Shalom Feivel and Rocky Mountain Jewgrass blends traditional bluegrass style playing with contemporary and classic Jewish themes and music.

14 MP3 Songs in this album (41:54) !
Related styles: COUNTRY: Bluegrass, SPIRITUAL: Jewish Folk



Details:
Shalom Feivel and Rocky Mountain Jewgrass, launched in 2007, has quickly become a Colorado favorite, entertaining Jewish and non-Jewish audiences alike. The band provides an energetic and entertaining show, blending traditional bluegrass style playing with contemporary and classic Jewish themes and music. Great stage presence and a heavy dose of humor combine with beautiful harmonies and skilled musicianship to create a new form of Jewish music entertainment that delights audiences of all ages.

With a little âpicklinâ and grinningâ, and a âhigh lonesome kvetch,â Rocky Mountain Jewgrass is foot stompinâ fun. (But be careful you shouldnât hurt yourself.)

Put a Huss & Dalton guitar in his hands and a microphone near his mouth and then watch public relations maven-by-day SAUL ROSENTHAL turn into Shalom Feivel, the bandâs frumless leader.

GAIL DEVORE is NOT a violinist and sheâs not shy about telling you the origin of the fiddle she plays each year at the Walnut Valley Festival. She grew up too close to Oklahoma and has the accent to prove it.

SANDY REAY took up playing bass because she wanted to hang around with a tall blonde. She agreed to join Rocky Mountain Jewgrass on the one condition that we let her tell jokes. She brings comic relief (and "Blondie") to rehearsals and gigs.

BEN COHEN plays every instrument heâs ever made â from upright basses to lutes to steel drums (which he insists we not call kettle drums). One of these days if we buy him a truck heâll find a way to incorporate all of his instruments into our repertoire. Most of the time he plays banjo and mandolin.


What folks are saying about Shalom Feivel and Rocky Mountain Jewgrass:

âSwallow Hill was blessed with an exceptional concert by Shalom Feivel and Rocky Mountain Jewgrass during our annual Folk Festival in 2007. If the name seems a bit confusing, it also brings a great deal of pleasure and surprise by the excellent musicians and their hilariously entertaining stage presentation coupled with creative lyrics juxtaposing the unlikely blend of bluegrass and Jewish folk music."

Jim Williams,
Concerts & Festivals Director
Swallow Hill Music Association
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âShalom Feivel and Rocky Mountain Jewgrass joined us at Congregation Emanuel on a beautiful Shabbat evening this summer. They combined great tunes, great humor and great pickinâ to create an unforgettable night. We would host them again in a heartbeat!â

Susie Sigman
Program Director
Congregation Emanuel

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ââ¦local musician Saul Rosenthal â aka âShalom Feivelâ â and his quick-pickin Rocky Mountain Jewgrass bandâ¦hit the stage, proffering their signature sound, the âhigh lonesome kvetch,â to the tune of skilled string-band runs, pristine harmonies and a generous side of humor. You donât have to be Jewish to get down with that.â

Westword
January 2008
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âIt was wonderful. You are so much funâ¦everyone had a ball.â
Lannie Garret
Denverâs First Lady of Song
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âA new genre is born â mazal tov! Rocky Mountain Jewgrass had us, Jews and non-Jew alike, singinâ, clappinâ, dancinâ and laughinâ â a grand ole time. With five sets of strings to match their voices, they wove new connections between us in a way that only the miracle of music can manage.â
Reb Jamie Arnold
Congregation Beth Evergreen