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Popular Shalva band won’t play Eurovision due to Shabbat schedule

February 6, 2019/By/InNews/0 Comment

The Shalva group, a beloved Israeli band featuring musicians with special needs, has dropped out of the Eurovision Song contest in May because compulsory rehearsals for the Saturday-night finals will take place on Shabbat. The group, composed of several members who are blind and some with Down syndrome, made its announcement on Wednesday. They will […] Read More

Jewish Liturgical Music Conference and Shabbaton (2019)

February 4, 2019/By/InEvents/0 Comment

Shabbaton: March 8-9 Conference: March 10-11 2019 in Chicago To register for the conference, the Shabbaton, or both, please click here. The conference schedule (subject to change) is available here. The Shabbaton schedule (subject to change) is available here. (Please note that you will need to scroll quite far to the right in order to see the entire schedule.) A non-exhaustive map showing […] Read More

‘Yiddish Glory’ CD records Jewish pain and resistance in World War II obtains a Grammy Nomination

February 4, 2019/ByJewish Website/InCD of The Week, Featured, Music, Yiddish Song of the Week, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, an album produced in Toronto, has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best World Music Album. The awards ceremony on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles will reveal how it fares against four challengers: albums by Nigerian bandleaders Omara “Bombino” Moctar and Seun Kuti, […] Read More

Is There Mystical Meaning in Klezmer?

February 1, 2019/By/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

Question: It seems that Hebrew music is always in minor. Is that correct, and if so, is there a spiritual significance? Answer: I also found this intriguing. Even more intriguing is the explanation I found in Shaarei Teshuva, a mystical work written by Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch in the early 19thcentury. First of all, some preface: Western […] Read More

Mitch Smolkin / A song is born

February 1, 2019/By/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

Right from the opening notes from the Didgeridoo, you can tell that Mitch Smolkin’s A Song Is Born is going to be an interesting listening experience. Smolkin leads us on a wondrous journey through Yiddish song, infused with world music in such a way that the album transcends the way we relate to this music. South American […] Read More

‘Jewish music’ program thrills at UC San Diego

February 1, 2019/By/InEvents, Featured/0 Comment

Story by Eileen Wingard, Photos by Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel The venerable UCSD pianist, Cecil Lytle, chooses a different theme each year for the annual Lytle Scholarship Concert, raising funds for UC San Diego’s Preuss High School. The theme for this year’s 23rd concert was “Jewish Music, from Bessarabia to Broadway.” It was dedicated to […] Read More

Science Meets Music: Technical Studies of Musical Instruments

January 30, 2019/By/InEvents, Music/0 Comment

SPEAKER: Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford, Stephanie Zaleski, Isabelle Muller, Lynn Brostoff, Jayme Kurland, Jean-Philippe Echard EVENT DATE: 2018/04/10 RUNNING TIME: 129 minutes TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window) DESCRIPTION: Technical studies of historical musical instruments remain relatively uncommon in the field of cultural heritage. This program features recent in-depth studies that serve as models of collaborations among […] Read More

Avishai Cohen – Morenika / Manuela Mameli’s project

January 22, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Live on studio Acusticum in Piteå ( Sweden) , Manuela Mameli ‘s Jazz, Samba project. 28-11-2011 vocal : Manuela Mameli piano ; Gustav Afsahi drum: Oscar Fridolfsson bass : Robin Jonsson guitar : Carl Sjöström flute : Marina Cyrino percussions : Denis Diaz pandeiro : Davod Basiri Read More

TEVYE SERVED RAW comes back up again!

January 21, 2019/By/InEvents/0 Comment

TEVYE SERVED RAW premiered in July. And every review was a rave. “Riotously funny” — This Week In New York “Exceptional performers with a real command of the language… Something to see” — Jewish Standard “Uproarious and deeply touching… A sheer delight” — BlogCritics “Brings back the real Tevye” — CurtainUp “It’s not possible to be more […] Read More

Yale Strom’s Broken Consort: Shimmering Lights has been nominated for the San Diego Music Awards 2019

January 21, 2019/By/InFeatured, News/0 Comment

Grammy Award-winning troubadour Jason Mraz is one of the top nominees for the 2019 edition of the San Diego Music Awards, which will be held March 11 at downtown’s House of Blues. Tickets go on sale Monday. Mraz, who will perform at the all-ages awards fete, is nominated for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year […] Read More