GIFT OF LIFE will have Test Booths set up at JEWZAPALOOZA It's a Free $$, All Day Concerts Event, on Sunday, September 25, 2005, 11AM-9 PM, at 72nd Street and Riverside Park on West Side in Manhattan. You can find out more about Jewsapalooza here.
Nachum Segal interviewed Michael Brecker's wife, Susan, on his morning show yesterday. You can listen to the interview at theJM in the AM archives.
Eden manager Yehuda Schupper emails that Eden, Blue Fringe, and Seth Nadel will be performing a benefit concert for hurricane relief this Sunday, September 18th at 8PM at the West Side Institutional Synagogue in NYC which is at 120 West 76th Street (bet. Columbus and Amsterdam). Tickets are $15 and the bands are donating their performances. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go the the UJA's fund for hurricane Katerina relief.
Itzhak Nissim wants y'all to know about his new Chouva Rap CD fusing Torah raps with hip hop.
Jewish rap, today is almost non-existent and not taken seriously due to the number of parody acts that has plagued. Itzchak Nissim is taking Jewish rap to another level with catchy chorus lines and captavating beats. Jewish rap or Chouva rap as Itzchak's termed it is more then rap or hip hop, its about Jews expressing themselves using the medium of hip hop or any other mass appealing means to promote a common message.Nic emails:
I have Finale and have been using it for about a year. I have never tried Sibelius before, but have been thinking about it. Finale is still a little bit difficult for me and can be tedious to use sometimes. About the question on zionism, i saw that you have a jewish music blog and I was wondering how you felt about the idea of a political movement concerned with the establishment of a state in Palestine to be controlled by and for Jews. I have done research and found that some Orthodox Jews do not believe in the idea. I was just wondering how you felt. I like the idea and support it very much.
