Brother Moses Smote the Water

Brother Moses Smote the Water, the Klezmatics first-ever live CD, documents the band’s critically-acclaimed 2004 open-air shows at Berlin’s Heimatklange festival and their collaboration with the extraordinary African-American Jewish gospel singer Joshua Nelson and jazz vocalist/organist Kathryn Farmer. This cross-cultural celebration of freedom songs from the Passover and black spiritual traditions also includes rocking versions of favorite Klezmatics anthems and, as an added treat, a bonus video clip from the show.

(Piranha, 2004)

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ONE SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION AFTER ANOTHER… MAKES BEING BLACK AND JEWISH SEEM AS OBVIOUS AND NATURAL AS MATZO
— The Village Voice, NY
A MOVING SUMMIT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN, JEWISH WORKERS’, SPIRITUAL AND FESTIVE SONGS.
— Berliner Morgenpost