Air Canada passengers stuck aboard a delayed flight on Wednesday were treated to an impromptu onboard klezmer concert. The mini-concert by Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Toronto’s self-billed “only ...

In 2012, passengers on a delayed Air Canada flight from Toronto to Frankfurt were treated to an impromptu concert from a self-described "Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Party-Punk-Super Band." Lemon Bucket ...

Di Nigunim is a 13-member band, making it difficult to perform on small stages and a challenge to coordinate rehearsals and gigs. The band’s instruments include the cimbalom, accordion, piano, violin, ...

With roots in the doomed world of Eastern European Jewry, contemporary klezmer music can carry a whiff of sad nostalgia. In the right hands, however, there’s nothing morose about Yiddish party music.

Imagine a klezmer band where the vocalists rap in English, chant in Arabic, and sing in Spanish and Serbian. That band is Balkan Beat Box, a group led by two Israelis — Ori Kaplan (saxophone) and ...