Nachum Segal Says Good-bye To Radio

HISTORIC JM IN THE AM ANNOUNCEMENT MADE THIS MORNING



... and there goes a large chunk of WFMU's fundraising income too... Interesting to see if/how they will hold on... developing...

I Totally Relate

A few years old, but well worth seeing. The lack of understanding of artists in the frum community, musicians, dancers, writers, is soul-breaking. The high-school I attended viewed the creative impulse as a yetzer hara to be stifled, rather than a gift to be cultivated.



A Little Girl Was Kicked Out Of Class Because Of What Her Mom Does. But Her Mom Will Never Stop.

"אוי א בראך!"

Yoseph Nigun - Achiya Asher Cohen Alloro‬‎

An incredible tribute to Yossi Piamenta Z"L.







I've been thinking about why this resonates so much, and I think that it's because it works on multiple levels....As an homage to Yossi's style...  as a creative song in its own right... with an inspired arrangement with multiple modulations... and because, unlike much of the contemporary Jewish music, it not only requires "chops" to play, but also has soul, which to much of the contemporary material lacks. It's hard to ID it, but like indecency, you know it when you see/hear it. Oh, and of course, klezmer clarinet! Check it out!

Concerts Matter!

NY Times: Black Lives Matter Benefit Is Canceled Over Stand on Israel

It's That Time of Year - אדון הסליחות

Brian Eno; Anti-Semite

British producer Brian Eno orders Israeli dance troupe to stop using his music

R' Baruch Chait Is Not Happy

Over at Ynet... הרב נגד המשלחת היפנית לריו: השתמשו בשיר שלי בלי רשות - יהדות

The Klezmer Academy Is In Session

Go thee forth and learn! TUNE OF THE MONTH: Taniec Rabina/Der Chosid Tantzt/Flaskadriga/Dem Rebens Tanz

New J-Music Blogger Yidwise Reflects

Retrospective: Moshiach Oi!, or When Nostalgia Fails You

The Middle East Groove All Stars Got Game

Over at Tablet... Shai Tsabari Storms the Heavens, from Bat Yam to New York

I Am Woman, Hear Me...

In the Forward... Jewish Orthodox Women Singers Can’t Sing for Men but They Sing Anyway

אין עוד מלבדו | שלומי שבת | דודי קנפלר | מקהלת שירה

אין עוד מלבדו | שלומי שבת | דודי קנפלר | מקהלת שירה



Not sure what to make of this. It's a beautiful rendition in Yiddish of a Shlomi Shabbat song. One the one hand, it's neat that there's a Chassidish version. On the other, the Hebrew original is so beautiful and stands on its own. It didn't *need* a Yiddish translation to kosher it, as it were. Thre's something about that genre of Israeli pop spiritual -- Sarit Hadad's K'shehalev Boche, Eyal Golan's Malchei Hamlachim etc. -- that stands on its own. These songs don't need to be "frummed up". That said, this is quite well done for what it is.

Underdos: The Mizrochnik

Over at Life in Israel...  Underdos: The Mizrochnik

Sikh Hasadeh: "Through Fire and Water"

Siach Hasadeh "Through Fire and Water" - YouTube:

A Headbanging Violinist

From Headbanger To Hasid: One Man's Journey Since Heavy Metal Parking Lot

Now That's A Chumash Play

At my school, for our Chumash party we had Morah Breindy teaching us a few songs. (I know, I know, but I couldn't resist.) Stevie Wonder rocks the Chumash casino resort

Oh Say Can You C Minor?

In the NY Times... At Rio Olympics, the National Anthem Sounds … Sad?

The Renaissance Is Over

Child Care Center To Take Over Site Of Well Known BP Catering Hall



I played some memorable gigs there, including one chassidish wedding, where the chosson requested REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling" for the mitzvah tantz because "it's our song." Other then that one request, it was a typical Chassidish event, with no secular music whatsoever. I'll never forget the stares I got while playing that one, before segueing into the traditional tune.

Venue Rachum Yechaper...

Kitchens are not just for cooking. They are for female chazzonus too!