Midwood with the Sway Machinery Concert

Led by violinist Jake Shulman-Ment, Midwood is a Brooklyn-based Yiddish psychedelic folk rock supergroup. Featuring some of the most exciting young performers on the international world music stage, they seamlessly traverse borders through original compositions, expansive improvisations on traditional melodies, and heart-wrenching re-imaginings of Yiddish folk songs. Their debut album on Chant Records, Out of the Narrows (2018) draws from deep Eastern European Jewish roots to explore the transformative power of love, wandering, and wilderness.

 

The Sway Machinery has a long history of producing unique concert events that call upon the social qualities of the Yiddish-spiritual music tradition known as khazones (cantorial art music). Part rock concert, part theatrical experience, their shows have presented a unique facet of New York City culture for well over a decade, drawing together diverse communities in a radically inclusive environment.

 

Fresh off Shulman-Ment and Lockwood's summer tour of Transylvania, the two groups will combine forces for a legendary Halloween Jewish vampire rock collaboration.