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Fiddler On The Roof (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording)

September 30, 2019/By/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

One of the most jubilant, beloved soundtracks of all time just got even better! This 30th-anniversary reissue includes If I Were a Rich Man; Sunrise, Sunset; Matchmaker , and the rest of the original release (featuring the late, great Isaac Stern)-PLUS five unreleased tracks, a recently discovered “underscore” by conductor John Williams, rare photos, movie […] Read More

Judeo-Spanish song: a Mediterranean-wide interactive tradition

September 30, 2019/ByJudith R. Cohen/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Abstract Judeo-Spanish Sephardic (“Ladino”) songs have been sung, remembered, composed, and adapted around the Mediterranean, from the late-fifteenth-century expulsions from Iberian lands to festivals of new Ladino songs. This reflective survey explores mythologies around this multi-site, interactive tradition, of which diaspora and re-invention have been defining elements since its inception. Following a brief background, it […] Read More

The lost Jewish music of Turkey

September 24, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

The Ottoman Empire essentially gave birth to the Eastern Sephardic musical tradition — a richly seasoned stew of Iberian, Turkic, southern European, Mediterranean and Romani ingredients whose appeal extended beyond Europe to the New World. My wife, Ingrid, and I were sitting in the lobby of the Hotel Residence in Istanbul, listening to an Israeli […] Read More

Golden age of Yiddish radio

September 24, 2019/By/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

All that survives from the “golden age” of Yiddish radio in the 1930s to ’50s are a thousand fragile discs, rescued from storerooms, attics, and even dumpsters. But what a story they tell! The Yiddish Radio Project is a celebration of these recordings and of the forgotten geniuses and dreamers who created them. The exhibits […] Read More

The cover of “Behind the Music: Stories, Anecdotes, Articles & Reflections,” by Velvel Pasternak. Credit: Tara Publications.

Behind the Music: Stories, Anecdotes, Articles & Reflections;” by Velvel Pasternak: A book that goes behind the scenes of Hasidic musical heritage

September 24, 2019/ByJewish Website/InNews/0 Comment

By Rabbi Jack Riemer You don’t need to be a scholar of Jewish music to enjoy Velvel Pasternak’s new book, “Behind the Music: Stories, Anecdotes, Articles & Reflections.” You just need to be someone who wants to learn about the adventures of the author, a man who has done more than anyone else in our […] Read More

Music for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

September 24, 2019/ByJewish Website/InFeatured, Music/0 Comment

Rosh Hashahah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown next Sunday September 29th and Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, follows 10 days later. As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, NY, these holidays meant one thing to me: two welcome days off after our new school year had just started. As an adult, I have come […] Read More

Isaac & Rubenstein – Ba Mashiach | אייזק ורובנשטיין – בא משיח

September 24, 2019/ByJewish Website/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

Dan Isaac and Binyomin Rubenstein have been making music together since 2010. Their new and inspiring Jewish music project comes from an array of nigunim (songs) written by Binyomin and developed, recorded and produced by the duo in Israel. Isaac and Rubenstein create acoustic, live, real, and beautiful music with memorable melodies and rich harmonies […] Read More

A Bizele Masheke, a ‘shikers’ (drunk’s) song with translation

September 20, 2019/ByJewish Website/InMusic, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

די זינגערין און מוזיקאָלאָגין דזשיין פּעפּלער, וואָס איז שטענדיק אַ פֿאַרלאָזלעכער קוואַל פֿון טשיקאַווע ווידעאָס פֿון אַלטע לידער, האָט לעצטנס אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ רעקאָרדירונג פֿון ד׳׳ר הענעך סאַפּאָזשניקס זאַמלונגען, אין וועלכער שלמה שמולעוויטש זינגט זײַן בדחנות־ליד „אַ ביסל משקה‟. אין דער רעקאָרדירונג, פֿון 1903, קען מען הערן די שטאַרקע השפּעה וואָס דער אָפּערעטע־סטיל האָט געהאַט אויף […] Read More

Making Music With the Jews of Uganda

September 17, 2019/By Judy Bolton-Fasman/InArticles, Featured, Music/0 Comment

Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, Ph.D., is a man of many talents. He is the Neubauer Executive Director of Hillel at Tufts University and holds appointments as research professor in the department of music and the Judaic studies program. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his album, “Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda,” […] Read More

Spotify’s Jewish music makes me feel like a kid again

September 17, 2019/ByJewish Website/InArticles, Music/0 Comment

When searching for songs for a playlist I was putting together for my kids on Spotify, I came across a tune — “Pana HaGeshem,” (“The Rain has Gone Away”) by Cindy Paley and Ann Brown — that I hadn’t heard in at least 20 years. I discovered that, in addition to remembering all the words […] Read More