Dear Westsider readers
If you’re running pub trivia nights, here are some questions you might want to consider adding to your list:
1. What is Klezmer?
2. What are the origins of Klezmer?
3. What does Ostralishe Kapelye mean?
Your cheat sheet will have these answers:
1. Klezmer is a genre of Yiddish folk music.
2. Klezmer’s origins are tied to the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jews going back several centuries.
3. Ostralishe Kapelye is the Yiddish translation for Australian Klezmer Band.
Three questions guaranteed to stump most punters, unless they’re keen Westsider readers. These folks will recall the story we ran on Ostralishe Kapelye in last June’s edition, the very unique, very quirky, very danceable musical ensemble based in St Albans. And it’s Ostralishe Kapelye’s Klezmer songs that we’re featuring in September’s Westside Spotlight (7th and 19th at 10am and 7pm). The band has recorded five songs exclusively for Westsider Radio and it’s with great pleasure that we’ll be playing and chatting about them with band leader Rohan Iyer.
Staying on the topic of music, Westsider Radio hosts a bunch of music shows across the month that are rich and diverse in their offerings. Two of these shows are curated and presented by young people: local primary schooler Rui (High Voltage, 5th at 4pm) and teenagers Owen and Wolfgang (Owen and Wofgang – The Reydio Shw, 19th at 8pm). Whether it’s classic rock with a sprinkling of slap-your-thigh jokes (the former) or alternative rock tending to the obscure and astonishing (the latter) both shows are well worth your time.
Of course, as always, if you miss any of our shows’ broadcast times you can go to the Westsider Radio website and listen back at your convenience.
Happy listening.
