Yesterday on Sunday afternoon, my husband & I traveled to Trinity College, to see what for me was a "roots concert", the performers all the way from Jerusalem to Hartford, Ct.,-- Hadag Nachash; a *"Middle Eastern tinged, hip hop, rock reggae, funk, ensemble". We found them to be-- energetically talented, with excellent stage presence, & unique sound. Not your typical Hava Nagiela klizner band. Though all but one song was performed in Hebrew, it didn't matter, the audience definitely "got it", as Hadag Nachash is known for promoting the message of human rights, with excellent rhythm & time. A good time was seemingly had by all, & we thank the Hillel House of Trinity College for bringing this version of world music to our home state, with the message of hope & fun, along the way. A special thank you goes out to, the *Jewish Ledger of Connecticut, [independent weekly newspaper], who had so prominently promoted this event & did an excellent job of getting the word out with the great front page photo of these talented young men, & feature article of whom I quoted [*] here.
Good concert of a different drummer!
[Hadag Nachash or Hadag Nahash two different spellings in English, probably because it's a Hebrew name & the English is a meer transliteration. We American Jews are used to that one; ch or h ? We deal with it every- Chanukah or is it Hanukah ? , oye- whatever works.]
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