Litvakus

Litvakus is a New York-based klezmer collective spotlighting the Belarusian-Lithuanian Jewish set of repertoires and styles rediscovered and introduced by its artistic director Zisl Slepovitch. From the very outset, Litvakus has been breaking expectations and stereotypes, without much of cross-genre deviations. Litvakus’ approach can be defined as research based modern-shaped performance, or historically informed performance (HIP). The band is characterized by critics as “one of the more unusual bands on the New York klezmer scene” (The Jewish Week); “Forefront of contemporary Jewish music.” (Jewcy/ Tablet), "Acoustic Gogol Bordello" (New York Music Daily). More at http://litvakus.com