Fix This!

Fender, Roland, Yamaha, Korg and Casio among firms raided in UK price-fix probe

All Around The Bimah...

In the Jewish Week... Pop Goes The Synagogue

"It's Like Adam Sandler and Lipa Schmeltzer Riding in A Pickup Truck"

Over at Kickstarter... Yidneck Records presents "ChanuKountry: the album" by Avi Frier 



Made me laugh... and so here's the link.

After Making Aliyah Today...

Bruce (OK, Lenny) is singing about Jericho.

Ruth Rubin Archive Goes Online

YIVO launches the Ruth Rubin Legacy: an online sound archive of Yiddish Folksongs

Well Done, Y-Studs! The Greatest Passover!

Black-Eyed Peas Disagree

Cuomo says Jews are bad dancers in offensive joke at Harlem church.

It's Peep Season

Drama Mama

This peep will come to a Motzei Shabbos Melave Malka at a hotel where the extended family has been celebrating a simcha all weekend. She'll be upset. The reason? At this specific meal, her son -- (the ba'al simcha) has not yet talked to her in the first 20 minutes or so. When the woman she's venting to in front of us says "he probably didn't see you yet, should I get him?" she responds: "No. I want to see how long it'll take him this time."

Who Are You
This peep is someone we've grown up with on our block or else have been in yeshiva with for a time. We'll recognize them on sight, but they won't recognize us at all. Eventually, they'll come over to offer a compliment on the music, at which point it becomes perfectly clear that they don't know who we are, despite watching us play for a while.

Moshe Emes

Beit din proclaims two Uncle Moishys!

Yo-Ya: English Version

Not Iron Butterfly, But A Nice Hard Rock Shwekey Cover

A 3D video (you can click and drag on it to view 360 degrees of the recording studio) of a rocking cover of Shwekey's Im Eshkachech.

Hang In There, Shabbos Is Coming!

Lin-Manuel Miranda's - Jew(ish) Acapella Singer

Over at the Jerusalem Post... Lin-Manuel Miranda's Jewish a capella roots

Not Kosher!

Over at Lide in Israel... Mashgiach Rikudim coming to a wedding near you!

Interesting Court Decision

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy...  Taylor Swift Decision: Copiers Gonna Copy, Copy, Copy

From the mailbag...

Kenneth Lyonswright writes:

I'm a Chicago based cantorial soloist, and I also compose music of my own.

Here's my soundcloud--these are songs that I recorded for the congregation I work at. https://soundcloud.com/user-401304917

Here's my YouTube channel--I'm recording a new song every single week in 2018! They all revolve around Jewish ideas and themes. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpwX1EiRv6BnQ7BtMuVEXQ?view_as=subscriber

Thanks for taking the time to listen--and of course, for doing what you do!

A Psychologist and A Breslover Walk into A Studio....

Mordechai Roth & Adi Ran - Close Your Eyes 

Avremi Gimel

האיש מאחורי התווים של המוזיקה החסידית

More Peeps

"The Break Music Guy" This peep is the one who will come over while the band is on break and some music is playing through the PA and remark "oh, so the keyboard plays itself!" or "so you guys just play along to recordings!" or another similar comment. It's always a guy, for some reason. "The Back of the Room Dancer" This peep can be spotted singing and dancing along to the music at the back of the room. She (it's always a she) can often be found attempting to lure her boyfriend/significant other, or even sometimes girlfriends onto the dance floor. Although she is often unsuccessful, we appreciate the positive feedback about song choice.

The Politics of Music

Israeli singer's visa request for UN performance denied