Family Folk Concert With Joel Henry Stein
Sunday, October 26, 2014 • 2 Cheshvan 5775
4:00 PM - 5:30 PMBnai Keshet
Tickets:
$20 Adults | $15 Children under 12
(Tickets are not being sold by Bnai Keshet)
BK will host Los Angeles folksinger Joel Henry Stein at a family afternoon concert open to the public. Stein plays a unique blend of traditional Americana, bluegrass, African American spirituals, Appalachian gospel, protest songs, and Hebrew psalms, prayers, and folk songs. He has been described by Citysearch.com as “Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan rolled into one, making rockin' folk music that picks you up and takes you on a journey to Woody Guthrie-land, with stops in Velvet Underground-ville.” The Houston Chronicle says he “flirts with many musical styles, flitting energetically and effortlessly from Dylan's poetic storytelling to Bowie's epic lyricism to Ben Folds Five's sassy piano-driven jaunts and all points in between.”Stein, who will be stopping through Montclair on an East Coast tour, is known for getting both kids and adults enthusiastically participating in rousing sing-alongs of traditional folk songs. For this concert, Stein has partnered with B’nai Keshet in hopes of creating a musical, multi-cultural, ecumenical experience involving not only the general public but local churches and mosques as well. “Folk music is a great way to build community and foster peace,” says Stein.
From 2005-2007, Stein directed the B'nai Keshet choir, played guitar and sang at Friday night services, and occasionally even led Sabbath services when the temple’s rabbis were out of town.
He is an award-winning musician who has appeared at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, Topanga Earth Day Festival in Los Angeles, Big Horn Music Festival in Southern California, CMJ Music Marathon in NYC, and the Strawberry Folk and Wine Festival in Napa.
Raised on recordings by folk legends such as Pete Seeger, the Kingston Trio, and Harry Belafonte, Joel Henry Stein’s repertoire of traditional folk songs spans hundreds of tunes from the U.S., Ireland, England, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. His ability to engage both adults and children through song is a rare talent. Stein’s natural gift for song-leading resulted in a residency at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, where he led family sing-along concerts three times a day for two years.
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