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Internationally renowned klezmer trombonist Dan Blacksberg sits down for in-depth and informal conversations with musicians and other artists whose work has made them an integral part of the klezmer world. Listeners get to go behind the scenes of the lives and work of the individual artists, and the modern history of klezmer music. We’ll talk about memorable moments in our artistic development, bring up wild performance stories, and ruminate what it’s like to be connected to this international community that makes up the klezmer world.

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Laura Elkeslassy

2026/09/11

We ring in the Jewish new year with a very exciting conversation between Dan and singer, educator, cantor, and activist, Laura Elkeslassy. Laura was born in Paris, is based in Brooklyn, and has been making big waves across the Jewish music world for a number of years. Her new, debut album, Ya Ghorbati / يا غربتي | Divas … Continue reading Laura Elkeslassy →

Ilana Cravitz

2026/08/07

This episode continues our exploration of the UK’s klezmer scene. Today, Dan talks to one of the longtime movers and shakers on the scene, violinist, festival organizer, teacher and more, Ilana Cravitz! Ilana is a violinist specializing in klezmer as well as baroque historical performance. She has performed and taught all over Europe and throughout the world. … Continue reading Ilana Cravitz →

Avi Fox-Rosen

2026/07/03

Today on Radiant Others we finish off our unofficial and unintended “A” trilogy with Dan’s chat with guitarist, singer/songwriter, Avi Fox-Rosen! Avi has been doing resonant work in Yiddish music for twenty years, most notably as a central player on Adrienne Cooper’s album Enchanted, and as part of the “guitarmony” of Yiddish Princess. His new album, … Continue reading Avi Fox-Rosen →

Annie Gottfried Cohen

2026/05/15

Today’s episode should have been a halloween episode! This time, Dan sits down with Historian, Yiddishist, singer, and messenger of deep Jewish ritual practices, Annie Gottfried Cohen! Annie is based in the UK, teaches Yiddish through the Workers Circle, and has sung with Cantor Rachel Weston, the Isle of Klezbos, and on her own Yiddish … Continue reading Annie Gottfried Cohen →

Anna Lowenstein

2026/04/01

It’s a special Yontif edition of Radiant Others!! Hot off the release of her debut album Through the Walls, today’s episode features Dan’s conversation with UK violinist Anna Lowenstein! Anna Lowenstein is a leader klezmer fiddler and teacher in the UK and beyond. She is part of a younger cohort (than Dan at least) who … Continue reading Anna Lowenstein →

New Philly Yiddish Culture Live!

2026/03/06

For this month’s episode we turn to happenings in Dan’s home neighborhood of West Philly. Turns out, there’s a whole lot of Yiddish Culture being organized and created here, right now! Find out all about it from this live Radiant Others recording Dan held at Kol Tzedek Synagogue (where he leads the inimitable Simcha Band) … Continue reading New Philly Yiddish Culture Live! →

Lev Liberman and David Julian Gray (The Klezmorim)

2026/02/14

It’s time to head back to the earliest days of the so-called klezmer revival with today’s guests, saxophonist Lev Liberman and clarinettist David Julian Gray of The Klezmorim. Founded in Berkeley California in 1975, this band started playing the repertoire that so many of us know and love and sharing it first in the Bay Area, then soon all … Continue reading Lev Liberman and David Julian Gray (The Klezmorim) →

Devin Naar

2026/01/02

Dan here! We made it through another year and are ready to start the new one with a really amazing conversation. I am so excited to share my (first ever) conversation with professor Devin Naar. Devin E. Naar is the Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies and the chair of Sephardic Studies at the University of … Continue reading Devin Naar →

Khazones Underground with Judith Berkson and Jeremiah Lockwood

2025/11/28

Our penultimate podcast of 2025 delves into the rarified and mysterious mystical musical form, Khazones. Khazones is Yiddish term for the work of the synagogue cantor, or Khazn. It is music, prayer, speech, and more all at once. Today we talk with two incredible musicians, Judith Berkson and Jeremiah Lockwood. They have banded together to … Continue reading Khazones Underground with Judith Berkson and Jeremiah Lockwood →

Daniel Kahn – Part 2

2025/10/20

It’s time for Part 2 of our conversation with singer, songwriter, actor, translator, bandleader and more, Daniel Kahn! We continue right where we left off and dive right in with talking about the very first Painted Bird song Dan Blacksberg recorded, Parasites. Then Dan & Dan get into their whole big history together, which is nearly … Continue reading Daniel Kahn – Part 2 →

Daniel Kahn – Part 1

2025/09/12

It’s all Dans on Radiant Others this month! This month is part 1 of our conversation with one of our Yiddish World’s most wide-reaching artists, singer, songwriter, actor, and more, Daniel Kahn. Dan Kahn’s music, especially through his longtime band The Painted Bird, has reached a lot of people inside and outside the Yiddish scene. … Continue reading Daniel Kahn – Part 1 →

Magid Ensemble

2025/08/01

Today on the podcast Dan is joined by the Magid Ensemble for a conversation with his largest group of guests yet! The Magid Ensemble – klezmer musicians and composers Rachel Leader, Mattias Kaufmann, Raffi Boden, Yiddishist and storyteller Weaver, and visual artist Kiah Raymond – has taken the scene by storm with their multimedia piece Shterna and … Continue reading Magid Ensemble →

Avia Moore

2025/07/04

Many listeners of this podcast will know our guest this month, Avia Moore from being an internationally renowned Yiddish dance leader and teacher, and from being a longtime faculty and current artistic director of Klezkanada. But did you know that she is a photographer and graphic designer who has made some of your favorite Klezkanada art and … Continue reading Avia Moore →

Mikhl Yashinsky

2025/05/30

On this month’s episode of Radiant Others, Dan sits down with actor, playwright, stage director, lyricist, and Yiddishist, Mikhl Yashinsky (מיכל יאַשינסקי). Mikhl shares his fantastic passion for all things Yiddish: the language, the poetry, the music, the history and more. We talk about the many connections to Yiddish from his personal history, his journey into the … Continue reading Mikhl Yashinsky →

Brivele

2025/04/25

Today on the podcast, Seattle-based Brivele, the duo of Maia Brown and Stefanie Brendler! Brivele formed as a trio in 2017 and have recently become a duo. They are releasing their 3rd album, Khaverim Zayt Greyt, (Friends/Comrades, Get Ready) on May Day (May 1st), on Borscht Beat Records. Dan and the duo talk about the new … Continue reading Brivele →

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ןןאקס 2025/04/06

Always fascinating!

Every episode I’ve heard has been a fascinating discuss of music, community and culture.

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MoisheOyster 2018/12/17

Deep, funny, inspiring

What an amazing spotlight on some people who shaped klezmer as we know it. I've been enjoying this podcast a lot. So cool to hear all these incredible...

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jakeysworld 2018/10/21

Love this Podcast!!!

Dan is doing a phenomenal job capturing both the past and present in klezmer music and Ashkenazic Expressive Culture. Tremendous work!!

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Zoe Aqua 2018/09/09

Highly recommended for any klezmer fan

This is an amazing podcast. Any klezmer fan should listen to it! I'm learning so much, and will recommend it to my students/ colleague-- it's importan...

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Bob Blacks 2018/03/30

Ethel Raim continues a sheyne mayse

Dan Blacksberg draws out remarkable stories from remarkable people. May they continue.

★★★★★

morganfitzp 2018/03/23

Pure Magic.

What Dan is doing here is a gift to humanity. And he does it beautifully. Insightful conversations go personal and deep, plus the music is just the be...

★★★★★

Schralpski 2017/12/11

A valuable resource

There is a lot of information that floats around about Klezmer music that is of uncertain credibility. In this podcast Dan talks with experts and acco...

★★★★★

rucham 2017/11/12

deep amazing thought provoking

just discovered Dan's podcast...at first it seemed directed at insiders only but as it has helped me understand what has happened since the revitaliza...

★★★★★

Trentonzen 2017/10/22

Entertaining and fascinating

Dan Blacksberg's podcast is great both for those within the klezmer and Yiddish music community and for those who might like to know about it. A terri...

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Dazzle Camoflagista 2017/10/13

excellent pod cast

Insightfull and provocative. Revitalizing.

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