Over the next 13 years, Mensh snorted cocaine (sometimes off the turntables at his disc jockey gigs), added acid and Quaaludes to the mix, and imbibed to the point that he blacked out, only to awaken in a ditch or a stranger\’s car or bed.
When Israeli band häMAKOR headlined the Israel Day Concert in Central Park, front man Nachman Solomon walked onstage with an Israeli flag draped around his shoulders and blue-and-white souvenir sunglasses tucked into his jeans pocket
Rami Kleinstein music video \’Winds of War\’ ( Hebrew)
In planning the May 10 celebratory \”Israel at 60\” megaconcert for Hollywood\’s Kodak Theatre, the producers went down the A-list of Jewish celebrities, requesting their presence at what is hoped to be the grandest celebration in Los Angeles of Israel\’s 60th year of independence.
It is no easy feat to yell melodiously, but the Jewish rock quartet, The Shondes, has achieved just that. The screams on their new album, \”The Red Sea,\” sound ancient and somewhat cantorial, piping in from the Old Testament to talk to us about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, misogyny, Bible tales and intimacy.
It didn\’t make Britain\’s Top Ten Christmas records, but it\’s still a killer version: Lauren Rose sings \’Hava Nagila\’ like you\’ve never heard it — or danced it — before!
It is commonplace that the best comedy is essentially serious. Of course, clichÃÂ(c)s often have an underlying truth, so maybe that explains why Rob Tannenbaum, one half of the comedy-music duo, Good for the Jews, playing at the Knitting Factory on Dec. 14, is both a very funny guy, and nevertheless someone who discusses his work in surprisingly sober terms.
CD reviews, Metropolitan Klezmer, \”Traveling Show\”, The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience (featuring Quartet Ashkenazim), \”Baym Taykh\”, Blue Fringe, \”The Whole World Lit Up\” , Gail Javitt, \”Like a Braided Candle, Songs for Havdalah\”, Klezamir, \”Warm Your Hands\”, Romashka, \”Romashka\”, Chana Rothman, \”We Can Rise\”, Slavic Soul Party, \”Teknochek Collision\”.
It\’s Police-style power reggae as the Moshe Skier Band rocks \’Baruch HaShem\’
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