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Eddie from Ohio, says the group's Web site,
is "too energetic to be folk, but not angry enough to
be alternative."
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ddie from Ohio, a folk
quartet actually based in
Virginia, likes to perform
"America the Beautiful" at
outdoor venues but lately has brought
the song inside. It's the group's way of
paying tribute to the American heroes
coping with the terrorist tragedy of
Sept. 11, and a song that may be in
the program when the quartet appears
Sept. 29 at The Ark in Ann Arbor.
"We're liberal folkies but also a
patriotic bunch," says guitarist-vocal-
ist Robbie Schaefer, 35, the only
Jewish member of the troupe. "We all
know people who were lost, and we
think that music can be a great healer.
We didn't want to make the whole
ALBERTO MIZRAHI
Starring in the musical part of
the program, Greece-born tenor
Alberto Mizrahi, who apart from
serving as Hazzan (Cantor) at
Chicago's historic Anshe Emet
Synagogue, has earned high
acclaim in worldwide concerts
with outstanding symphony
orchestras and in opera. Mizrahi
is equally at home in contem-
porary music, such as popular
recordings of "Songs for
Jerusalem," `The Voice of a
People" and "Songs of the
Yiddish Theatre."
FREDDIE ROMAN
Adding humor and comedy to the Balfour
concert program will be the celebrated. star and
producer of the highly acclaimed "Catskills on
Broadway," a hilarious and nostalgic salute to the
New York resort area where many of America's
foremost entertainers had their start. Roman has
headlined at many of the major resorts across
the country, including Caesar's Palace in Las
Vegas and Harrah's in Atlantic City
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n't want to ignore it.
"In our first shows after the tragedy,
we did a few songs that we thought
appropriate, and the audience really
responded. For 'America the
Beautiful,' the audience stood up and
sang along with us. It was a good
moment."
Eddie from Ohio, which takes its
name from a college nickname used
for percussionist-vocalist Eddie
Hartness, launched a fall tour to pro-
mote its seventh album, Quick. The
recording is made up of original songs
written and worked through by band
members, who also include Julie
Murphy Wells on vocals and Michael
Clem on guitar, bass, harp and vocals.
Friends before becoming a band in
1991, the men knew each other since
Junk Yard Sounds
Ming and FS mix divergent musical styles
at St. Andrew's Hall.
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Special to the Jewish News
A
aron Albana is involved in
a traditionally American
Jewish endeavor. He's in
the scrap business.
Together with his partner, Fred
Sargolini, he takes pride in their junk-
yard. But the "Junk Yard" they've pro-
duced is electronic — and you can
dance to it.
Albana (Ming), 29, and Sargolini
(FS) appropriated the term "Junk
Yard" for the amalgam of hip-hop,
electro, two-step garage, drum 'n'
bass, jungle and soulful house
they'll be bringing to Detroit's
St. Andrew Hall on Friday, Oct. 5.
Ming and FS's Detroit date now
opens the tour promoting their new
album, The Human Condition; the first
eight stops were moved to the end of
the tour because of the terrorist attack
Sept. 11 in New York City
"We are a crazy race of beings," Ming
explains, talking about the album's title
— not world events. "We try to make
our lives so routine. We put ourselves in
boxes."
He sees himself as helping people
break out by opening their minds to
different sounds. Rather than promot-
ing any particular perspective, he puts it
out there, hoping to inspire something
personal for the listener.
Likewise, FS bemoans the artificial
barriers built between different styles of
music. "All musical genres are connect-
ed," he maintains.
While "hip hop remains the back-
bone of everything I do without excep-
tion, and that will never change, my
other influences allow me to make our
production more intricate because I
know traditional music structures from
my training in jazz. I can decide which
rules to follow, which to break, and
when.
To make their point, the duo will be
on stage with four turntables, spinning
together and augmenting themselves
with instruments like electric bass and a
beatbox, with the occasional guitar and
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