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Moishe Oysher (Yiddish: משה אוישר, born 1907 in Lipkany, Bessarabia, Imperial Russia – died 27 November 1958, New Rochelle, New York, USA). He is considered one of the most entertaining chazanim (cantors) ever recorded. It is said that there were chazanim in his family going back six generations.
In 1921, he traveled to Canada with his family and joined a traveling Yiddish theatrical company. In 1932, he started his own company and traveled to South America. After returning from South America to the U.S., he took a job as a chazan for the High Holidays at the First Roumanian-American congregation,...
Moishe’s Bagel were formed in Edinburgh in 2003. They play passionate and angry Klezmer and Balkan music; and have cited folk dance, jazz, and eastern percussion as influential to their style. They are critically acclaimed and have toured all over Britain, America and other parts of the world. Their live sets are known for their energy and free improvisation.
To date, they have released four albums:
Don’t Spare The Horses (2005)
Salt (2007)
Uncle Roland’s Flying Machine (2010)
Salt for Svanetia (2016)
Members:
Greg Lawson (Violin) - Studied at the Royal Northern College in Manchester. A freelance violinist he has...