Minnush, a fresh and innovative ensemble dedicated to contemporary Sephardic music pays homage to the life and legacy of Flory Jagoda, the National Heritage Award-winning, Bosnian- born Sephardic singer and composer, who passed earlier this year.
Minnush incorporate contemporary influences and give traditional songs new life featuring improvisation, storytelling and virtuosic musicianship by members Susan Gaeta, Gina Sobel, Trevor Pietsch and Kevin Johnson.
The group had its beginnings in Gina’s Virginia Folklife apprenticeship to Susan, who was apprenticed to the great Flory Jagoda ten years earlier. It grew out of an urge to do what folk music has always done – to naturally incorporate new influences and reflect the world around it. In this way, Minnush adds elements of American folk and jazz, while shedding light on the immigration and refugee stories that the songs carry. Minnush is serious, joyful, forward moving and eminently fresh.
Minnush is:
Susan Gaeta / vocals, guitar
Gina Sobel / vocals, guitar, flute, sax
Trevor Pietsch / bass
Sam Cushman / drums, tabla
Video and audio editing by Gina Sobel
Pre-production by Trevor Pietsch
Audio recordings of "A Ti Espanya" and "Buena Semana" from the Minnush EP feature Kevin Johnson on percussion
Musicians appearing in non-Minnush video footage:
PESAH ALA MANO
Mandolins
Joel Leonard
Lynn Falk
Alan Oresky
Vocals & percussion
Lori Jagoda Lowell
Betsy Cary
Joanne Stefanick
Guitars
Howard Bass
Ramon Tasat
BUENA SEMANA
Guitar
Howard Bass
Minnush, a fresh and innovative ensemble dedicated to contemporary Sephardic music pays homage to the life and legacy of Flory Jagoda, the National Heritage Award-winning, Bosnian- born Sephardic singer and composer, who passed earlier this year.
Minnush incorporate contemporary influences and give traditional songs new life featuring improvisation, storytelling and virtuosic musicianship by members Susan Gaeta, Gina Sobel, Trevor Pietsch and Kevin Johnson.
The group had its beginnings in Gina’s Virginia Folklife apprenticeship to Susan, who was apprenticed to the great Flory Jagoda ten years earlier. It grew out of an urge to do what folk music has always done – to naturally incorporate new influences and reflect the world around it. In this way, Minnush adds elements of American folk and jazz, while shedding light on the immigration and refugee stories that the songs carry. Minnush is serious, joyful, forward moving and eminently fresh.
Minnush is:
Susan Gaeta / vocals, guitar
Gina Sobel / vocals, guitar, flute, sax
Trevor Pietsch / bass
Sam Cushman / drums, tabla
Video and audio editing by Gina Sobel
Pre-production by Trevor Pietsch
Audio recordings of "A Ti Espanya" and "Buena Semana" from the Minnush EP feature Kevin Johnson on percussion
Musicians appearing in non-Minnush video footage:
PESAH ALA MANO
Mandolins
Joel Leonard
Lynn Falk
Alan Oresky
Vocals & percussion
Lori Jagoda Lowell
Betsy Cary
Joanne Stefanick
Guitars
Howard Bass
Ramon Tasat
BUENA SEMANA
Guitar
Howard Bass