Discovery of African American cantor recording

 

Discographer Henry Sapoznik tracks down record by international Yiddish-language performer Thomas LaRue, and slips into a rabbit hole of Black Jewish history.

Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/yiddisher-black-cantors-from-100-years-ago-rediscovered-thanks-to-rare-recording/?fbclid=IwAR2VRM3AONVZjKzNGn138RS6hhs5s_-vx3YAvQqIg7AB4lEr90lZt5uooyg