Beginnings and endings always have the best music; just go to a Jewish
wedding or a New Orleans funeral and try to tell us different. So in
order to create the ultimate party, MALABOMBA! is combining a ending and
a beginning.

On Thursday, March 24th MALABOMBA! says goodbye
to our home at The Bordello Bar and says hello to the first album by
local klezmer heroes The Shpil. http://www.theshpil.com/

In Yiddish, "shpil" means to pl...ay
an engrossing game, tell a beguiling story, sing a beautiful song, give
a rousing speech, make an irresistible sales pitch. And on their first
self-titled debut CD, LA’s The Shpil do all of the above, with a
collection of captivating songs springing both from klezmer tradition
and from the fevered minds of the musicians.

Violinist Claire
Bergen provides tunes learned while traveling through her grandmother’s
hometown in Poland. Clarinetist Jessica Ruiz contributes her versions
of klez classics and an original hot dance number in the style of a
Macedonian oro. Accordionist Isaac Schenkler brings, among his original
compositions, brilliant and insane arrangements of songs by Lady Gaga
and Michael Jackson. And bassist John Graves and drummer TJ Troy bring
their unique talents to bear on a host of other tunes from and inspired
by the Yiddish musical tradition. Leaping shtetls and genres in a
single bound, The Shpil prove on this album that they’re equally at home
in bars and Bar Mitzvahs.

Two bands for the price of one! Also
on hand to celebrate are Artisti Populari, The Shpil’s Romanian cousins.
They’ll warm up the MALABOMBA! crowd with a set of Romanian Gypsy
music inspired by the likes of Taraf de Haïdouks. Assembled from
members of The Shpil, Petrojvic Blasting Company, and Falsetto Teeth,
Artisti Populari put the “LA” in “lautari.” This may be your only
chance to catch them before some of the members take off on tour for the
rest of the year. http://www.myspace.com/aromanianband

Prepare
to schvitz yourselves. That means "to sweat", gentle readers. The
Shpil’s CD release party will be the last MALABOMBA! party at The
Bordello Bar. Our mules are getting restless, so it’s time for us to
roll the caravan onward. So let’s see if we can drain all the vodka in
the place. Come out and party with us and we shall give ourselves a
night so unforgettable we might have trouble remembering it all later!

We
expect The Shpil’s CD release party to be such a monstrous affair, in
fact, that MALABOMBA! will be spending the month of April in a dark room
with some aspirin and a glass of water, nursing the most epic hangover
of all time. And planning. What, you ask? Our upcoming TWO-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY cabaret party! More on that soon. In the meantime we'll see
you March 24th...

The Shpil’s album ends with an old Hasidic drinking song called “Khloptsy,” and the Yiddish lyrics feel especially timely.
They say,
"Yesterday is gone
And tomorrow is not here yet.
There is only a little bit of today
Don't disturb it with worry.
Grab a drink as long as you're alive
In the world to come, you won't get any."

Thursday, March 24th, 9 PM until last call at Bordello Bar, 901 E 1st St, LA 90012.

$5 cover; free before 9:30 PM. For more information, please visit

www.malabomba.com

EVENT RSVPs:
GOING: www.going.com/shpilcd
MYSPACE: http://mysp.ac/ha3Ioi