Jake Shulman-Ment and Raffi Boden: Klezmer String Duo

8PM show, 7:30 PM doors

$20 advance, $25 at the door

BYOB: You can bring beer or wine from Sleepwalker (next-door to The Robin) to this show. Outside, non-alcoholic beverages are also allowed.

Violinist Jake Shulman-Ment and cellist Raffi Boden are two of the most highly regarded contemporary klezmer musicians on the planet on the road in Michigan for a special duo tour. Their newly released album with Abigale Reisman, Two Strings, is a brand-new powerhouse string band album that unites their stunning virtuosity, deep roots in traditional Yiddish and Eastern European musical idioms, and fearless sense of exploratory improvisation. With striking authenticity as instrumentalists and vocalists, they weave together a rich tapestry of original compositions, original settings of early 20th century radical leftist Yiddish poetry, and recently rediscovered pieces from forgotten manuscripts. Haunting and ecstatic, the sound blurs lines between old and new. Two Strings is equally at home under a Jewish wedding canopy, in a grand concert hall, or in a drunken tavern.

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