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Can 6 hours of Billy Joel turn critics into believers?
The HBO doc ‘And So it Goes’ makes the case for the Piano Man’s ongoing angst
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Anyone who tells you that you shouldn’t meet your heroes never met Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule was a Queer Jewish icon, a born entertainer, my mentor and my friend
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Sly Stone was one of the funkiest performers on the planet — so why did he record this schmaltzy Doris Day tune?
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Why you’re hearing ‘Hatikvah’ everywhere — or are you?
A number of songs sound similar to 'Hatikvah' — including one in a new movie from China.
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Jill Sobule was as much a Jewish icon as a queer one
The late singer-songwriter’s music broached antisemitism, Nazi-fighting and Jesus’ dreidel-spinning
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After decades of waiting, we’re finally getting a Bob Dylan-Barbra Streisand duet
The two legends will join in song for Babs’ new album of duets
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Even the Holocaust could not silence the music of these composers
The recovered voices movement aims to preserve the work of persecuted artists like Viktor Ullmann and Mieczyslaw Weinberg
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How Janis Ian’s Jewish heritage inspired some of her greatest hits
A new documentary on the singer's life shows the relationship between her faith, her activism, and her songwriting.
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In 1964, when he was just 23, Bob Dylan wrote the prophetic anthem that encapsulates Trump’s America
Decrying a world characterized by materialism, violence and blind conformity, Dylan echoed the warnings of King Solomon
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At a memorabilia auction, Bob Dylan reunites with another noteworthy Bob — and the unsung women behind their careers
Terri Thal and Paula Batson were pivotal figures in the lives of Bob Dylan and Bob Neuwirth
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