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pop music
From Madonna to Vampire Weekend, ‘super producer’ Ariel Rechtshaid makes his mark
Jewish Journal
October 12, 2015
What do Madonna, Vampire Weekend, Usher, the Plain White T’s and Justin Bieber have in common?
Pop music’s leader of the pack, Ellie Greenwich, dies at 68
Jewish Journal
August 26, 2009
Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music\’s most enduring songs, including Chapel of Love, Be My Baby and Leader of the Pack, died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.
Music: All ‘Transport Systems’ are ‘go’ for Ari Gold’s album vision
Nick Street
October 5, 2007
\”I\’m feeling shtetl fabulous,\” singer Ari Gold confesses on the opening track of \”Transport Systems,\” his fourth studio album and the first to reflect his creative vision from concept to completion.
Sounds to stir your soul
George Robinson
September 14, 2007
The records reviewed here are not all (or even mostly) High Holy Days music, but each of them is focused on their spiritual content as much as on the music itself. As a result, they seem an unusually apt group for this time of year.
Music and religion reflect singer’s commitment to God
Danielle Berrin
August 24, 2007
Talking with Dana Mase is like listening to her sing. Her gentle voice calms, even soothes, and you find yourself compelled to listen as she recounts experiences of her troubled childhood and her passionate faith.\n
Rita, Israel’s reigning diva, plays intimate evening in L.A.
Orit Arfa
June 1, 2007
Only Rita could have pulled it off. Her famous \”One\” concert was the first time any Israeli recording artist has attempted such an extravagant, multimedia performance. With its crew of 50 tumbling dancers, grandiose costumes, pyrotechnics and video art, the $5 million production looked like it came right off the Las Vegas Strip.
Cute, menschy boy bands make traditional tunes cool
Leah Hochbaum
November 30, 2006
n June 2005, the Backstreet Boys released \”Never Gone,\” an album filled not with the teeth-rotting pop confections of the group\’s youth, but with songs of a more adult contemporary style.The album\’s relative failure marked a turning point in mainstream music — Backstreet wasn\’t selling, *NSYNC had disbanded and nobody ever really cared what happened to 98 Degrees. The era of the boy band was officially over. In the pop world, that is. In the Orthodox world, it had only just begun.
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