Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah

In a review for AllMusic, Jeff Tamarkin awarded the album 4 stars, writing "a companion piece to 2006's sublime Wonder Wheel, Happy Joyous Hanukkah, like that album, dips into Woody Guthrie's catalog of recently discovered, previously unrecorded Jewish lyrics, to which the Klezmatics have written new music... The Klezmatics are the ideal band to bring Guthrie's dormant words to life: vocalist Lorin Sklamberg's crystalline pipes lend a natural merriment to the band's arrangements, and trumpeter Frank London, who crafted the music for most of the songs that Sklamberg didn't, injects an experimentalism into the proceedings without losing sight of tradition." The Sun Sentinel called the album "a fascinating project." == Track listing ==

• Matt Darriau - reeds, Jew's harp • Lisa Gutkin - violin, harmony vocals • David Licht - drums • Frank London - trumpet, harmonium, alto horn, harmony vocals • Paul Morrissett - bass, tsimbl, baritone horn, bass vocals • Lorin Sklamberg - lead vocals, accordion, piano • Susan McKeown - vocals: "The Many and the Few," harmony vocals, "Happy Joyous Hanuka," and "Hanuka's Flame" • Boo Reiners - guitars, banjo, mandolin • Greg Anderson - guitar, "Hanuka Dance"; zoura, "Hanuka Gelt"; production and mixing • Danny Blume - vocals and electric guitar, "(Do the) Latke Flip-Flip" • Erik Anjou, Annette Ezekiel, Tine Kinderman, Klara Zikova - chorus, "Hanuka's Flame" ==See also==