SMF Photo Album




SMF featured on NPR - WNYC Dec 17th Morning Edition

write up on WNYC website below:
http://blogs.wnyc.org/culture/2008/12/16/holiday-musical-alternatives

4th Annual Sephardic Music Festival in the Daily News highlighting the Opening Night Artist, Sarah Aroeste
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TIME OUT NY features the festival
"Sephardic Music Festival
This Hanukkah fest wants to school us in Jewish music—and not just your grandpa’s klez. Sets include Yemenite music mixed with hip-hop by Diwon, North African and Middle Eastern beats from Electro Morocco, folk-rock by Pharaoh’s Daughter and Balkan-jazz orchestral arrangements by Anistar. Various locations (sephardicmusic festival.com). Sun 21–Sun 28, prices vary. Survival tip: “Check the website for surprise guests,” says festival founder Erez Safar."
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SMF will be throwing a Festival Preview Showcase on December 10, 2008
(click to events page here)

| A-Trak & Diplo Heart the SMF! |
|this years poster |

 


The New York Sephardic Music Festival (NY-SMF) seeks to increase interest in and awareness of the Sephardic culture, including Mizrahi, Yemenite and Ladino traditions, highlighting the diversity that exists within the Sephardic branch of Jewish culture and history.   The latest Sephardic musical talents in the U. S. will be showcased, working to reinvigorate the thriving Sephardic culture that exists and is waiting to be re-discovered.  Our goal is to give people the opportunity to learn and enjoy this rich, sensual tradition that has the power to make hips shake and souls soar.