“Songs from a Pandemic Winter” was a pandemically created EP released by KlezFactor in digital form in 2021. Featuring five new songs including four original compositions from Mike Anklewicz and one arrangement of a traditional Yiddish song, this EP has already garnered airplay on CBC’s Big City Small World radio show.
Recorded in home studios in Canada and the USA, “Songs from a Pandemic Winter” was then compiled in Hamilton, Ontario by bandleader Mike Anklewicz! Check out YouTube for the video for Mardi Gras Fever Dream!
The Band:
Mike Anklewicz – clarinet, saxophones, percussion, MIDI programming
Kousha Nakhaei – violin
Graham Smith – bass
Jarek Dabrowski – guitar
with:
Keith Hartshorn-Walton – tuba
Melanie Gall – vocals
Paromita Kar – handclaps
David MacDougall – drums
Paul Georgiou – percussion
Pete Rushefsky – Tsimbl
Ali Berkok – keyboard
Song List
- Mardi Gras Fever Dream
- Lake Michigan Klezmer Fantasy
- Third Wave Lockdown
- Winter’s Groove
- Oyfn Veg Shteyt a Boym