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Faige Etke (Acoustic, Klezmer Intro)

by Aviva La Viv

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Acoustic version of “Faige Etke” (originally on the "Vigilant Love, Vol. 1" EP), with new klezmer doina intro.

"Faige Etke" is a song generations in the making—a ballad for immigration rights and solidarity across borders. A folk blues song with Ashkenazi Jewish klezmer and Latin American music influences, the song weaves the immigration story (and languages) of Aviva La Viv’s family, fleeing persecution in turn of the century Europe, with the story of a modern day migrant family fleeing gang violence in Honduras. The song packs both an emotional and historical journey into the uncommon yet compelling combination of instruments and powerful vocals.

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Faige Etke was born in a shtetl
Little village that Jews were forced to live in
Forced in shtetles and then came the ghettos and then extermination camps

זי אנטרונען צו אַמעריקע פֿאַר אַ בעסער לעבן
zi antrunen tsu Amerike far a beser lebn
She escaped to America for a better life

Lower east sweatshops
Then on to the prairie
homesteading cowgirls
Lakota land taken it’s true

Keeping the sabbath
Raising smart daughters
Old traditions in new lands
And here I am singing to you

It’s our job to remember
It’s our privilege to fight
So that others can prosper
And share the same rights

Open the borders
There’s room for us all
This isn’t just your land
We’ll tear down your wall

Gabriela was born in Planeta
Honduran district of San Pedro Sula
Rival gangs, violence and threats
and then when they came for her son

EXCERPT BEGINS
Huyeron a los Estados Unidos buscando seguridad

They fled to the U.S. for safety

The journey alone could have cost them their lives
Hopping trains and through deserts
Keeping hope as their light

If it was death or papers
Which would you choose
Remember when your family was
Singing the immigrant blues too

Though not all our people came here by choice
Lives and land stolen
This past has a price

Our right to asylum
was no more than theirs
Emma’s words ring true

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...

It’s our job to remember
It’s our privilege to fight
So that others can prosper
And share the same rights

Open the borders
There’s room for us all
This isn’t just your land
We’ll tear down your wall

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released April 13, 2023
Aviva Oskow, Raffi Boden, Misha Savage

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Aviva La Viv Brooklyn, New York

Aviva La Viv (they/she) is Brooklyn based queer Jewish singer/songwriter. Through ethereal melodies and poetic lyricism, Aviva weaves together their social activism, heritage, and explorations of emotional dichotomies. In their debut Eps "Vigilant Love' Volumes 1 and 2, Aviva combines their folk music roots with world, indie rock, and house music influences. ... more

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