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