This soulful, fun-loving powerhouse klezmer sextet approaches tradition with irreverence and respect. Since their 1998 debut, Isle of Klezbos has toured North America and Europe, from Seattle's Bumbershoot to Brooklyn's BAM cafe to Vienna's KlezMORE: concert stages, nightclubs, synagogues, festivals, colleges, and even studio sessions for The L Word. Their OutMusic Award winning recordings have topped world music charts at home and abroad, and their exuberance led the Village Voice to proclaim: "These women will make you shake your tushies!"

Isle of Klezbos first emerged as an organic offshoot of New York's Metropolitan Klezmer. The frolicsome six-piece women's band soon became an acclaimed, dancing-in-the-aisles hit at a wide variety of venues from coast to coast, and made their European debut as the finale feature for Vienna's first KlezMORE festival. A versatile, neo-traditional ensemble, the group plays imaginative versions of eclectic Eastern European-rooted Jewish folk music, Yiddish swing and tango, plus an ever-expanding repertoire of vibrant originals.

The sextet brings together a rare combination of talent inspired by extensive experiences in an appealing array of styles, from klezmer to Cajun, funk, reggae, classical, punk, and Latin jazz. In 2003, the band released their long-awaited debut full-length CD, "Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos," including both studio tracks and live cuts from Joe's Pub and The Knitting Factory. Enthused reviews, awards, and international airplay have abounded. In TV and cable land, Isle of Klezbos has been seen and heard on CNN "WorldBeat," Showtime's "The L Word," and PBS' "In The Life." Live radio broadcasts have included Northeast Public Radio, Europe's eMap fm, and NYC-area iconoclastic station WFMU, and lovely Klezbian photo spreads have graced arts sections from Jewish Week to The Advocate.

In the last several years, exciting collaborations have emerged when Isle of Klezbos shares the stage with like-minded creative performers. Recent pairings have included a joint encore with the women's Western band Cowboy Envy at St Louis' Edison Theatre; backing comedian Marga Gomez on a musical tribute to Groundhog Day; jamming with electric violin sensation capital B at NYC's Knitting Factory; and the "Klezmer on Ice" holiday show with Stonewall Chorale at a packed Merkin Hall in Manhattan. Klezbos has also shared a double bill at the Jewsapalooza festival with Pharaoh's Daughter, as well as performing three times on Night Stage at Michigan Womyn's Music Festival by popular demand.

Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos (2003, Rhythm Media Records) Outmusic Award nomination; Profiled in The Advocate magazine

Mosaic Persuasion (2001, Rhythm Media Records) Isle of Klezbos guest artists with Metropolitan Klezmer: Outmusic Award/2002; Top Ten List Year-End, Five Star [Highest] Rating, Jewish Week

All IoK discs are distributed worldwide by Stern's Music Ltd. (NYC & London)

*denotes repeat engagements

CONCERTS
BAM Cafe, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn NY
Barbes, Brooklyn NY 
Brooklyn Museum of Art, First Saturday series, Brooklyn NY
Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs NY
The Edison Theatre, Washington University, St Louis MO
Great Dames Productions, Kingston NY
Harvard University, Memorial Hall, Cambridge MA
Ithaca College (Eve Sicular lecture)
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, NYC
Merkin Hall, NYC/ holiday concert with the Stonewall Chorale
New York University, Bronfman Center Hillel, Queer Jews conference, NYC
Puffin Foundation, Teaneck NJ
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chapel + Cultural Center, Troy NY
Rock Hall, Lawrence NY
Sanctuary Concerts, Berkeley Heights NJ
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville NY*
1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem MA
Sharon Springs concert series, Chalybeate Park, Sharon Springs NY
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY (lecture & concert)
SUNY Purchase College, Purchase NY
Third Street Music School Settlement, Abe Lebewohl Park series, NYC*
Town Hall Pavillion, Hempstead NY Women’s History Month concert
Vancouver BC:  Norman Rothstein JCC Theatre - Sounds & Furies Productions
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY
 
FESTIVALS
Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle WA
Dixon Place HOT! Festival, NYC
The Energy Center, “Yoga of Sound” series, Brooklyn NY
KlezMORE Festival/ Vienna, Austria:  Finale concert headliner, Freizone Wien
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: Night Stage, Hart MI*
Jewsapalooza Festival, NYC
Jewish Music & Heritage Festival, NYC
New Jersey Jewish Music and Heritage Festival, B’nai Keshet & JCC MetroWest, Montclair NJ
NYC Heritage of Pride Rally, Bryant Park, NYC
Spiegeltent Cabaret, Bard College (tentative), Annandale-on-Hudson NY

JEWISH CULTURAL EVENTS
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Women’s History Month event, The Brotherhood Synagogue, NYC
JCC of Manhattan, Pride Week Celebration
National Yiddish Book Center: Hampshire College, Amherst MA*
The Village Temple, Pride Shabbat service and concert, NYC
Temple Beth-El of Northern Valley, Closter NJ*
Temple Sinai of Bergen County, Tenafly NJ: Song of the Sea concert & Yiddish-Latin show
Tonic, Klezmer Brunch series (curated by David Krakauer), NYC* Washington DC, The Arts Club

TELEVISION & LIVE RADIO APPEARANCES
CNN Worldbeat: "Crazy for Klezmer," broadcast worldwide/ 2000
The L Word, Showtime series: soundtrack Episodes 11 & 12, second season; & theme CD (Tommyboy Records)
Northeast Public Radio, WAMC: Performance Place, Albany/tri-cities, Hudson & Mohawk Valleys, Berkshires
PBS In The Life: national broadcast
This Way Out, syndicated radio, Out Music Awards AudioFile show, US-Canada
WFMU TransPacific Sound Paradise World Music show, live concert (NY - NJ)