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Hal Aqua and The Lost Tribe play klezmer fusion music -- an exuberant musical experience, rooted firmly in traditional Jewish modes and melodies and driven by contemporary rhythms and danceable grooves.

The versatile musicians who make up The Lost Tribe have a deep respect for their source material, from the evocative tunes of Eastern European Jews and Gypsies to the sinuous rhythms of the Middle East and Mediterranean. In the long-standing Jewish tradition of absorbing musical inspiration from surrounding cultures, The Lost Tribe steeps their songs in a broth spiced with rock, reggae, salsa, funk and blues influences, serving up an irresistible party vibe. The band includes 
Hal Aqua (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, octave mandolin, ukulele), Annie Aqua (violin, vocals), Ben Cohen (electric and acoustic bass, tuba, trumpet, accordion, vocals), Shanti Hazan (drums and percussion), and Miriam Rosenblum (clarinet, recorders, button accordion).

The Lost Tribe builds on the tradition of 
Los Lantzmun, Hal’s popular earlier Jewish world beat band, and includes some of its members. Like that long-running ensemble, the Lost Tribe is dedicated to bringing Jewish music to a wider audience. Whether you’re a longtime klezmer aficionado or have never heard the word, The Lost Tribe will make you a klezmer fan before you can say mazel tov!

“You did a fabulous job entertaining…you guys can really light up a stage!” —Adam Hart, Prairie Wind Culture Fest, Gillette, WY


UPCOMING EVENTS

https://www.facebook.com/halaquaandthelosttribe/


LOST TRIBE RECORDINGS

http://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/HalAquaandTheLostTribe

https://halaquaandthelosttribe.bandcamp.com


LOST TRIBE VIDEOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xet2pJ1THbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvPcrUlavS8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIGyy66fAtY



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“LUCKY,” our second klezmer fusion recording project, includes original music from our 2013 collaboration with Wonderbound dance company, “Memories and Well-Grounded Hopes,” as well as songs from our 2015 Wonderbound collaboration, “Hidden Constellation.” 

Listen to some songs from LUCKY:
01 THIS IS IT
02 BIDDY BIDDY BOM
05 Tzedek Tzedek
©2015 The Lost Tribe

Available as a CD or digital download at: 
http://cdbaby.com/cd/halaquaandthelosttribe6
Or if you’re in the neighborhood (Denver), stop by and pick up a copy! Call Hal at 720-668-0448.

Listen to some songs from our first CD, “Lost and Found”:
01 Subterranean Homesick Blues 
02 Bring It Together
03 Greet The Bride 
©2011 The Lost Tribe

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Buy “Lost and Found” at cdbaby.com as a CD or downloadable file:http://cdbaby.com/cd/halaquaandthelosttribe2


“Crisp, hip, fun, fresh, engaging. You've all done a fabulous service to the genre while stretching that genre at the same time, creating a wonderful new work.” —Sheldon Sands, musician and concert producer, Boulder, CO

“With his latest band, The Lost Tribe, Aqua takes things farther, setting familiar songs back and forth to familiar-sounding melodies from rap to reggae. He also accomplishes the opposite, using strains from ‘Mezinkes Wedding’ to backdrop Bob Dylan’s ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues.’ The repertoire covers the Jewish gamut, and I really like it.” —Ari Davidow, KlezmerShack.com

“I never thought I’d hear Bob Dylan’s lyrics sung to Mezhinkes -- wonderful, amazing, a klezmer happening. Other songs give rock, reggae and funk an entirely new direction, like a musical child born from mixing traditional and contemporary tunes.” —Leslie Lutsky, Radio Centre-Ville, Montreal

For The Lost Tribe’s upcoming events, click here.

KlezFest 2017 at the Mercury Cafe (photos by Kathryn Levi)

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The Lost Tribe with Gora Gora Orkestar and Rabbi Joe Black

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Los Lantzmun brought its high-energy fusion of Eastern European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern music to Colorado audiences for over a dozen years, enlivening weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, parties, festivals and clubs. Their well-attended performances at Jewish events (Boulder Jewish Festival, Rose Community Hanukah Party, JCC festivals) and in the wider community (Swallow Hill Music Hall, Gothic Theater, Taste of Denver) showed the band’s ability to cross boundaries, celebrating an ethnic culture as well as the universality of music. 

Los Lantzmun recorded two self-produced CDs of lively klezmer, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean fusion music -- One World and Lantzville, available at cdbaby.com or directly from Hal Aqua.



"What I love about Lantzville is the versatility, musicality, and sense of pleasure that the gang gives me." —Rabbi Jack Gabriel, Music Editor, Tikkun Magazine 

“Los Lantzmun achieve something very rare among current Jewish music performing bands — a sense of balance among the many types and styles of Jewish music around the globe.” —Ari Davidow, Klezmershack.com
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Listen to “La Comida La Manana” from Lantzville:
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