Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah

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Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah
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Studio album by
The Klezmatics
ReleasedAugust 2006
Genre Klezmer
Label JMG [1]
The Klezmatics chronology
Wonder Wheel
(2006)		Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah
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(2008)
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Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah is an album by The Klezmatics, released in 2006. [4] It contains Hanukkah-themed songs, with most of the lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1949.

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "largely lives up to its name, stacked with uptempo, celebratory, often quite clever tributes to the festive Jewish holiday." [2] The Sun Sentinel called the album "a fascinating project." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Honeyky Hanuka" (Guthrie/London)
  2. "Happy Joyous Hanuka" (Guthrie/Sklamberg)
  3. "Gilad and Ziv's Sirba" (Sklamberg)
  4. "Hanuka Bell" (Guthrie/Morrissett)
  5. "(Do the) Latke Flip-Flip" (London)
  6. "Hanukah Tree" (Guthrie/London)
  7. "The Many and the Few" (Guthrie)
  8. "Groovy's Freylekhs" (Darriau)
  9. "Hanuka Gelt" (Guthrie/Sklamberg)
  10. "Spin Dreydl Spin" (Gutkin)
  11. "Hanuka's Flame" (Guthrie/London)
  12. "Hanuka Dance" (Guthrie)

Personnel

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "CD REVIEWS". Sun-Sentinel.com. December 22, 2006.
  2. 1 2 "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah - The Klezmatics | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ "Robert Christgau: Album: The Klezmatics: Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukah". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ "THE KLEZMATICS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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