Until the late 1970s, Klezmer—Jewish instrumental folk music developed in Central and Eastern Europe—was all but lost due to the Holocaust and the assimilation of American Jewry. Yale Strom was one of the early klezmer revivalists who helped to make klezmer popular among American Jews and the general public. What set him apart from other revivalists was his pioneering extensive field research among the Jewish and Romani communities of Central, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The leading group performs work from their latest album The Wolf and the Lamb, which highlights the rich cross-cultural interaction that shapes Eastern European Jewish music. Traditional melodies blend with punchy, modern arrangements, linking the past and the future with the emotive vocals, reeds, violin, bass and accordions. Founded in 1982, Yale Strom's Klezmer band Hot Pstromi has spanned the coasts of America: from New York to San Diego. He has been composing his own…