Brother Moses Smote the Water
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| Brother Moses Smote the Water | ||||
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| Released | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Klezmer, gospel | |||
| Label | Piranha Records[1] | |||
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Brother Moses Smote the Water is a live album by the American klezmer group the Klezmatics, with Joshua Nelson and Kathryn Farmer.[2][3] It was released in 2005 by Piranha Records. The album mixes together traditional Yiddish songs and gospel.[4]
The Klezmatics and Nelson supported the album by touring together in 2005.[5]
Recorded live in Potsdamer Platz, the songs on the album are about the Jewish exodus from Egypt, and the commonality of Jewish and African American historical experience.[6][7]
