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Since well before the turn of the century, Yid Vicious has been enthralling, entertaining, and agitating folks throughout the midwest with Klezmer music running the gamut from the raucous to the delicate.
Yid Vicious honors the rich traditions of Yiddish dance music while celebrating the long-standing tradition of klezmorim incorporating new musical ideas into an organic and ever-evolving art form. Between its seven members, the band's musical influences include celtic, classical, country, country-rock, dixieland, jazz, latin-jazz, hillbilly, dancehall, avant-garde, swing, rock, church rock, brain rock, reggae and ska.
*Yid Vicious served as Wisconsin’s Sister State Musical Ambassador to Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
MADISON AREA MUSIC AWARDS:
Best World Music Artist 2004 & 2005
Best World Music Album 2006
DISCOGRAPHY:
Dollars to Doinas - Giant Clam Records, 2008
The Seventh Schlemiel - Giant Clam Records, 2005
Forverts! - Knitting Factory Records, 2001
Klez, Kez, Goy Mit Fez - Uvulittle Records, 1998
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Yid Vicious Brings a Cornucopia of Klezmer Delights to 2009!
Yid Vicious - Featured Performers at 2009 KlezFiesta! International Klezmer Festival in Argentina!!!
Yid Vicious will be featured performers at the Second Annual KlezFiesta International Klezmer Festival, with performances in Buenos Aires from November 7-15, 2009, and both Cordoba, and Mendoza, Argentina from November 16-22, 2009. More details soon!
Yid Vicious receives USArtists International grant to appear at Argentina’s KlezFiesta
Madison-based Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble will spend three weeks in Argentina in November 2009 as featured performers at KlezFiesta, an international Klezmer festival spanning three cities in Argentina and including Klezmer ensembles from ten countries.
Yid Vicious is the first performing arts group from Wisconsin to receive funding from USArtists International, a program of the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts that supports travel for US performing artists to appear at international arts festivals. Other recipients in the current grant cycle include the Kronos Quartet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bang on a Can, and the Mark Morris Dance Group.
Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble has been engaging and delighting audiences throughout the Midwest United States since 1995. KlezFiesta marks Yid Vicious’ second international appearance, having toured Chiba Prefecture, Japan as part of the 2006 Wisconsin-Chiba Sister State Goodwill Delegation. Yid Vicious collaborates frequently with internationally-renowned klezmer dance instructor Steve Weintraub, and was a featured performer at the “KlezKamp Roadshow” directed by Yiddish scholar Henry Sapoznik at the University of Wisconsin in April 2009. Yid Vicious has presented concerts, workshops, and clinics at performing arts centers, cultural festivals, universities, and K-12 schools in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan, and has performed to statewide audiences on Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television.
Yid Vicious members include Daithi Wolfe, fiddle; Greg Smith, clarinets; Melissa Reiser, saxophones; Kia Karlen, horn and accordion; Matt Appleby, guitar; David Spies, tuba; and Geoffrey Brady, percussion. Vocalist Anna Purnell, a frequent guest artist with Yid Vicious, joins the group for its KlezFiesta tour.
Local fans can catch Yid Vicious in one more public appearance before they head south: Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 4:30 pm at the Harmony Bar, 2201 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI, to benefit the Madison Area Peace Coalition.
Yid Vicious - Finalists in 2009 Madison Area Music Awards!!!
Yid Vicious was a finalist in several categories in this year's Madison Area Music Awards:
1) Instrumentalist of the Year
Brass - Kia Karlen (Yid Vicious)
*Kia Karlen: Winner - 2009 Madison Area Music Awards Brass Instrumentalist of the Year!!*
2) World Song of the Year
Yid Vicious ("The Breathless Terk")
Listen to The Breathless Terk at our ReverbNation page:
ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.co
3) World Album of the Year
Yid Vicious ("Dollars to Doinas")
Upcoming Events:
November 7-22, 2009
KlezFiesta!
Yid Vicious performs at the Second Annual KlezFiesta International Klezmer Festival, with performances in Buenos Aires, Cordoba, and Mendoza, Argentina
November 7-15, 2009 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 16-22, 2009 - Cordoba, Mendoza, Argentina
www.klezfiesta.com.ar
Shows in Theaters, Cultural and Community Centers, universities, museums, embassies, churches, synagogues, open air concerts to be given downtown at midday, and a large Concert in “Planetario” in Palermo Park.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Overture Center's Kids in the Rotunda
Three 45 minute Shows: 9:30 AM, 11 AM, 1 PM
(1 PM performance is sign language interpreted.)
Rotunda Stage at the Overture Center
201 State Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Email: kidsintherotunda@overturecenter.com
Free Admission
http://www.overturecenter.com/production/yid-vicious
Dollars to Doinas, Giant Clam Records, 2008
Listen/order online at CD Baby (http://cdbaby.com/cd/yvicious)
Available in Madison, WI at Shakti Books, B-Side Records, Strictly Disks, and Mad City Music Exchange.
Songs available for download at Digstation (http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumID=ALB000024795)
Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble
Email: yidviciousklezmer@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.yidvicious.com
ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/yidvicious
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81384935211
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/yid
Booking Contacts: Melissa Reiser, Kia Karlen
608-249-4356
3506 Marcy Rd.
Madison, WI 53704
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