Israeli Music
Israeli Pop Duo Static & Ben-El Sign With Capitol Records
The deal was facilitated by Israeli-American media mogul Haim Saban.
Radiohead Frontman Releases Statement Condemning BDS
“Music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them,” Thom Yorke wrote.
WATCH: African American Hasidic Rapper in Star-Studded Music Video
Nissim Baruch Black’s religious path has been winding. He was raised a non-practicing Sunni Muslim, converted to Christianity at age 14, embraced Messianic Christianity as an adult — and ultimately converted to Orthodox Judaism between 2010 and 2012. Seattle-born, he immigrated to Israel last year.
Israeli Apocalypse Rock Breaks Big Stateside
Vaadat Chirigim is an Israeli rock band poised to break big stateside. Guitarist Yuval Haring talks about music, the apocalypse and ‘fat pinkish rich politicians.’
Monday Music: Banned in Tel Aviv, Monotonix Tours Stateside
Though they hail from Tel Aviv, punk outfit Monotonix sounds like 1970s New York punk by way of Los Angeles rockabilly garage heroes like X, The Germs and Alice Bag. On their new album, the speedy half hour long “Not Yet,” lead singer Ami Shalev expectorates, clears his throat and howls through 10 fast-paced tracks. As the second track, “Everything That I See,” opens, Shalev hacks (“ooo-cha-cha”) and then croaks, “Slide my arms to shipping my faith / Shout so strong but not be afraid.” Without Shalev’s garbling Israeli-accent and bizarre syntactical delivery they’re emo lyrics. With them they’re simply surreal.
Jazz Great — and Gone
Crossposted from Haaretz
Praying Along With Avishai Cohen's Latin Jewish Jazz
In the high-ceilinged atrium of the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden, Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen gave a free concert Saturday in a forest of palm trees. The show was part of Daniel Pearl World Music Days, an international network of concerts honoring the slain American journalist. For the project’s mission of reaffirming a commitment to tolerance and humanity, there was no better choice than Cohen.
Ran Shabtay's Focused Folk
Crossposted from Haaretz
Israel's Desert Music Festival
Crossposted from Haaretz
A Piano to the Rescue
Crossposted from Haaretz