Levyosn
Vocalist, songwriter, guitarist
Levyosn (Ashkenazi Hebrew for “Leviathan”) brings together three rising stars of the Boston Jewish music scene: violinist, vocalist and world-music aficionado Lysander Jaffe, accordionist, vocalist, and composer Kaia Berman-Peters, and singer-songwriter Adah Hetko.
Levyosn has been featured by the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbeine, KlezCummington and more.
They released their debut album, Levyosn’s Lullaby through Borscht Beat in June 2023, with support from Combine Jewish Philanthropy’s Arts and Culture Community Impact Grant Fund.
Adah Hetko &
Uri Schreter
This video of Adah’s original song, “Got Hot a Naye Neymashin” (God Has a New Sewing Machine,” features one of her favorite collaborators, Uri Schreter, on piano and vocals.
The video debuted in May 2021 as part of “Yiddish Folksong: The Next Generation,” a program of The Forward and JArts Boston.
Burikes
Lead vocalist, songwriter, dance leader, rhythm guitarist
Burikes (bu-ri-kes, meaning “beets” in Yiddish), is a six-piece klezmer band based in Western MA.
Adah and her Brother
Vocalist, songwriter, guitarist
Adah and her Brother is a duo with Eli Hetko, Brooklyn NY, on banjo and guitar, performing all original songs.
Adah and Allison
Vocalist, songwriter, guitarist
Adah and Allison is a Yiddish song duo with Allison Posner, Brooklyn NY, performing a mix of traditional and contemporary Yiddish songs with fresh vocal harmonies.
Solo Peformance
“My World is My Block”
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“You Can Ask Me”
