Cantor Paul Dorman emails about his new album, "I See the Whole World Shine." Dorman who blends English verses with Hebrew choruses, describes his songs as "contemporary, inspirational songs with a pop/rock feel."
Amazon has the album here:
Thursday, June 27, 2013
My Mother's Brisket
Over at the Arty Semite, Mark Cohen writes about Rick Moranis' new album "My Mother's Brisket & Other Love Songs" in "Is Rick Moranis 'Too Jewish'?"
Amazon has the album here:
Amazon has the album here:
Friday, June 21, 2013
Thank You, Peter Himmelman!
Peter Himmelman is giving away his latest album with his new band, Minnesota for free for a few days. You can download it from his website here, as long as you agree to listen to it.
He posts on his Facebook page "It's free for a few days. Nothing to sign or trade or give back, we ask only that you listen to it. Listening to it is the new cash! Ain't that right?"
Have a rocking Shabbos!
He posts on his Facebook page "It's free for a few days. Nothing to sign or trade or give back, we ask only that you listen to it. Listening to it is the new cash! Ain't that right?"
Have a rocking Shabbos!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
More Peeps
Some more peeps for y'all...
The "Flamboyantly Gay Simcha Dance Leader"
Because nothing says "welcome to ol hamitzvos" like a flamboyantly queer male dancer leading your Bar Mitzvah boy and his yeshivish classmates in simcha dancing.
The "Lesbian Yeshiva Boy"
This peep is stylin' for cuz's frum wedding, dressed like a 7-8 year old yeshiva boy. White dress shirt, matching pinstriped slacks and vest, with no jacket. Oh, and she rocks the payes. Long ones, like the yeshivish kids all have.
The "Can't Count Teacher"
This peep will hire you to accompany her kindergarten class at graduation. At rehearsal the week of the event, you will discover that she's taught the kids one song in 4/4 with an extra bar of 1/8. In another, she's got three dropped beats somewhere in middle. She'll also count in the songs in 3/4 even though they are all in 4/4.
The "Flamboyantly Gay Simcha Dance Leader"
Because nothing says "welcome to ol hamitzvos" like a flamboyantly queer male dancer leading your Bar Mitzvah boy and his yeshivish classmates in simcha dancing.
The "Lesbian Yeshiva Boy"
This peep is stylin' for cuz's frum wedding, dressed like a 7-8 year old yeshiva boy. White dress shirt, matching pinstriped slacks and vest, with no jacket. Oh, and she rocks the payes. Long ones, like the yeshivish kids all have.
The "Can't Count Teacher"
This peep will hire you to accompany her kindergarten class at graduation. At rehearsal the week of the event, you will discover that she's taught the kids one song in 4/4 with an extra bar of 1/8. In another, she's got three dropped beats somewhere in middle. She'll also count in the songs in 3/4 even though they are all in 4/4.
Monday, June 03, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Before... and After
Compare and contrast! "Lefonov" in two versions by Moshe Yess and Avraham Fried respectively.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Abdul the Rabbi
The 4th Ward AfroKlezmer Orchestra emails about their new release, "Abdul the Rabbi". The title track sounds like Hasidic New Wave meets Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars.
The blurb says it all...
"Abdul the Rabbi on his way to correct a great mistake by an assistant runs into trouble when his liberated 1978 mercedes 300 has broken down. While on the road waiting for help, a series of temptations and horrors pass, Rabbi Abdul looks deep inside himself to find a place amongst the memoried ebb and flow."
The blurb says it all...
"Abdul the Rabbi on his way to correct a great mistake by an assistant runs into trouble when his liberated 1978 mercedes 300 has broken down. While on the road waiting for help, a series of temptations and horrors pass, Rabbi Abdul looks deep inside himself to find a place amongst the memoried ebb and flow."
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
In Review: Milken Archive - "Legend of Toil and Celebration: Songs of Solidarity, Social Awareness and Yiddish Americana"
The past few days in the car, I’ve been listening to "Legend of Toil and Celebration: Songs of Solidarity, Social Awareness, and Yiddish Americana" which is Volume 12 in Lowell Milken's Milken Archive collection.
This two CD set is a valuable collection of American Yiddish music, and it includes both folk music and concert works.
The entire collection is quite fascinating. Of particular interest is the Arbiter Ring seder, which makes up 12 of the 18 tracks on disc one of the collection. It includes numerous intriguing choices including settings of Hasidic Nigunim and American Jewish melodies with Yiddish lyrics; for example, a popular Israeli “Hinei Ma Tov”, the Breslov waltz melody, “A Gute Vokh” , sung as “A Gut Yontef”, and Seymour Rockoff’s well-known melody for Am Yisrael Chai is sung with the lyric “Gut yontef aykh”. The Peysakh Seder ties in perfectly with the collection’s themes of toil and celebration of freedom, and the Arbeter Ring in particular, is a perfect choice to illustrate these themes through the prism of the Hagada.
Another Egyptian slavery reference can be found in "In Dem Land Fun Pyramidn".
I found the section of patriotic American songs, most of which I’d not heard before, to be quite inspiring. It includes Berlin’s “Give Me You Tired, Your Poor”, Gebirtig’s “Amerike, Mayn Vunderland” and Weissner’s “Ikh Hob Dikh Lib, Amerike”. Weissner’s piece in particular, captures the feel and aesthetic of patriotic songs like “America the Beautiful”, while retaining a Yiddishe ta’am. Love for the New Country in the language of the old.
Fave tracks in this collection include Gozinsky’s “Yismakh Moshe” with piano accompaniment, Rosenfeld’s “Mayn Yingele” presented in a vocal chorus setting, Weissner's “Ikh Hob Dikh Lib, Amerike” with its very American piano part, and the entire Arbeter Ring Seder; especially – in addition to the above mentioned selections/adaptations -- the rousing “Tayere Malke” and the lively “Dayenu” in Yiddish.
There are also nice versions of Rosenfield's "Mayn Rue Platz"and Low's "Viglid" here
This is a nicely curated collection that will expose you to an excellent cross-section of Jewish/Yiddish music related to the value of hard, honest labor and a celebration of the opportunity America offered to European Jewish immigrants.
Amazon has the collection here:
Album 1:
Album 2:
This two CD set is a valuable collection of American Yiddish music, and it includes both folk music and concert works.
The entire collection is quite fascinating. Of particular interest is the Arbiter Ring seder, which makes up 12 of the 18 tracks on disc one of the collection. It includes numerous intriguing choices including settings of Hasidic Nigunim and American Jewish melodies with Yiddish lyrics; for example, a popular Israeli “Hinei Ma Tov”, the Breslov waltz melody, “A Gute Vokh” , sung as “A Gut Yontef”, and Seymour Rockoff’s well-known melody for Am Yisrael Chai is sung with the lyric “Gut yontef aykh”. The Peysakh Seder ties in perfectly with the collection’s themes of toil and celebration of freedom, and the Arbeter Ring in particular, is a perfect choice to illustrate these themes through the prism of the Hagada.
Another Egyptian slavery reference can be found in "In Dem Land Fun Pyramidn".
Fave tracks in this collection include Gozinsky’s “Yismakh Moshe” with piano accompaniment, Rosenfeld’s “Mayn Yingele” presented in a vocal chorus setting, Weissner's “Ikh Hob Dikh Lib, Amerike” with its very American piano part, and the entire Arbeter Ring Seder; especially – in addition to the above mentioned selections/adaptations -- the rousing “Tayere Malke” and the lively “Dayenu” in Yiddish.
There are also nice versions of Rosenfield's "Mayn Rue Platz"and Low's "Viglid" here
This is a nicely curated collection that will expose you to an excellent cross-section of Jewish/Yiddish music related to the value of hard, honest labor and a celebration of the opportunity America offered to European Jewish immigrants.
Amazon has the collection here:
Album 1:
Album 2:
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
J-Blog Music related links
Over at Daat Torah, "What is music?"
I don't agree with all of the questions, and the sources suggested are a bit odd -- how about looking at the definition of "rikudim u'mcholos" or the Gemara about Zimra D'mana/Zimra d'puma -- for instance. In any event, a conversation starter.
Meanwhile, at Modern Uberdox: "Why aren't books like these being written for Jews?" Here's a musical 'graph:
I don't agree with all of the questions, and the sources suggested are a bit odd -- how about looking at the definition of "rikudim u'mcholos" or the Gemara about Zimra D'mana/Zimra d'puma -- for instance. In any event, a conversation starter.
Meanwhile, at Modern Uberdox: "Why aren't books like these being written for Jews?" Here's a musical 'graph:
It's exactly the same reason punk music isn't popular in the Jewish music world. Any BT with a punk music background or FFB who is into punk would rather use their talent towards more "mainstream" music, rather than create any frum punk rock. Once you create something that sounds clearly like non-Jewish music, the odds are that those nice boys (and girls) who listen to it will want to check out the original sources of the music. So, in essence, the frum musician would be indirectly responsible for frum kids listening to non-Jewish music and no one wants to deal with that on Yom Kippur.I dunno about this sevara. Why is it any worse for a kid to check out say Hüsker Dü or any other punk band, over checking out the pop tripe they'll otherwise be inspired to look into, applying the same logic to the music being released by frum pop musicians? Lady Gaga's that much better from a religious standpoint? I don't see it.
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