Saints & Tzadiks
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| Released | August 11, 2009 | |||
| Studio | Wombat Recording Company, (Brooklyn, NY) | |||
| Genre | Folk, Celtic, Klezmer | |||
| Length | 48:22 | |||
| Label | World Village | |||
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Saints & Tzadiks is an album by Irish folk singer, Susan McKeown and The Klezmatics lead vocalist, Lorin Sklamberg. The album was released through World Village on August 11, 2009. Produced by McKeown and Sklamberg, Saints & Tzadiks features original arrangements of traditional Irish and Yiddish folk music. The albums' title is a play on the historical nickname for Ireland as "an island of Saint and Scholars," replacing "scholars" with "Tzadik", a title in Judaism given to "highly learned and esteemed rabbinic leaders."
Saints & Tzadiks was met with critical acclaim from various media outlets, including AllMusic, Blogcritics, and Green Man Review, among others. In support of the album, McKeown and Sklamberg embarked on an international tour of the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.