From Baroque Italy to ancient Hebrew poetry, Philharmonia Baroque's "Jewish Nightlife" overturns easy ideas about what Jewish ...
This article originally appeared on Kveller. When searching for songs for a playlist I was putting together for my kids on Spotify, I came across a tune — “Pana HaGeshem,” (“The Rain has Gone Away”) ...
The beloved Jewish folk song, which is about a century old, is appearing more and more at sporting events, private parties and trendy bars. By Alyson Krueger On a Monday afternoon in May, “Hava Nagila ...
Kate Bush is enjoying an out-of-nowhere, late-career moment. At 63, the English art-rock singer-songwriter with the distinctive soprano and a four-octave range finds herself with her greatest hit, ...
This past week Rolling Stone magazine published an updated list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” It was the first time the list has been updated since 2004, and out of curiosity, we combed the ...
In August 1945, as World War II was drawing to a close, a 10-year-old Jewish orphan named Valya Roytlender sang a song called "My Mother's Grave" to a Soviet ethnomusicologist in Bratslav, Ukraine.
Jewish rock music is a relatively new concept among American Jews but has found its way into traditional services as a way to connect people to their faith. Rick Recht, song leader and legendary ...