\”There was level of musical sophistication that goes with the kind of music you can play on the mandolin, and my intention was to start a new acoustic-fusion thing, with an emphasis on string and wind instruments,\” said Eric Stein, who went on to form Beyond the Pale, a klezmer-fusion band.
Temple Shalom for the Arts has a little part of its soul in Los Angeles gospel, when the independent congregation will host the pre-Passover Shared Heritage of Freedom service at the Wilshire Theatre on April 15.
In America, celebrity divas are instantly recognizable by their first names: Madonna. Britney.
Israel has its own diva: Rita.
\”Chronicles: Volume One\” by Bob Dylan (Simon & Schuster), $24.
Toward the end of last year\’s rambling, barely coherent film \”Masked and Anonymous,\” Bob Dylan, its masked and anonymous star, spoke in voice-over one of his most direct and self-revelatory addresses. Fittingly, it was about the limits of what we are allowed to know:
With angry lyrics that court controversy, two multiplatinum albums and a third on the way, his own clothing line, record label, legions of fans and glittering religious jewelry, Subliminal could easily be mistaken for a Jewish P.Diddy.
Wayne Hinton is a Methodist, and he understands what Jewish audiences will feel when they hear a performance by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony.
\”It\’s like when you hear a Frenchman conducting French music,\” said Hinton, the symphony\’s executive director. \”It\’s akin to their soul.\”
The soul, or more specifically the soul aflame, will anchor the symphony\’s Dec. 19 performance at Temple Israel of Hollywood, where the shul\’s Nimoy Concert Series will host the West Coast premiere of \”Souls on Fire,\” an oratorio based on Elie Wiesel\’s book on centuries of Chasidic leaders.
Jews have been part of hip-hop since its beginning,\” said Josh Noreck of the Hip Hop Hoodios, a Latino Jewish rap group based out of Los Angeles and New York.
Growing up in the Oakland public school system, MC Hyim began freestyling when he was 8 years old. Today, he performs and produces conscious hip-hop, encouraging listeners to do tikkun olam — take the anger and pain from today\’s society and transform it into something good: \”As important as it is to acknowledge and understand the history of what we might call Babylon,\” Hyim said, \”it\’s important to move beyond it.
