Posts Tagged ‘ musicians ’

The Shondes: The Coney Island of rock bands?

December 27, 2012
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Coney Island — home of legendary knishes, Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs, and that historic roller coaster — is rich with Jewish spirit. A similar thing could be said of the Brooklyn band The Shondes, who so identify with the oceanfront Brooklyn district that they recorded a paean to it for their album, “Searchlights.” (Check…

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Nature Boy

July 17, 2012
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The 1947 song “Nature Boy,” written by eden ahbez, has a long and strange history.…

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A Tribute to Leonard Cohen

June 29, 2012
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Leonard Cohen is a modern-day renaissance man–musician, poet, philosopher, mystic. He’s both a practicing Buddhist and an observant Jew. And, as…

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Silver Jews Ride into the Sunset

June 21, 2012
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These days, writer and musician David Berman is…

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The Precious Age of 13

May 30, 2012
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The singer James Levy’s deep rumbling voice and…

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The Subway Violinist

April 20, 2012
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The violinist Philipe Quint was a child genius. At the…

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Beautiful Land, Beautiful People

February 2, 2012
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Chana Rothman, a folksinger and guitarist, has crafted herself…

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Pop Sabbaticals

December 16, 2011
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Maor Levi is a DJ and producer based…

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The Future of Jewish Music Is Not Adam Sandler

November 28, 2011
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Is Mac Miller the future of secular Jewish culture?…

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Elul Carols

September 9, 2011
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Craig Taubman is mostly known as a musician.…

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King of the Clarinet

August 25, 2011
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Artie Shaw–born Arthur Arshawsky–was a virtuoso clarinet player,…

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Jerusalem of Music

July 7, 2011
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The Israeli composer Kutiman–also known as Ophir Kutiel–might not play an instrument,…

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