Post-Folk Eddie from Ohio, says the group's Web site, is "too energetic to be folk, but not angry enough to be alternative." SUZANNE CHESSLER le Special to the Jewish News 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 21, 2001 M. / OCTOBER ELD EATER 7:30 P. IN SOUTHFI UNDAY S AT THE NEW MILLENNIUM TH BtliCe ROSert lying Laker r Joseph F. Savit . ‘ Chat President - Mee BOW Co tom ttulc N 'o r's anc e & CS °a -I C Iy ha "asTribute Committe Co-Chair, ncrwil( & Sally Nosa e ry Har Tribute Commttle Meton J. Segal Co-Chao, rouvs I-karry & Sally Nosattee iftbute Comrnt 60 88 n RESERVA TI 0 N PPONE 2481'538 F O R FAX 248'538'6°9'. ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA 7001 Orchard Lake Road • Suite 310 • West Bloomfield, MI 43322 Phone 248-538-6088 Fax 248-538-6090 show about this, but we certainly did- 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. DON COHEN 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 "