How the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra turns Jewish music stereotypes upside down

From Baroque Italy to ancient Hebrew poetry, Philharmonia Baroque's "Jewish Nightlife" overturns easy ideas about what Jewish ...
J. The Jewish News of Northern California

This chanteuse brought Yiddish music to life a century ago

This forgotten musician was once a world-famous singer of both opera and Yiddish folk music. Isa Kremer was a diva who took ...

Charlotte professor’s new book details Jewish music, survival during the Holocaust

Partisan Song” tells how a Jewish engineer from Ukraine became a guerilla war hero. His music will be heard for the first time in 83 years.
TribLIVE.com

In harmony: Jewish women connect through music

On a recent evening, a group of Jewish women gathered at Chabad of Squirrel Hill to rehearse for an upcoming performance. It didn’t take the women long to learn the finale they will perform at “The ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Inspired by the pandemic, Jewish musicians are rolling out a year’s worth of spiritual ‘healing songs’

“We’re kind of hard-wired to digest grief and turn it into art or song,” said Elana Brody, a Jewish singer-songwriter. (JTA) — It was only about a week into lockdown last spring when Elana Brody took ...
COLlive

Florida CTeen’s Upbeat Dance Track Spreads Jewish Pride

A new upbeat, high-energy Jewish pride song created by C-Teen of the Shul of Bal Harbour, Florida is making waves among ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive Catalogs Songs in Yiddish and Hebrew

“Understanding popular music -- how it was manufactured and consumed -- is one of the key elements to understanding Israeli culture,” according to Lewis H. Glinert, a professor of Asian and Middle ...
Times-Standard

Jewish Music and Culture Festival starts Sunday

Temple Beth El’s fifth annual Humboldt Jewish Music and Culture Festival kicks off Sunday evening and then continues on March 16 and 17. A program called “The Angel’s Wings: Music & Tales for the Soul ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Spotify’s Jewish music makes me feel like a kid again

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”) ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Reviving 'Songs For The Jewish-American Jet Set'

Tikva Records was founded as an independent Jewish record label in 1947. For three decades, it would record everything from folk songs to klezmer... Reviving 'Songs For The Jewish-American Jet Set' ...
Times-Standard

‘The joy of Jewish music and culture’

Temple Beth El will hold its fourth annual Humboldt Jewish Music and Culture Festival Feb. 12, 18, 19 and 26. “(This) is an opportunity for the Jewish community and friends of the Jewish community to ...
Worcester Telegram on MSN

'We celebrate each other': Jewish, Black communities join in 'Songs of Hope' concert

"We strengthen one another": "Songs of Hope" concert celebrates the historical bond between Worcester's Black and Jewish ...