Tuesday, November 8, 2011
On fire
By Dikla Kadosh
The old stereotype of Mizrahi music — an Israeli genre created by immigrant Jews from North African and Arab countries — was of teary, sorrowful. . .
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
With ‘New Soul,’ a new beginning
by Jonathan Maseng, Contributing Writer
Yael Naim might need to have her head checked out. Take her word for it.. . .
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Idan Raichel: From the Personal to the Universal
by Lior Haykeen, Contributing Writer
Israeli megastar Idan Raichel launched his music career as a keyboardist for various other Israeli artists, with the hope of one day producing his. . .
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
From Jewish roots, band sprouts afro/new wave wings
By Ryan Torok
Luke Top and Lewis Pesacov of Fool’s Gold are surprised they don’t have a larger Jewish fan base. Most of the songs on the band’s 2009. . .
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Rosh Hashanah ‘in the house tonight’ dances into the new year
Aish brings together rhythem, beats and davening for their 'Rosh Hashanah in the house tonight' dancing spectacle.. . .
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The romanticism of Matt Nathanson
By Ryan Torok
Pop-folkie Matt Nathanson had just returned from hanging in Hawaii, but it was a vacation he only enjoyed “50 percent,” he said.. . .
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Israeli Philharmonic will play in London despite protest
JTA
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at the prestigious BBC Proms in London despite calls for a boycott of its performance.. . .
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
French music renegade is re-discovered
by iris mann
Although he is not widely known in the United States, the French-Jewish composer, lyricist, musician and singer Serge Gainsbourg is a legend in his. . .
Monday, July 25, 2011
Israeli orchestra to play Wagner piece in Germany
JTA
The Israel Chamber Orchestra plans to perform a composition by Richard Wagner in Germany, breaking an Israel taboo against playing the anti-Semitic. . .
Saturday, July 23, 2011
British Jewish singer Amy Winehouse found dead
by Reuters via Haaretz
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Canadian DJ finds audience for klezmer fusion in France
by Alex Weisler, JTA
Josh Dolgin didn’t set out to kick Yiddish music into the 21st century.. . .
Friday, July 8, 2011
Bet Tzedek Has a Ball With Rapper Nelly
By Ryan Torok
Surrounded by dancing bodies, a 20-something took off his shirt and waved it around his head, bare-chested, simply following the instructions of. . .
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Casey Abrams’ ‘American Idol’ chutzpah
By Orit Arfa
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Casey Abrams was the one for Jews to watch during the 10th season of “American Idol.” His reddish-brown beard. . .
Monday, June 13, 2011
Tel Aviv’s Anat Cohen again takes clarinet award
JTA
For the fifth straight year, Tel Aviv native Anat Cohen received the clarinetist of the year award from the Jazz Journalists Association. The awards. . .
Monday, June 6, 2011
Coldplay removes ‘Freedom for Palestine’ link from Facebook page
JTA
Coldplay removed a message posted on its Facebook page urging the British rock band's fans to check out the "Freedom for Palestine" music video. The. . .
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Coldplay urges fans to check out Palestine music video
By Haaretz Service
The British rock band Coldplay in a message posted on its Facebook page urged fans to check out the "Freedom for Palestine" music video. The song,. . .
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The passion of David Lang
By Rick Schultz
It may seem a sign of overconfidence for someone to tell you he’s rewriting a major work by Beethoven, but for David Lang, who reconceived Bach’s. . .
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Where there’s music, there’s hope
By Jonathan Maseng
It’s a sad fact of life that, for every soldier killed in a war, several more return home wounded. Many of these injured soldiers face a difficult. . .
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Happy Birthday, Bob!
By Tom Teicholz
That Hibbing, Minn., native who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman but has been known as Bob Dylan since he first started performing in New York’s. . .
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Mandolin Rock Star
By Rick Schultz
Avi Avital plays the mandolin sitting center stage in a hard-back chair. He curls into himself, his face turned downward, and nestles the small. . .
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Deep Purple drummer: Israel concert cancelers are ‘wimps’
JTA
Performers who cancel their concerts in Israel due to politics are "real wimps," the rock band Deep Purple's drummer said. Ian Paice made the. . .
Monday, April 11, 2011
Southern Israeli kids getting free Bieber tickets
Some 700 children from southern Israeli communities that have been hit by rockets and missiles from Gaza were given free tickets to pop star Justin. . .
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Queens College group takes Jewish a cappella competition [VIDEO]
JTA
A group from Queens College won the inaugural Jewish collegiate a cappella competition and its $1,500 prize. Tizmoret was named the best of the nine. . .
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
More than a concert
By Ryan Torok
Veteran musician Matthew Lazar said in a recent interview that “singing in a choir is paradigmatic of community,” but a choir, as shown by the. . .
