s playing and stories are fun and poignant, and her voice has been praised by the LA Times as “hauntingly emotional.”

Lisa celebrates her return from the Blue Mountain Center Artist Residency with the world premiere of the songs written there, accompanied by tenor guitar and piano.

$20 Admission - Call for reservation 914-737-1701

Lisa’s friendship with visual artist Virginia Cantarella has brought Greenville some wonderful music over the years - at the Wolf Fly Festival in Virginia’s barn and firehouse with Richard Shindell, Rod MacDonald, Jack Hardy, Peter Knight of Steeleye Span, Jeff Wilkinson, Susan McKeown, Erica Kalick, and Lisa’s Pieces, and at the All Arts Matters’ concert series with Whirligig, and now in yet another space that she finds equally warm and healing - The Gristmill.

We hope you will join us for this whimsical wander through Lisa’s musical styles, as she makes her way down from her residency to her home in NYC.

Suggested donation $20 - No reservations necessary

The Klezmatics perform a free outdoor concert in Hastings New York.

Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music is back! Now in its twelfth year, Yidstock brings the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. From July 11 to 14, this four-day festival will include musicians and performers at the forefront of the Yiddish music scene. In addition to seven concerts, the lineup also includes four workshops, ten talks, and one special film screening, all in celebration of Yiddish music, language, and culture.

A bisl this, and bisl that, Lisa weaves together a myriad of styles and stories with a little help from the wonderful Christina Crowder on accordion and banjo (but not at the same time.) In a lovely historic setting. Lisa will be donating a portion of her proceeds to the preservation of the non-profit organization, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center. Please donate generously.

Frank London is a trumpeter-composer who has released over 50 albums and played with artists including Lester Bowie, Itzhak Perlman, John Zorn, Iggy Pop, Gal Costa, LaMonte Young, Celia Cruz, Esma Redzepova, LL Cool J, and They Might Be Giants. London is a founder of the Klezmatics and leader in the revival of Yiddish music.

Spirit Stronger Than Blood is a celebration on the eve of London’s bone marrow transplant to hopefully cure his rare blood cancer. It celebrates his three new recording releases, and all of his past works.

https://roulette.org/event/frank-london-celebration/

Lisa Gutkin on Stage is a whimsical wander through her musical styles, intertwining Irish, Jewish, American, and other sounds with improvisations and humorous touring stories. It features Lisa on fiddle, tenor guitar, and voice, with Christina Crowder on accordion and banjo.

The Klezmatics became world-renowned superstars when they erupted out of New York City’s East Village in 1986 to revitalize klezmer for new generations. Their music is steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while also incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights, antifundamentalism, and eclectic musical influences—from jazz and punk to Arab, African, Latin, and Balkan rhythms. Over the course of thirty years, they have released nine albums of wild, spiritual, and ecstatically danceable music, forever redefining and transcending traditional labels. In the process, they have garnered numerous accolades, including a GRAMMY Award, a New York Jewish Music Award, a Gay and Lesbian American Music Award, and the German Critics Award (twice), in addition to being featured in theater, film, and television projects.

“Forward-looking, tradition-shattering.” – Pitchfork

“The best band in America…there are no longer any boundaries of any kind. The world is changed.” – Pop Matters

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Join Lisa Gutkin, Pauli Gray, and Martha Groves Perry at the intimate, scenic Chit-Chat Café in Pacifica CA - 5 W. Manor Drive - for an afternoon of inspiring original songs to match the gorgeous ocean views.

LISA GUTKIN is a Grammy Award winning violinist, singer, actor, and composer best known as a member of the acclaimed Klezmatics, and most recently for her musical score, performance, and music direction in the two time Tony award-winner, Indecent. A cameo performance in Sex and the City, a seat in Sting’s Broadway band for The Last Ship, a CD of original songs produced by John Lissauer, and scores for Amy Guggenheim’s Blindsight, and Pearl Gluck’s Summer have taken her a long way from her beginnings as back up musician to the Fast Folk songwriters’ collective. Learn more about lisagutkin.com.

PAULI GRAY is the founding member and primary songwriter of several bands including Candy from Strangers, the Lipstick Stains (aka Stains), Shot in Dark, and Class of ’77. In addition to his popular solo singer/songwriter act, he is the longtime guitar player in White Trash Debutantes. His huge, gritty guitar sound achieves the difficult feat of forging several guitar parts into blistering rhythms and solos. Learn more about Pauli at facebook.com/fallingpauli.

MARTHA GROVES PERRY is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in San Francisco, California. Her original music has a straightforward, compelling and sometimes edgy clarity with a badass Americana flavor. Her penetrating lyrics, described by her producer, Kenny Schick, as “journaling in poetry,” reflect the fearless truth-telling and unbothered amusement of a seasoned, female point of view. Learn more about Martha at marthagrovesperry.com.

The Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St, Santa Monica, CA $20 suggested.

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Lisa Gutkin on Stage: A Heymish St. Patrick’s Day

To celebrate a heymish St Patrick's Day, Lisa Gutkin (of the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics and the Tony Award winning play Indecent) will share Irish, American, and Jewish tunes, and original songs, creating an atmosphere so warm, you will feel as if you’re sitting at the fireplace in one of her favorite pubs.

Lisa’s song Gonna Get Through This World - with words by Woody Guthrie - was hailed by Pete Seeger, as “a piece of genius.” Her playing and stories are fun and poignant, and her voice has been praised by the LA Times as “hauntingly emotional.”  

Music at The Ridge in Danbury, CT

https://musicattheridge.org/