A (post) Hanukkah Celebration: Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg, “Jews, Bluegrass, and Other ‘American’ Musics”

Wednesday, December 8 at 7:00 PM

Live in the EMU Student Center Auditorium

and on Zoom at: tinyurl.com/nefeshmountain

According to Rolling Stone, Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg’s bluegrass ensemble, Nefesh Mountain offers “a master class in string music . . . preach[ing] peace, understanding, and acceptance with musical muscle.” Among the first to capture Jewish American culture in the world of American roots music, Zasloff and Lindberg brilliantly blend Appalachian bluegrass, Celtic folk, and Eastern European traditions. But what is at stake in such a synthesis? Is Nefesh Mountain the dawn of a new American sound? Come join the EMU Center for Jewish Studies for a joyous evening of talk and music!

Admission is free and open to all for both the live presentation/performance and the Zoom (but you MUST register to attend the Zoom!).

This presentation/performance is co-sponsored by Hillel at Eastern Michigan University, the EMU School of Music and Dance, the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. The Center would also like to offer a very special thank you to sponsors Harlene and Henry Appelman.