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Effi Netzer - Festival of Jewish Song [Tradition]

Effi Netzer

Festival of Jewish Song [Tradition]


A Festival of Jewish Song is a remastering of a collection of celebratory songs recorded on the old Olympic label in the 1960s by Effi Netzer and his singers. Given that they're all celebration songs for various occasions, the mood of the album is heavily different from the usually more tragic tone of Jewish song. A stray organ provides the bulk of the instrumental accompaniment, lending a tone to the album reminiscent of '60s rock almost single-handedly. The music is exuberant and bouncing throughout the album, sometimes to good effect, and sometimes almost parodying itself. The bulk of the lyrical content deals with religious devotion, and the happiness that comes from it. A few deal inste...

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