The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Klezmer Tunes and (Mostly) Yiddish Songs.
Pictured: Klezmer musicians in Ukraine, circa 1925.
Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
|
| Stirring the Pot Schmaltz & Pepper - Schmaltz & Pepper - Schmaltz & Pepper
|
| Yiddish Meydl Socalled with The Kaiser Quartett - Di Frosh and other Yiddish Songs - Membran
|
| Sirba Amen Sela Shtreiml - Har Meron - I.J. Rosenblatt
|
| Mayn Rue Platz Abby Rosenblatt - What’s New Bobenyu - Abigail Rosenblatt
|
| A Slow Hora for Those Who Wait for Freedom Jeff Warschauer - The Singing Waltz: Klezmer Guitar & Mandolin - Omega |
| Di Mezinke Oysgegebn Honey Novick - Rising Towards the Seraphim - Honey Novick
|
| Roumanian Fantasy Beyond the Pale - Routes - Borealis
|
| Sheyne Punim Shelley Posen - Manna - Well Done Music
|
| Golem Nights Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band - Sweet Return - Flying Bulgar Recordings
|
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
|
| Yeder Eyner Veys (Everybody Knows) Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment - The Building and Other Songs - Oriente Musik
|
| Ich Ken Nit Zogn Vitsn (I Can’t Tell Jokes) – featuring Janis Siegel The Klezmatics - We Were Made for These Times - Shamus 
|
| Dance of the Five Olives Roger Davidson & The Frank London Klezmer Orchestra - Villages of Old - Soundbrush |
| Dire-Gelt (The Rent) Anne Kalmering & Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic - Tshiribim - Kakafon
|
| The Band Brave Old World - Blood Oranges - Red House |
| Tsatske Kazatske The Klezmer Conservatory Band - A Touch of Klez! - Vanguard |
| Karlovke Alice Zawadzki - Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II - Six Degrees
|
| Silent Tears Aviva Chernick & Payadora Tango Ensemble - Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango - Six Degrees
|
| Zaydn's Tants Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mountain Boys - 2nd Avenue Square Dance - Traditional Crossroads |
| Berish Katz Breakdown Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma - Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad - Rubinchik |
| Yossel der Klezmer Theodore Bikel - Theodore Bikel Sings Yiddish Theatre & Folk Songs - Elektra |
| Af Shabes in Vilna The Klezmorim - First Recordings 1976-78 - Arhoolie |
| A Glezele Yash Nikitov - Vanderlust - Chamsa |
| Metropolitan Raisins Metropolitan Klezmer - Yiddish for Travelers - Rhythm Media |
| A idisher kvartet Sasha Lurje & Lorin Sklamberg - Jac Weinstein’s Helsinki Yiddish Cabaret - Global Music Centre |
| Tipsy Michael Winograd - Michael Winograd Plays Tanz! Live in New York City - Borscht Beat |
| Abi Gezunt: Molly’s Cautionary Tale Isle of Klezbos - Yiddish Silver Screen - Rhythm Media |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
|
Subscribe to Stranger Songs
Alright ! A Klezmer Festival !
12:08 PM, May 12th, 2026