IMOO #115 – Sunday, February 8: Siach Hasadeh

Yoni Kaston, clarinet
Joel Kerr, double bass
Daniel Fuchs, violin
Gaël Huard, cello

Formed on a Saturday night in the Laurentian Mountains in Quebec, Siach Hasadeh explores and performs off the beaten track Jewish melodies. Much of the repertoire comes from their transcriptions from songs as they are sung in the Chassidic communities of today, from early archival recordings, and the collection of an uncle from Staszow, Poland, of songs he remembered from before the War. Their musical approach is through collaborative arrangement, drawing on their diverse musical backgrounds, and with an emphasis on improvisation and continual creation and expression.
Siach Hasadeh as a collective has three formations, as the original duo, as a quartet with violin and cello, as well as with harmonica and oud. The group members are involved in many other projects, including Shtreiml, Duo Turco, Joel Kerr Quintet, Oktoecho, the Key Lights, Craig Pedersen Quartet and many others.