Thursday, January 22, 2015
That Time When Pink Floyd....
... put an anti-Semitic sax player on their new record. 'Circumcised trolls' row: Protest after Jewish jazzman has Nottingham concert cancelled.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
שגריר ג'אז: "בכל מקום מחפש את המוזיקה"
Nice Hebrew interview with percussionist Gilad Dobrecky: שגריר ג'אז: "בכל מקום מחפש את המוזיקה" | Xnet.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows
"The Voice" finalist Eyal Cohen, who wouldn't perform with women during the program, and whom the producers graciously accommodated in this regard, and Ofir Ben Shetrit, the daati finalist from last year's season, released a political single in support of Naftali Bennet's "Bayit Yehudi."
ג'ינגל הבית היהודי 2015 - אנחנו אחים - אייל כהן ואופיר בן שטרית
ג'ינגל הבית היהודי 2015 - אנחנו אחים - אייל כהן ואופיר בן שטרית
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Divorced So She Could Sing
Details at the Forward's Sisterhood blog... After Ten Years, Finding Her Voice
Monday, January 05, 2015
The Peeps Are Out In Force Again!
Vafilu Behastore Guy
No need to describe this peep. The name says it all. He needs to sing "Nigun Hastore". Many times. Doing the A section four times each time through. Then doing the B four times to end. Genug!
The Dinner Singer
This peep comes over with a laundry list of songs he wants to sing during dinner. Four-five at least. Wishes Chayil, Carlebach's Mimkomcha. Yes, the long one. Vezakeini. And more.Naturally, the chosson "wants" him to sing. For real. Also naturally, he wants to finish his set with "Nigun Hastore." Of course, with all the extra repeated bits, as his friend we just mentioned likes to do it. Oy!
No need to describe this peep. The name says it all. He needs to sing "Nigun Hastore". Many times. Doing the A section four times each time through. Then doing the B four times to end. Genug!
The Dinner Singer
This peep comes over with a laundry list of songs he wants to sing during dinner. Four-five at least. Wishes Chayil, Carlebach's Mimkomcha. Yes, the long one. Vezakeini. And more.Naturally, the chosson "wants" him to sing. For real. Also naturally, he wants to finish his set with "Nigun Hastore." Of course, with all the extra repeated bits, as his friend we just mentioned likes to do it. Oy!
Monday, December 29, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Monday, December 01, 2014
Extended Album Covers
I always knew there was a shark in that pic... Famous Album Covers Extended To Reveal Background Action
Friday, November 28, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Where Are The Musicians On This?
And, where is President Obama? The EU leadership?
Sick hit parade: Another Palestinian song praises running over Jews
Sick hit parade: Another Palestinian song praises running over Jews
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Friday, November 07, 2014
Sing, Sing, Sing
Over at Cross-Currents... Aaron White pens "TheThree Cardinal Sins of Singing".
With regard to Sin One - I agree with him about the song "Zochreini Na". In fact, I wrote about it in 2003 here. However, it is not Mordechai Ben David's song. It is Dov Shurin's. Credit/blame where it is due.
With regard to Sin Two... Mr. White judges people based on superficialities, ironic given his intended point about moving past superficialities in choosing music. One can be sitting in a hotel in the "lap of luxury", seemingly jovially, while still having serious personal issues on one's mind, whether health, financial, or faith based, any of which would well connect to those lyrics.
I think the underlying issue is not only, as the author notes, that singing is vertical rather than horizontal. I think it is also connected to the fact that so many are Jewishly illiterate, and even after years of Day school, cannot translate the words to many popular songs, and certainly can't identify the textual source. I can't even estimate how many times frum singers have asked for the source of lyrics to a new (or rediscovered) "in" song like "Mareh Cohen" (from the high point of the Yom Kippur musaf).
With regard to Sin One - I agree with him about the song "Zochreini Na". In fact, I wrote about it in 2003 here. However, it is not Mordechai Ben David's song. It is Dov Shurin's. Credit/blame where it is due.
With regard to Sin Two... Mr. White judges people based on superficialities, ironic given his intended point about moving past superficialities in choosing music. One can be sitting in a hotel in the "lap of luxury", seemingly jovially, while still having serious personal issues on one's mind, whether health, financial, or faith based, any of which would well connect to those lyrics.
I think the underlying issue is not only, as the author notes, that singing is vertical rather than horizontal. I think it is also connected to the fact that so many are Jewishly illiterate, and even after years of Day school, cannot translate the words to many popular songs, and certainly can't identify the textual source. I can't even estimate how many times frum singers have asked for the source of lyrics to a new (or rediscovered) "in" song like "Mareh Cohen" (from the high point of the Yom Kippur musaf).
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