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Ljuba Davis Ensemble bringing life to growing Ladino music scene

Ljuba Davis presides over an ensemble of diverse musicians performing music in Ladino.

NEW YORK (JTA) — Avraham Pengas, a veteran bouzouki player, says few Ashkenazic musicians can make Sephardic music come alive. Ljuba Davis, he says, is “absolutely” one of them. Davis (her first name is pronounced LYOO-bah) is the lead singer of the Ljuba Davis Ladino Ensemble, a group that… Read more »