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The Flying
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language and the art associated with it were marginalized by many Jews, for whom
Yiddish represented the ghettos of Eastern Europe and the holocaust. In the fifties and sixties it was chic to sing songs in Hebrew, the language of the new Jewish state. In 1975, a group of young San Francisco
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In 1990, the band released its first (self-named) album. and performed at the Folk on the Rocks
Festival in Yellowknife (it would return the following year). The album was nominated for Best World Beat Recording at the
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in Munich. They also participated annually in the
Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto, a festival of Jewish culture which was founded by David Buchbinder and is one of the world's most prestigious festivals of its kind.
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Atlantic Jazz Festival. In March 2001, the Flying Bulgars were part of Toronto's Feast of the East festival; their performance was aired on
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In 2004, the band started off with an appearance as a headliner at the
Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver. It played at Ottawa's Tulip Festival, the Nova Scotia Multicultural Festival,
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America. In 1988 they played its first concert at Toronto's famed Clinton's Tavern. That was followed by a 1989 show as part of the
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Travers-Smith and featuring new compositions by every band member, was released in June 2003 as
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band to have created a music video which received airplay on
1073:"CD Review: Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Tsirkus, June 2000"
835:"The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band with Adrienne Cooper – Fire"
1515:"The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band: 30th Anniversary Concert"
1414:"The Flying Bulgars give klezmer a modern twist, Aug 2008"
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and, back in British Columbia, the Mission Folk Festival.
917:"Live Review: The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, April 1997"
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In 1996, The Flying Bulgars released their third album
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861:"Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Fire, Feb 1997"
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