He Sure Would (and Did)

In Jewish Action... Fifty Years of Neshama: Cantor Sherwood Goffin.

Leonard Cohen Z"L Remembered

Leonard Cohen remembered, by his Cantor: ‘Home was where Eliezer’s heart was pulled’

Kol Hakavod, Air Supply!

Air Supply Gives Away 200 Free Concert Tickets to Firemen’s Wives.

Kicking It Old-School

Heimish, I mean Heimatdamisch Musik.

Echo Yochi

It's one loon with a YouTube channel, not all Chabad.

That said, even one is troubling. Not representative, but still troubling...

Chabad Messianist who Preaches Killing Gays Raps Funky Praise for the Rebbe.

Rare Recordings of R' Ben Zion Shenker Z"L

Over at Circus Tent.

BDE - R' Ben Zion Shenker

I'm sad to report the passing of the influential chassidic composer/singer R' Ben Zion Shenker Z"L. R' Shenker composed many songs that are widely sung in the Jewish world, including melodies for Mizmor LeDavid and Yosis Alayich. He also carried the Modzits musical tradition, documenting, singing, and recording the melodies of the Modzitser rebbes. Yehei Zichro Baruch!

On Tails of Lions

At the Independent... an Alex Clare interview: ‘The world is a crazy place’

HaCohen Hagadol Me'echav

Over at the Leherhaus... Wrestling With God: Leonard Cohen’s "You Want it Darker".

לענאַרד כּהנס „הללויה‟ — אויף ייִדיש

Dan Kahn sings Leonard Cohen's Haleluya in Yiddish. Well done, but with some, erm, immodest lyrics.

Mostly Kosher - Ain't No Sunshine

The best klezmer version of a Bill Wither's tune I've ever heard!

Six13 - That Shabbos Feeling!

Accordion Players!

Russian Man Dismembers Friend for Insulting His Accordion Skills

It's Gonna Be The Little Kinderlach Who Irritate People

A Brief History of the Inane Kars 4 Kids Jingle You Can't Get Out of Your Head

Rogers Park - Harninu

Yiddish Trump Jingle from April

Not an endorsement, but came across this and thought it'd be of interest to my readers.

Sinai Tor Arrested for Wedding Performance

I've written about this story and the song Zochreini Na. Recently Israel arrested thirteen Israelis who celebrated the murder of a Palestenian baby by Jewish terrorists last winter. The Forward has some details: Israeli ‘Wedding of Hate’ Groom and 12 Guests Charged for Celebrating Murders of Palestinians.

Why Kohanim Shouldn't Go To The Met

Man scattering friend's ashes halts Metropolitan Opera performance

Diaspora Yeshiva Band - Hasidisco Pioneers

The original version of Malchutcha recorded by the Diaspora Yeshiva Band for the 1978 Chasidic Song Festival. The producers overdubbed a mixed chorus after the band had recorded their tracks. It was not the band's choice.


‫להקת יש

This Week's Leining

Pretty sure it won't sound like this in my shul...