Early in the 1980s, a pop legend in a mid-life lull reached back into ancient history for inspiration. The song did not come easy. Banging his head in frustration on a hotel-room floor, Leonard Cohenground out about 80 stanzas before finally achieving the perfect anthem that is “Hallelujah”. And no one got it. CBS Records […]
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Tomorrowland 2019, this years’ biggest electronic music festival was held over the last two weekends in Boom, Belgium. Tomorrowland 2019 delivered two full weekends of music madness, making it the ultimate music festival escape. The most renowned electronic dance music artists performed the best of electronic music across various stages. Tomorrowland is the esteemed Belgian […]
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This September, Melbourne’s Festival of Jewish Arts and Music (FOJAM) is making its shining debut to celebrate Jewish artforms in all their wild, cutting-edge and beautiful splendour. This year’s theme, ‘Walk on the Wild Side’, inspired by legendary Jewish post-punk pioneer Lou Reed, will bring together artists from across the globe who push boundaries, experiment […]
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The stage was set. The musicians played. The featured performer read Yiddish poems accompanied by klezmer music. The crowd was excited. I was, too. The whole experience gave off the vibe of being in a club. Except we weren’t. We were in the multipurpose room at Temple Mishkon Tephilo in Venice for an afternoon event […]
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In the framework of the JMRC project dedicated to the life and work of cellist, composer, researcher and pedagogue Joachim-Yehoyachin Stutschewsky (1891-1982) we are glad to launch an online world-premiere recording of Stutschewsky’s forgotten work 13 Jewish Folk Tunes by cellist and researcher Racheli Galay and composer and pianist Amit Weiner. This early work from 1924 shows […]
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Sounds from Egypt, Morocco and Syria. Songs of Yemen and Ethiopia. More a tribute to the Israeli artist Ofra Haza. “Saied and Los Ídishe” invite us to immerse ourselves in a mixture of Eastern and Western languages that include Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic and Ladino. That’s where the spiritual, the ethnic and the original coexist with […]
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VIDEOCLIP “LEMALA” Speechless Aladdin Cover By Saúl Suli Camera Director Audio and Editing Xavier Escamilla A production of Saúl Suli Entertainment productions lyrics Rajel Chayo Musical idea and location By Saúl Suli Entertainmet & pro A song of Naomi Scott (Speecless Aladdin Disney Records Movie 2019) Orchestra By Mauricio Barajas & Company Recording and Mastering […]
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Jews have been involved in the growth and development of almost every mainstream musical genre. Direct references to Jewish themes and culture, however, have mostly been reserved for Jewish and Israeli music. Then again, there is that little jazz ditty about bagels. If you’ve never heard it, that’s understandable, as it’s gradually been forgotten with […]
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Introducing a new and exciting duo from Johannesburg, South Africa named “Derech Achim.” The group is comprised of two brother in laws, Reuven Garber, and Jared Lazarus. The vision of Derech Achim is to compose music that first moves your soul before it moves your body, using a diverse palette of musical genres not traditionally […]
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David Amos did unusual programming at TICO’s recent concert at Tifereth Israel Synagogue by opening with the longest work of the evening, Dvorak’s New World Symphony. However, the orchestra musicians seemed warmed up enough to plunge into this iconic music and bring forth the familiar melodies with all the energy they could muster. This work […]
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