We are excited to share our new single with all of you! As you could read in our previous newsletter we decided to make a new version of your favorite song: Shabash. The song is based on a Moldavian Traditional called “Sufletelul Meu”. This strong tune is long played and covered by musicians from Romania and Moldova. Alec Kopyt decided to make his own version.
Click here to listen to the song
We are back on stage with our Klezmer into the Future theatertour. We would love to see you at one of the 11 shows through The Netherlands. Click here to go to our tourpage for all dates and tickets.
We hope to see you soon!
Club Amsterdam Klezmer Online – September 2020
After a successful launch we now proudly present: the second edition of Club Amsterdam Klezmer Online! As you may know, being able to organise our Club Amsterdam Klezmer Nights means a lot to us. That is why we decided to make it into an online event so everyone can safely party with us. The format is similar to the live version. There will be an AKB live-performance with different musical themes, musical guests, interviews and visual art by Martin Draax.
The second CAK Online will be on 24-09-2020 with special guest Mehmet Polat playing solo on his UD. Mehmet Polat is a master ud player, composer, ensemble leader and soloist who tours internationally. From Africa to India, Persia to the Balkans, Contemporary to Jazz, he has been combining various musical genres with his Alevi Spiritual, Anatolian Folk and Ottoman classical music background. Through his improvisations, compositions and his own take on a variety of musical styles, Mehmet is constantly searching for new musical paths and inspiration. After many years of research, he invented his own technique to advance beyond the limitations of his traditional instrument.We hope you will tune in on September 24th. Let’s stay in contact and…stay healthy !
We have been organising CAK for 4 years now. Unfortunately the whole corona disaster isn’t over yet. Limited as we are these days to play shows for a real, non seated, dancing and sweating audience we now proudly present: Club Amsterdam Klezmer Online!
The format will be similair to the live version: There will be a AKB live performance, musical guests, interviews, visual art and more. Broadcast will be live-streamed via Facebook on 13.08. Special guest UD player Mehmet Polat will be joining us and there will be an interview with Söndörgö (HU). We hope you will tune in!
For more info check out our Facebook event
Let’s stay in contact and stay safe!
After not being able to play live for a few months, the AKB will be back on stage soon! On July 17th we will play not one, but two shows at De Gelderlandfabriek, Culemborg (NL). The day after they will perform at Q-factor. We really hope to see you there. For more information and ticket click the link below.
Gelderlandfabriek: Show 1 – 20:00
Gelderlandfabriek: Show 2 – 21:30
Q-Factory
Together with Studio 150 – Bethlemkerk we did a ‘Back live in concert’ live-stream. It felt great to finally be back on stage. Did you miss it? Don’t worry. You can watch the whole concert here
AKB wanted to compile the perfect playlist for this period of walls-closing-in-on-you, and asked their fans for their favorite Balkan and Klezmer tracks. This is the result, play it loud, do enjoy and take care! Listen to the playlist here
We were on national tv again! We performed live at Café Lazarus and are happy to share this with you. Check out the episode here
A raw edge, exciting layers and genuine joy in music making: On the new album Fortuna producer Stefan Schmid opens up the seasoned Amsterdam Klezmer band.
The collaboration with Stefan Schmid has been a new and refreshing experience for the band and through this, Fortuna has become a unique AKB Album with it’s added subtle, disorderly elements as well as rhythmical production components. So is it still Klezmer we’re dealing with? Damn right it is… Listen to the album here!
On Sunday, February 23 we were guests at the Dutch TV show Podium Witteman. Gijs got to talk about the history of Klezmer and we got to perform our song 101 Klezmer of our new album Fortuna! You can see our performance here.
