In Haaretz, "Fiddling While The Candles Burn." Here's a bit:
The moment everyone has been waiting for arrives when the rebbe takes his seat again and picks up the violin.Vuvuzela as anti-piracy solution.
But any expectation of hearing pristine, moving sounds is quickly shattered. The Hasidim are indifferent to harmony or quality, which are of no consequence when the rebbe himself is playing a Hasidic melody.
Not Jewish music, but a nice fan vid for Jonathan Coulton's "Shop Vac".
More non-Jewish music. Here's a nice organ cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
In the Forward:"Metamorphoses: The Sources and Journeys of a Tune."
Worlds are colliding!
The last edition of Jeremiah Lockwood's Nigun Project is up at the Forward.
Life in Israel posted " Interesting Psak: Homosexual Singers" and "Listening to Female Singers."
Finally, Esther K. finally understands the 'Kol Isha' Prohibition.
