The Healing Potentials of Music and Sound within Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicines. Dr. Richard Gold Yuval Ron, composer and performance Uyanga Bold, vocals Join us this year in San Diego for the largest annual acupuncture conference in the US! Passes are available for the day, multiple days, or for the week. Pacific Symposium is […]
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The video for new Leonard Cohen song ‘Happens to the Heart’ has been unveiled ahead of the legendary crooner’s final posthumous LP – watch it below. Set to land on Cohen’s forthcoming album ‘Thanks For the Dance’, the new single follows the release of ‘The Goal’, which arrived last month. Directed by by Sia collaborator Daniel Askill, the video for […]
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ARE YOU READY? Because this year’s lineup is FANTASTIC! https://www.facebook.com/UnitedHatzalahofIsrael/videos/2438107166513440/ Get your tickets and come hear אברהם פריד Avraham Fried Mordechai Shapiro מרדכי שפירא and Simcha Leiner שמחה ליינר this Sukkot in Jerusalem. www.concertinisrael.com
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Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF! Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love and […]
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A collection of previously unheard Leonard Cohen material will be released as Thanks for the Dance, an album described by representatives for the late songwriter as “an unexpected harvest of new songs” and “a continuation of the master’s work”. Cohen had asked his son, Adam, to complete the sketches left over from their prior collaboration […]
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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 […]
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While some musicians discourage concertgoers from singing along, for Hazzan Jessi Roemer, that’s entirely the point. “I’m part of a movement of Jewish musicians who are trying to bring some of the older feeling, when people were huddled together in a small synagogue and space was intimate, and everybody was engaged in the singing,” Roemer said. […]
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With the release of his two singles to date, newcomer Zevi Weinstock is slowly making his mark on Jewish music. His debut single “Shir Shel Shevach” released in September 2018 thrilled music fans across the world with its unique sound and originality. He followed that up with his second single “V’ahavta” which conveyed a message […]
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Join us for San Diego’s inaugural Sephardic Festival! This two-day festival begins with an evening of community and film, featuring a documentary that showcases the stories of San Diego’s very own Sephardim and a feature film about the ever-lasting connection of three Sephardic mothers and sisters. On Sunday, the shuk will liven the day with […]
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David Berman, the poet and songwriter known for his projects Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, has died. Drag City confirmed the news; his cause of death has not been confirmed. He was 52 years old. Berman formed Silver Jews in the late ’80s with Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. The group went through multiple lineup changes and released six studio albums […]
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