Wednesday, February 24, 2010
A musical Steinasty
By Dikla Kadosh
The Stein family communicates in music. Birthday parties were always marked by jam sessions. Instead of playing geography on family road trips, the . . .
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Jewlicious opts for music and art over religion and politics [VIDEO]
By Ryan Torok
"If you want to make something where everybody will come together, focus on things that people have in common, [like] love of music," said Rabbi . . .
Monday, February 15, 2010
Doug Fieger, penned ‘My Sharona,’ dies at 57
JTA
Doug Fieger, the lead singer for The Knack who wrote "My Sharona" for his Jewish girlfriend, has . . .
Monday, February 1, 2010
Cohen, Previn receive lifetime Grammys
JTA
Musician and poet Leonard Cohen was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy . . .
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Auschwitz survivor and Turkish rapper team up to fight racism
HAARETZ.com (AP)
Esther Bejarano says music helped keep her alive as a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz and in the years that . . .
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Elton John returning to Israel
JTA
British singer Elton John will perform in Israel for the first time in nearly two . . .
Friday, January 15, 2010
UnityJam offers mix of klezmer, sufi rock
JTA
A klezmer duo from Southern California will share the stage with a legendary Pakistani rock ’n’ roller in a unity concert in Palo Alto this . . .
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Right Place, Wrong Time
By Meredith Price Levitt
After what should have been the highlight of her career turned into a national tragedy, Israeli singer Miri Aloni, who will perform at American . . .
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
DJ Diwon Brings Jewish Fusion West
By Ryan Torok
If the photos on Erez Safar’s MySpace page make it seem like he’s busy, that’s because he is. The 30-year-old genre-bridging DJ and . . .
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Reggae star Alpha Blondy in Israel to meet ‘big brother Jesus’
HAARETZ.com
"Bonjour maman" were the first words that Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy said Sunday when he arrived in Israel and entered the VIP reception room . . .
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Itzhak Perlman — The Incurable Optimist
By Rick Schultz
Itzhak Perlman left his native Tel Aviv in 1958, as a 13-year-old, to perform on the “Ed Sullivan Show” and kept on going. In a career spanning . . .
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Chanting con Pasión
By Roberto Loiederman
Is there something about Buenos Aires that breeds chazzanim? Some cantorial organism lurking in the bulrushes of Rio de la Plata, the river that . . .
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Mehta: 40 Years of Making Music in the Holy Land
by Allan M. Jalon, Contributing Writer
In the cinematic story of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), Zubin Mehta has earned the status of leading man. Leonard Bernstein developed a . . .
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
From Jewish Housewife to Rock ‘n’ Roll Mogul
by Iris Mann, Contributing Writer
In 1958, a typical Jewish housewife from Passaic, N.J., felt she needed something more out of life, so she decided to enter the music business. Who . . .
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Phish, Shabbat Mingle in Coachella
By Ryan Torok
For three days over Halloween weekend, between 30,000 to 40,000 fans of the eclectic, free-form rock band Phish gathered on the Empire Polo Fields in . . .
Monday, October 5, 2009
Dudamel, Israel: A Love Story
by Allan M. Jalon, Contributing Writer
With Gustavo Dudamel taking the podium this weekend at Disney Hall as the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new music director, Los Angeles is embracing . . .
Friday, August 28, 2009
A certain magic
by Naomi Levy
Chasidic reggae and rap singer Matisyahu just released his fourth album, “Light” — his first full-length work in three years. He discussed his . . .
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Asher Roth Raps Suburbia
by Adam Sacks
Success has been easy for Asher Roth, but respect is proving more . . .
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
From the Old Middle East to the Modern World
by Rachel Neiman, Israel21c
Modern classical music may be a paradoxical term, but composer Avner Dorman revels in such . . .
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Songwriter Solomon Finds Depth, Soul in Jewish Roots
By Orit Arfa
Songwriter Sheppard Solomon won’t be watching the eighth season of “American Idol” now in full swing, even though the singing contest has . . .
Saturday, January 3, 2009
MUSIC: A klezmer wedding in a European shetl circa 1910
A DJ and a music professor, using old recordings and new, recreate the typical sequence of tunes a klezmer band would play at every stage of a . . .
Saturday, December 20, 2008
MUSIC VIDEO: Captain SmartyPants—‘The Driedel Song’
Captain Smartypants, a Seattle Men's Chorus Ensemble, makes the Yuletide fun in Home For the . . .
Saturday, December 20, 2008
MUSIC VIDEO: ‘All I want for Christmas is Jews’
Relax -- it's . . .
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
L.A.‘s new Grammy Museum: A museum as muse
By Tom Teicholz
New downtown Grammy Museum reflects on music's importance, even during a time of industry . . .
