B'siyata Dishmaya

A thoughtful perspective by Jonathan Paley on the MBC TikTok phenomenon.

Why Weren't YOU Zusha?

 

Finally Relevant Again

MBC on TikTok! 

From the mailbag... (Shana Tova edition)

 Hi,

There is a new Jewish song. 

Avraham Gottlieb - Birosh Hashana 

https://youtu.be/K3-t-nhwpnk

I would love it if you could post it. 

Thanks,

Yoey

Vesolachta La'avonam Ki Rabbonim Heim

Rabbis Against Musical Selichos

Horsing Around!

Tradition? Tradition!

Vulpeck in Tradition!

Why Weren't You Zusha?

Aleh mentshen tantz yetst!

Teshuvah!

Via Life in Israel 

Techias Hameysim

Over at NPR...      Musician Jeremiah Lockwood revives cantorial music with a new album

Shenirea Kol Echod Ma'alas Country Yossi...

Adderabbi:  Parody and Pathos: The Art of Country Yossi (draft version) | Elli Fischer - Academia.edu

Gotta Hand It To Her

Over at Kikar Shabbat... U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides' comments on Yuval Dayan's Performance

This is super important and puts paid to those arguing she was disrespectful to President Biden. It's clear that the President and administration did not view it that way at all. In fact, I consider this rare video response to be an attempt by Ambassador to encourage religious tolerance, and I think the administration should be commended for it.

Putting The Fun In Funeral

Give Her A Hand!

Over at VIN... Amazing Background Story Of Newly Religious Singer Who Refused To Shake Biden's Hand

Lipa Schmeltzer in Black and White

Lawsuit Incoming...

Lawsuit against late singer and musician('s estate).

Classic (Rock)

Shwekey Tribute to Piamenta

It's lovely that Shwekey tributed Yossi Piamenta Z"L. However, it's a shame that he didn't include more of Yossie and Avi's original music in this medley, like any of the songs off of "Mitzvah" for example. Instead, it's mainly focused on the (mostly) secular songs they adapted.

It's also a shame that the original artists for (most of) those songs aren't acknowledged. Kol Hamesameach is "Turkish Kiss" by Tarkan and Asher Bara is "Land Down Under" by Men at Work. Siman Tov is partially credited. The original track title is "Jungle" by Kongas feat. Cerrone. I don't know the original title for Yaala Mashiach, but I believe that's an adaptation as well.

He's Gonna Ask To Sit In At Every Wedding Too!

Pearl Jam gig saved by teen as band's drummer gets COVID-19

Tabled!

B"H. 

Chasan Who Fell Off Table And Was Seriously Injured Recovers Consciousness, Starts Walking And Talking 

Leonard Cohen's Songs of the Yom Kippur War - Tablet Magazine

Over at Tablet... Leonard Cohen's Songs of the Yom Kippur War.

Mendel Roth Is Looking For Love With A Yiddishe Maidel

Yom Ha'atzmaut Songs For Everybody

Finally  found Yom Ha'atzmaut rep that Chareidim will go for too... Kinos for Herzl

Israeli musician, David Broza's new 'tefila' album - Israel Culture - The Jerusalem Post

Israeli musician, David Broza's new 'tefila' album

The Maccabeats Up Their Game!

Ban, Baby, Ban!

Ukraine calls to ban Russia from Eurovision 2022 amid war

They Sing Hashem's Name Because They're....

רננו צדיקים בשם

Kosher Butcher!

Vus Far A Casio Iz Dus?

How OMB beats influenced Reggae

One day, someone will write a doctoral thesis on how the beats in early one-man-band arranger keyboards influenced Chasidic music.

Duvid'l's Journeys

Oh WOW!

A WOW Choir! From Dream to Reality 

Dos Iz A Review!

Shkoyach, Jake Marmer! The Yiddish Bard of the 21st Century

Da'at Hamakom

Mapping Nigunim

Any Rabbis Want To Come Bless My Business?

Pope Francis admits to visiting music shop to bless the business.

The Shira Choir x The Kiffness

Remembering Yoram Taharlev Z"L

Remembering lyricist Yoram Taharlev Z"L.

Talmudic Ballad Project

 

BDE - Yoram Taharlev Z"L

Yoram Taharlev, well known Israeli songwriter and poet dies at 84.

Taharlev penned lyrics for numerous Israeli hits. One of his well-known songs was Al Kapav Yavi. Here's a classic recording of it by Yehoram Gaon.

Other well-known lyrics he penned include Bapardes, Od Lo Tamu Kol Pla'ayich, Kum Vehithalech Ba'aretz, and Shehashemesh Ta'avor Alai.

Yehei Zichru Baruch!

New Album - Breslov Bar Band's "Holy Chutzpah"

 

K'shmo Ken Hu

Beautiful song by Danny Zamir! He's had a rough time of late. So amazing that he can turn it into such powerful art.

 

I Miss the Poshiter Yid

He wouldn't have shilled for CBD gum with kosher certification, I don't think.

Give This Guy A Times Out!

What a scam by a Pulitzer Prize winning ex-NY Times reporter!!!

Stay In your Lane!

Oh dear!

In Israeli Radio Interview, Mordechai Ben David Compares Coronavirus To Flu, Calls It 'Pandemic Of Lies' 

Beautiful Tribute to Yigal Calek

 

This is Hug(e)!

Neshama Carlebach - "No more hugging!"

Horrible

The Frum community leadership needs to fix this and fast! 
Jewish LGBTQ youth threatened with murder ahead of concert 

It Leads to Mixed Dancing

Renowned Singer Mordechai Shapiro Issues Apology After Criticism of His Latest Concert.

Static & Ben El - Chanukah

Adam Sandler's Hannukah Song - reductio ad absurdum

Who Are You?

I'm Dreaming of a White Khanike!

This BBC News Piece Isn't Anti-Israel

Over at BBC News... Alex Clare: The singer who chose his faith over Adele tour

Brazilian Jewish Music (Kinda)

 

I Wanna Gig There!

 The Atlantic on Jewish Art

חברה, חברה איתיה לה

 Sarit Hadad comes out in new song.

Joey Weisenberg - Darkecha

 

From the mailbag...

Rabbi Alty emails a link to his new Leonard Cohen cover in the spirit of the season.

Say It Again, Sam?

Liturgical Repetition: When Singing Becomes Sacrilegious | The Lehrhaus

Oy-neg Shabes!

The Yiddish Cover of Jimmy Buffett You Didn't Know You Needed

Just Stop It!

I have to say this!

It's becoming a thing to do the Shlomo Carlebach bit in the middle of Im Eshkachech. "If you would have stop a Yiddele on the way to the gas chamber and ask him 'where are you going?' He'd have answered: 'I'm on my way to Yerusholayim'... etc." I've had several singers do this at gigs I played.

I can not express how tasteless I feel this is. I have no words. Just chills. You all need to stop it; not post video clips of yourselves doing it. For goodness sakes, there are still survivors at some of these events and there are many children (and grandchildren) of survivors. Maybe Shlomo could pull this off (I'm not convinced). You, however, definitely can't.

Un A Taam

Ta Shma

Over at the Lehrhaus... Secular Music and the Jewish Soul

Un-Unorthodox Lines

Wait Till They Learn About Freilachs...

 South Korea bans fast exercise music.

Don't Judge!

A Heilige March

Over at Oneg Shabbat... אהבת הדסה: שיר לכת טורקי שהפך לשיר קודש יהודי

Some great clips here!

Remembering Shragee Gestetner Z"L

Over at the Forward... His Voice Was the Sound of Music

BD'E - Shragee Gestetner Z"L

 Meron Victim Shragee Gestetner remembered for valuing family over fame

The Song Remains The Same

Lakewood Askonim furious after forged signature appears on alleged letter...

What Else Is Neias?

OP-ED: Lag Baomer Lakewood Event Misrepresented To Rabbis

Lag BaOmer Banfire

Lakewood's BMG Bans Separate Seating Lag Baomer Concert

Shavous Is Coming

A Karaite setting of an ancient piyut for Shavuot. It's apparently unclear if the author, Elyakim, was Karaite or Rabbinic.

Ronnu Shamayim Shavuot Song (w/translation and transliteration)

Ronnu Shamayim (Shavuot Song) Instrumental

Glamourous Frum Female Singers

Over at Glamour... Orthodox Jewish Women Can't Sing In Front of Men. Instagram Is Giving Them a Voice

Eschew Censorship

Came across this channel the other day. Someone, presumably a Chasid/Yeshiva community member, who wanted to be able to listen to secular pop instrumentals with plausible deniability, uploaded an album of "Munkatcher nigunim" to YouTube. Here's "Nigun L'harchakas Sheidim [a melody to keep away demons].

Haleluhu Kol Goyim

Y'varech - Dancing To Freedom by Alty Weinreb, Marillia Quevedo & Mariella Haubs

Da'as Torah!

Artsy Music!

The art of music notation blends with the art of imagination!

Eli Schwebel - Whole With You

"World Of Good" Arranged and Performed by Tali Yess Lyrics by Moshe Yess OBM

Can't believe it's already been ten years. A beautiful tribute to Moshe Yess Z"L... His son Tali Yess releases a cover of a song Moshe wrote to mark his tenth yahrtzeit.

From the mailbag... Orthoglocks

From the mailbag:

After a somewhat short to medium length hiatus from releasing new music, Orthoglocks is the latest (and first of 2021) Edd Bundy 'Themed' beat tape to be released.

Basically taking things back to ancestral roots, this instrumental album embodies and delves into the Jewish musical world whilst adding the usual Edd Bundy sounding Hip Hop twist on things.

The entire project is available on a "name your price" basis via Bandcamp, just trying to brighten up the day of a few people along the way in a time where importance lies on a few laughs, a few smiles and some really good Hip Hop.

https://eddbundyhk.bandcamp.com/album/orthoglocks

Tracklisting:

01 Bund The Edd

02 Hella Greater

03 Going AvraHAM

04 Its Shalom Shot

05 Jank Coy

06 Tumbala Liker

07 Dreidilla (Skit)

08 Eights

09 Jew Shot Yananana

10 Synagogue Chess

11 Halev Ready

Chazzan Yaakov Lemmer - Ono B'koach - Shlisky

Power Ballad About the Siyum HaShas

For Chanukah, Zusha Recorded Yetziv Pisgam?

Move Over, Maccabeats!

From the mailbag...

Rabbi Moshe Friedman writes:

For the Chanukah period, I thought you’d be interested in covering this year’s most exciting new Chanukah music video.  “Light One More” by Rav Mo is a hip-hop/pop breakout song, produced by a Grammy award-winning producer and mastered at the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London.

With a message of increasing light in the darkness, it addresses some of the difficulties of families separated during the Covid lockdown.  For more information please see the attached press release and photograph.

The video can be viewed here: Rav Mo - Light One More feat. Yoni Shine - Hanukkah - YouTube

From the mailbag...

Ari Goldwag writes:

I just put out a new video, and I'd love it if you'd share it on your blog.

I really try to create songs with meaningful lyrics and music, as well as videos with good content - the idea behind the video is that the lyrics speak of our trust in Hashem (Bitachon) and our ecstatic song for all the good He does for us. I tried to express that in the imagery of the caterpillar (our hope for the future) and the butterflies - the beautiful expression of Hashem's kindness that comes when we wait for it.

Thanks so much,

Ari Goldwag

https://youtu.be/m-cwEwFPbMQ

Lehrhaus on Hanan Ben Ari

Don't Summarize Me On Wikipedia

I'm Running Away From This One

It That Time of Year!

Ey Sham Band - Hallelukah

Ey Sham Band - Hallelukah

BDE - Daniel Gildar, Renowned Cantorial Accompanist

Daniel Gildar, Renowned Orthodox Jewish Cantor and Pianist, Passes Away Suddenly

Classic Groove!

Lord Rabbi Sacks ZT"L on Jewish Music

A worthwhile interview with the late Chief Rabbi in which he shares some thoughts on the importance of Jewish music in several places.
Listen here:  Behind the Bima

Tov Leches L'Beis Hamishte?

An improvement in Lakewood weddings, but still not enough...

I'm Kvelling!

Over at Kveller, the Vibers, a pair of Israeli singer/actresses, cover Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn.

Ben Shapiro Interviewed Nissim Black about Rap Music

"If You Want A Feel Good Message, Go To Charlie Harari..."

This One's Gonna Be A Big Hit At Weddings!

Gmar Chasima Tova!

Reposted at the Seforim Blog Kol Nidrei, Choirs, and Beethoven: The Eternity of the Jewish Musical Tradition

Ha Ha Hasidic

Over at Vos Iz Neias... Trump Administration Drafts Hasidic Singer Shulem Lemmer To Bring Awareness To COVID Crisis In Orthodox Communities