Kesher Talk

On a similar note... The Hip Hop Hoodios are responsible for "Havana Nagila," (from their EP Raza Hoodia) available as a free download from Amazon.

The ensemble is comprised entirely of bilingual musicians from Jewish/Latino backgrounds, out to redefine the nature of Jewish and Latino music by showing what happens when you get chocolate in your peanut butter. This is not your father's Jewish music, unless your father is a member of Ozomatli.

I found the chorus to "Havana Nagila" so catchy that I've been humming it all day. Now I can hardly believe the folksong wasn't written with conjunto/Tejano-style instrumentation in mind...

posted by Rachel @ 1/05/2004 04:28:00 PM