Bagels & Fraylox Klezmer Band: Press

"For those who grew up thinking music in minor keys 'sounds sad,' it's time to rethink that attitude. This is party music – not funeral dirges."

"Check your religion at the door – you don't have to be Jewish to dig the Bagels & Fraylox Klezmer Band."

"DON'T MOSH, NOSH. Bagels & Fraylox, a klezmer band from Williamsburg, serves up an irreverent style of ethnic music."

For 10 years, the Bagels & Fraylox Klezmer Band has kept crowds across the Peninsula dancing to a lively Jewish beat. It seems the group's authentic, ethnic party music translates even to folks who've never bitten into a matzo ball.

Bagels and Fraylox Klezmer Band took the stage, full of a contagious excitement that permeated the whole venue. Playing traditional Jewish dancing music, they really stirred everyone up in a whirlwind of furious melodies and thumping beats. And yes, there was an accordion. Even if your appreciation of the squeezebox is limited to the occasional interlude by Weird Al Yankovic, its smooth sound gave a fun flavor to the upbeat rhythms. Even when the bass player temporarily lost a string, the rest of the band regrouped in stride and jammed anyways, much to the delight of the audience.

“Sometimes this Jewish Klezmer band plays on the weekends. They’re called Bagels and Fraylox, and whenever they play all these little old women always get up and start dancing around the shop. It’s so fun,” freshman Virginia Walters, a barista at the shop, said.

"Bagels and Fraylox!" ...music to wake the dead and cure what ails you!