Blog in Dm: Blogging Jewish Music from A to Zorn!

Rokhl Kafrissen writes about Dan Kahn for the Forvitz in "Partisan or Parasite?". Check it out!

Bert Stratton's got a blog. He'll be posting daily; at least until Yiddish Cup's new CD. "Klezmer Guy" drops on June ...

The following letter and response appeared in Hamodia on May 6th. Yochonon Donn's response demonstrates clearly that he and Rav Wolfson ...

There are a bunch of creative Jewish music gigs coming up over the next bit. Here's some info cut/pasted from the promo emails... Sunday...

Rabbi Moshe Yeres writes: you link to Here's a video of an attempt to revive old Jewish wedding traditions. I'm not convinced the ...

The Cool Jew asked a bunch of boys' choir leaders about whether they use pre-recorded tracks in concert. Do you think that it's ok ...

Asya writes: In my fieldwork, I came across a lyric sheet with an unattributed Yiddish translation of Abie Rotenberg's "The Place W...

This is too cool... Who says tznius women can't bring it? Hat tip: The Curious Jew, who posted a link to a YU Observer interview with ...

S. writes: I really appreciated your post on R. Wolfson's article. I see in your explanation you explained the novelty of black and whit...

Shalom writes: I suppose Rabbi Wolfson has never seen a harpsichord... don't they have the opposite pattern of black and white keys to a...

The Wolf writes: Thank you for your most recent post. Can you clarify, for the non-musically inclined, what the musical errors by Rav Wolfs...

Yitzy Spinner writes: Your recent inclusion of the cell phone at the chuppah peep reminds me of a story that happened a few years back at th...

Haaretz published an article, "The New Black Music" about Chareidi singers. This part is of interest: The Bnei Brak-based Guardi...

Here a nice Passover ditty for y'all. It was written by Sean Altman and Rob Tannenbaum, who used to perform together as "What I Lik...

Got a nice promo package from Lucky Break, a bluegrass band who are blending Shabbat Zemirot with Appalachian music. Check out "Kee Es...

Wolf Krakowski is a man of his word. In his introductory email, he offered to send me some CD’s that “use a lot of that "jungle" r...

... From The Egyptians!

... posted at Life of Rubin. Nice!

The Jerusalem Post reports that the PA has dismantled a Palestinian youth orchestra because it played for Jewish Holocaust survivors. This ...

Psachya sends in some more peeps: Got three more 'peeps for you - and all at the same wedding! (They seem to come in bunches, don't ...