Sunday Simcha has been on the air for over 15 years and is the only Jewish music program in Maine and northern New England. It is one of only a handful of Jewish music radio shows in the United States and one of only a very few to feature modern, diverse, and cutting-edge recordings. Sunday Simcha features:
Hey! I'm famous! Here is an article that ran in the Portland Press Herald on January 3, 2009.

DJ Gail Wartell, photo by Shawn Oulliette, Portland Press Herald. Such a talented boy...
I am concerned
about our brothers and sisters in Israel, and pray for peace. One sane voice
is ![]()
Yes, I promise to update this again soon...sigh....
Selected Jewish music sites:
Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Selected labels and distributors:
Selected musician sites:
Best Little Klezmer Band in Texas
Casco Bay Tummlers (Maine’s own klezmer group!)
Chassidic Jazz Project (Reuben Hoch)
David Chevan (The Afro-Semitic Experience)
Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band (and Ceilizemer)
Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys
Frank London (and the Klezmer Brass All-Stars)
Metropolitan Klezmer (and the Isle of Klezbos)
Pharaoh’s Daughter (Basya Schechter)
Peter Saltzman (Revolution Ensemble)
Alicia Svigals (and Mikveh)
Mark Weinstein (Jewish Jazz Ensemble)
World Quintet (f/k/a Kol Simcha)
Maine Sites:
Selected Jewish information sites:
The Jerusalem Post - Daily newspaper (Israel)
The Yiddish Voice - Radio program (Boston)
The Virtual Shtetl - Yiddish language and culture
Mima’amakim – Online Jewish arts magazine