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In the mail... Handed to me at a recent wedding gig... The Klezmatics' new release "Wonder Wheel" featuring their settings o...

Shmuel Klaver writes: I would like to thank my friends, mostly musicians, for all of their well-wishes following my (2nd) stroke last Octobe...

Psachya writes: Along the lines of your "peeps in the hood" - I did a gig recently that had more than its share of optimists, and ...

So this older gentleman comes over at tonight's gig to compliment our volume and shares the following story. "I was at a wedding re...

Psachya writes: I'd like to address some of Ron B.'s comments regarding the use of headphones or earbuds by club-daters. I have rece...

Mo C writes about how downloading is affecting CD sales. Isreality comments on the fact that Israelis are always singing. Ben Jacobson say...

Although some bloggers have covered the recent Agudah convention session on blogs, none seem to be aware of a leaked post-convention memo...

Over at Jewschool, matthue gets all snarky 'bout Debbie Friedman. Over at the Klezmer Shack, Ari's on a roll with lots of CD recom...

So a Messianic Christian joins the Yahoo Jewish music group and seeks MBD lyrics. A member asks why his profile says Jesus lives. His answe...

Here's one from our archives. Also, took a look at the Spring 2003 edition of the RJJ Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society. Rabbi...

There's a beautiful story that's told about the composition of the Breslover tune "Oz VeHadar". I thought I'd written ...

Robert Miller writes: 1. If anyone wants wants to hear the nearest thing to the real Shlomo they can easily find the recorded Shlomo, or th...

Jordan's got my back: I remember davening for the amud in Rinat Yisrael, my shul in Teaneck, and using the Shlomo nusach as I learned it...

Pair o' requests for an upcoming gig: "Ya Ma Mai" and "Um Didee Oh"! It just sounds so unintelligent. Incidentally, ...

Continuing the series... Here are a few scenarios. "A long time ago in a shul far, far away..." Years ago, I was very involved in ...

Here's part II of Binyomin Rabinowitz's Dei'ah veDibur interview with three chassidic composers. We noted part I here. Here we...

THE LIFE-OF-RUBIN BLOG has a post about the upcoming HASC concert. Ben Jacobson reviews Ta Shma. There are two music-related letters in th...

The author of "Frum With Questions" responds to Jordan's comments. I am posting this because I feel it is representative of ...

Continuing the series... Here's a story representative of many other similar episodes. Years ago I played a gig for a national Jewish or...

Ever want to see a bunch of Israeli Hassidisco singers lip-synch in Ashkenazish? Jewish Music Blog is criticizing Omek Hadavar. Talk abou...