The Klezmatics

"Wonder Wheel" is the 2006 Grammy Winner for Best Contemporary World Music Album!



"The Klezmatics are wonderful . "Gonna get Through This World" is a piece of genius." Pete Seeger



"My dad would love this!" Nora Guthrie



"“Gonna Get Through This World.” [.] the very definition of world music." - Washington City Paper



"The Klezmatics prove themselves to be sensitive interpreters of any artistic language they chooseä a welcome diversion." - Billboard



"A" Robert Christgau, The Village Voice/NPR



"A complete joy! Guthrie's lyrics are transformed from dust-gathers to living, breathing, vital pieces of music!" - All Music Guide



"Skips merrily out of the speakers and becomes the life of the party." - The Chicago Sun Times



"The music is as lively as the words." - The Star Ledger, New Jersey



The Klezmatics are groundbreaking klezmer superstars who erupted from New York’s East Village in 1986 and revitalized klezmer for the new century. Their klezmer is steeped in East European Jewish tradition and spiritualism while incorporating themes such as human rights and anti-fundamentalism with eclectic influences: jazz, punk, gospel and Arabic, African, American and Balkan music. They’ve released eight albums of wild, reflective and ecstatically danceable music, redefining and transcending traditional labels.

Their most recent albums "Wonder Wheel" and "Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah" (JMG) are a vibrant collaboration of the Klezmatics’ original music composed and recorded to newly discovered lyrics of American folk icon Woody Guthrie.