Rather than specializing in any one narrow folk genre, the Eastern Watershed Quartet dances lightly across a range of repertoire that includes Eastern European tunes, Israeli dance music and of course klezmer — or as the band calls it, “minor mode therapy music suitable for all ages.” City Paper reviewer Manny Theiner found the long-running local group’s diversity both musically and culturally praiseworthy; you can read his review of the Quartet’s new CD, The Klez Dispensers, here.

Of the album’s last song, he writes, “The ensemble displays Spike Jones-ish, whizz-bang humor with the closer ‘Play It Again, Dave,’ by legendary clarinetist Dave Tarras.” And that’s the track we’ve made available for a free mp3 download today — enjoy!

This article appears in Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2009.

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