1-31-10
Truth, Praise and Help:
Musings of a Gen X Yiddishe Mamme
Kol Isha- Jewish Chicks Rock
Renee Ghert-Zand
It is true that they stand on the shoulders of such giants as the seminal Jewish folk singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman, but it can’t be ignored that performers like Chana Rothman, Naomi Less and Sarah Aroeste are doing something new, different and huge in its own right.
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12-11-09
Phillyburbs.com
Their Artistic Flame Burns Brightly
Naila Francis
Three Jewish singer-songwriters of eclectic musical leanings take the stage at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia for "Lights Ignite Change."The concert is as much a celebration of the heritage of Naomi Less, Sarah Aroeste and Chana Rothman as it is their values and artistic goals.
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5-10-09
WBAI 99.5 FM, NYC
Beyond the Pale Radio Program
Sarah Aroeste & Roberto Rodriguez spoke live about their Cuba Jewish Music Library (CJML) initiative and their original Cuban-Ladino song project. Click HERE to listen.
2-25-09
The Forward
Notes to Cuba: A Musical Project
Margaret
Teich
When Ladino-rock musician Sarah Aroeste visited Santa Clara, Cuba, on a recent humanitarian trip...she was surprised to find that while the 25-member strong Jewish community had a huge Holocaust memorial to commemorate those who died, it had only one CD of Jewish music to celebrate the living.
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here for full article
12-31-08
Sarah Aroeste performs an original Ladino song written with her collaborator, Roberto Rodriguez, as a finalist in the prestigious "Festiladino" competition in Israel. Seen here performing New Year's Eve with the Jerusalem Symphony. WATCH THE VIDEO NOW. Click here for more information on her song project with Roberto Rodriguez.
11-12-08
New York Daily News
Keeping Ladino Music Alive
Elissa Strauss
"Aroeste has dedicated herself to keeping Ladino music alive and building bridges with non-Jewish Latino musicians... [She wants] to bring Sephardic music outside of the Jewish world..and to a bigger audience."
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here to read full article
October, 2008: Sarah Aroeste is interviewed by the group, Leadership
Elements, alongside the likes of Martin Indyk, Alan Dershowitz, Bernard Henri Levy, Joschka Fischer, Gary Lucas and more!
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HERE TO VIEW VIDEO
September, 2008: Sarah Aroeste and musical collaborator, Roberto Rodriguez, return from successful tour in Cuba!
Fall 2008:
July,
2008
JWI Magazine
Summer Listening
The Sarah Aroeste Band's newest album, Puertas, is a revelation....Aroeste's singing is sultry and lyrical and insinuates itself into your psyche.
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here to read full review
June,
2008
Inside World Music
Matthew Forss
The music of the Sephardic Jews is rather underrepresented in today’s world music market. However, Sarah Aroeste and her band are going to change that.
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here to read full review
April,
2008
PresenTense Magazine
The World in My Voice: Jewish Music Goes Multiethnic
Margaret
Teich
If tired reinterpretations of klezmer music were a bagel
from Dunkin Donuts, then Sarah Aroeste would be fresh
cheese bourekas served at your favorite kosher Greek
restaurant.
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here to read more
2-18-08
Berkshire Living Magazine
[MUSIC REVIEW] Sarah Aroeste's neo-Ladino at
Club Helsinki
Seth Rogovoy
[Sarah Aroeste] is like a funkier, hipper Joan Baez
of the Ladino world.
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for the full review
1-03-08
The
Jerusalem Post
Puertas Review
Ben Jacobson
[The
Sarah Aroeste Band] takes traditional Ladino tunes and
updates them with loads of New York sass and edgy attitude.
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here for full CD Review of Puertas
12-26-07
The
Jew Spot
Sarah Aroeste is Making Ladino
Rock... Literally!
Monica Rozenfeld
Click
here to read Sarah’s interview for the Jew
Spot blog.
7-31-07
The Forward
Making Ladino New Again
Melody Macher
One of the more interesting developments in modern
Jewish music is the emergence of a handful of bands
that meld raucous New York rock and Putumayo-friendly
world music. The Sarah Aroeste Band, a five-member group
focused on the Judeo-Spanish music of the Ladino-speaking
Diaspora, has become one of the scene’s pillars.
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here for full article
June,
2007
The Sandpaper.net
Read the latest news about Sarah here.
June, 2006
Radio
Safarad
Listen to an exclusive interview Spring 2006 with the
Madrid-based radio station on the Sarah Aroeste Band
experience.
Listen to it here
9-16-05
The Star Ledger
Jewish pop pourri
Ladino rock
BY VICKI HYMAN
Read
it here (pdf)
April,
2005
Heeb Magazine
Heeb 100
October, 2004
Chashm Andaaz Magazine/
Iranian Jewish Chronicle
A Sephardic Rock Star - Diva Embraces Music from the
Past
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Article as PDF
9-10-04
The LA Jewish Journal
I am stunned ... at
how successfully Aroeste has succeeded in setting this
music in a way that makes it contemporary, without losing
the very traditional feel of the music and the music’s
roots.
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here for the full article
8-30-04
The
Chicago Tribune
From the first notes that sounded, there
was no question that Chicagoans were hearing music of
the highest artistic level...[Yet the festival’s]
cultural agenda seemed almost modest alongside the reach
of singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste, who finds inspiration
in the ancient poetry of Ladino...
4-9-04
The
Chicago Tribune
Aroeste's Sephardic background
is unlike that of most in the United States, and her
heritage is the basis of her music...
12-19-03
NPR
Ladino, the Language of
Sephardic Jews
Morning Edition audio
NPR's Renee Montagne talks to two experts [Sarah Aroeste
and Rabbi Mark Angel] about the past and future of Ladino,
the 500-year-old language of Sephardic Jews.
Listen
to the NPR Audio here
11-26-03
Klezmer
Shack
This album is scintillating, danceable, occasionally
trance-dik, and always true to the Ladino traditions
whence the words and music are derived...This is a very
special album. It rocks.
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here for the full review
8-15-03
The Forward
Sarah Aroeste is a woman on a mission. The 27-year-old
singer, who mixes rock and pop influences with the Ladino
music of her ancestors, isn't just out to entertain.
She wants to redefine the term "Jewish music."...
With the explosion in the popularity of world music,
Aroeste may indeed have stumbled upon a fusion that
no one else has yet hit upon.
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here for full article
2004
CD
ROOTS.com
A fine and promising debut release
by a young American singer exploring Sephardic music
in the modern world. A la una ranges from traditional
folk forms to jazz, rock and many of the hyphens in-between.
6-20-03
The Jewish Week
With a bare midriff and gyrating hips, Sarah Aroeste
performs jazz and rock blended into favorites from her
Sephardic repertoire... The music is no mere attention-grabbing
gimmick for Aroeste, who founded her own record label
two years ago. It's a connection to her Greek Jewish
heritage and ancestral roots in medieval Spain.
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here for full article
6-11-03
The Village Voice
Ethnic eclecticism from a sultry warbler of Greek
ancestry...(Shakira eat your heart out!)
4-4-03
Baltimore
Jewish Times
When Sarah Aroeste discovered the music of Spanish
and Mediterranean Jews, she took to it at once. Much
of her extended family comes from Greece, and these
songs spoke to that part of her heart.
2-03-02
The
New York Blueprint
Living in a city with as rich a Jewish music scene
as New York is a privilege. The next time you find yourself
picking between New York's eclectic offering, find a
show by Sarah Aroeste...
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