Arts in L.A. Quarterly Calendar: Cultural events through Feb. 2009
Dikla Kadosh and Lilly Fowler
December 10, 2008
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JDub throws off the label and opts for change
George Robinson
July 23, 2008
JDub was never supposed to be just a record label, and as JDub records celebrates its fifth anniversary with a free concert on July 27 downtown at California Plaza, it is more clear than ever that the organization\’s founders have greater ambitions than merely putting out good Jewish CDs
Originality trumps repetition in the holiday songs battle
George Robinson
December 7, 2006
I will be frank. I\’m tired of hearing the same holiday songs over and over. So the best Chanukah present I\’ve received this year is a pile of Chanukah-themed CDs with lots of new holiday songs, many of them quite good.
Jazz and Classical in Perfect Harmony
Andrew Rosenblum
May 18, 2006
Caine credits his successes today to a willingness to stick with his musical vision through lean times.
\”Follow that instinct,\” he urges young musicians. \”It\’ll happen, if you work hard, and you can keep moving somehow.\”
When Faiths Jam
Rob Eshman
April 13, 2006
The evening had three acts. First came ritual. Taubman and Rabbi Naomi Levy of Nashuva, another co-sponsor, lit the traditional Havdalah candle, woven together from three wicks.
PASSOVER: Songs for a Swinging Seder
George Robinson
April 6, 2006
Of all the Jewish holidays, none is so firmly rooted in the home and so joyously celebrated with song as Passover. This simple fact would lead you to expect an avalanche of Passover records, but this year the avalanche is more like a mild rain of pebbles, at least in the quantity department.
Kosher Gospel — a Joyful Noise at Shul
Erin Aubry Kaplan
January 19, 2006
And the fact that Jewish and Christian themes and theology overlap, especially in the black church — the story of Moses and the divinely aided deliverance of his people from slavery comes to mind — makes Nelson resonate that much more. All of which is fine by him.
Shticking It to the Classics
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
September 29, 2005
This is not your grandmother\’s Jewish music. Like other recent Jewish parody CDs, \”Meshugeneh Mambo\” carries on the tradition of Jewish humor popularized by such forbearers as Mickey Katz and Allan Sherman.
Singing Klezmer Isn’t Hard to Do
David Finnigan
December 2, 2004
Neil Sedaka has had a noteworthy place in American music for four decades; he became a comfortable perennial who did not let himself turn into a tortured titan like Sinatra or a forgettable one-hit wonder like The Imperials, Haircut 100 or Luscious Jackson.
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