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

Naftali writes: I keep forgetting to send you this peep.  This one happens all the time with minor variations.  The family member that is ...

Interested in hearing thoughts on the following scenarios... 1) An office hires a musician to lead a gig... then a day or two beforehand, ...

Go here. Click on "The Music Box" in the top right hand corner. Then select track 2 - "V'lamalshinim".  Trust me on...

Lenny Solomon has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Daniel in Babylon - A New Musical!.

This report raises some interesting questions...

What would the Chazon Ish say? Incidentally, it is highly unlikely that the Chazon Ish composed the song. More on that  here.

Here's a preview of the forthcoming  recording.

The title says it all:  At Some Happy Events, 'Hava Nagila' Isn't Invited Sadly, they missed an opportunity to explain the ...

The Jewish Week reports about Rabbi Greg Wall leaving Sixth Street Synagogue in "East Village’s Musician Rabbi To ‘Beat’ It." Oy...

New Zorn Book of Angels CD out. This one features Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz on gimbri. Nice! Check it!  While we're videoing... He...

I know you guys look forward to this all year... Eli Tzion sung by Rona Keinon (w/ a melodica solo too.)

The Forward reports in "Neo-Nazi Sworn in as Greek Lawmaker."

From the mailbag... Yehoshua writes: I am looking to buy/download old Ruach albums (Ira Silver/Shmoo Klaver) and I ended up on your blog...

A clever solution to Mosque speakers aimed at a Jewish neighborhood.

Here's a track from "trombonik" Jacob Garchik's new project. Whole lotta multi-tracked horns. All played by Jacob. Sweet! ...

Russian opera singer withdraws from Bayreuth festival over Swastika tattoo.

Creative Grand Pianos

I've been using a Roland EV5 expression pedal for the past few years. It's worked fine with my Roland boards, and when I switched to...

Musicologists, klezmer musicians, and J-music bloggers will try to fool you into thinking it's a unique scale and not just a mode of ha...

So the Grogger's lead singer is moving west... And while we're sharing music videos... here's an oldie, but goodie... SoCalled...