Jazz Articles about Barbez

Barbez: Bella Ciao

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 20, 2013

Bella Ciao, the fifth album from Brooklyn art-rock band Barbez, is a homage to both ancient Roman Jewish melodies and the Italian Resistance during the Second World War. Barbez's leader, Dan Kaufman--who recorded one of the most remarkable albums in the history of the Tzadik label, Force of Light (Tzadik, 2007), a profound musical realization of the poems of the late Jewish/German poet Paul Celan--named his current project after the famous partisan anthem. This anthem has been an international symbol ...