Archive for the 'Jewish Music' Category
Jewish music and disaffected Jews
I had an interesting discussion with one of my cousins at my brothers wedding that past weekend. We were catching up a bit and ended up chatting about that blog and Jewish music. He’s a typical American disaffected, non-observant, cultural Jew and found the notion of a Jewish music blog a bit perple…
More on Samaech’s “Siman Tov Mazel Tov” Wedding Album
Here’s a quick addendum’s to this week’s post on Samaech music’s “Siman Tov Mazel Tov” wedding music compilation album.First, when I wrote the post I forgot that Samaech sent me sampler track and the songlist. It would be a shame not to pass them along, so here you go.Original post by Jack
Maaco does Matchmaker, Matchmaker
I forget whether I was home on the North Coast (aka Michigan) or in Los Angeles when I saw it, but it cracked me up. There, on TV, was a new television spot for Maaco “America’s Bodyshop.” Cars were spinning and dancing and changing colors faster than a chameleon with Attention Deficit Disorder, all…
More on David in Shadow and Light
After I posted about Daniel Hoffman and Yehuda Hyman’s new musical David in Shadow and Light at the Theater J in Washington DC last week I received a nice note from the folks at Theater J. They wanted everyone to know that they had some special events planned relative to the musical. Here’s the not…
Field analyzing Jewish wedding music: Sameach’s Siman Tov Mazel Tov
Has it been a week since I posted? Whew. Sorry folks, it’s been pretty hectic. I was scrambling to finish up some work prior to skipping town for my brother’s wedding. Me and my gang flew west to LA for one of the coolest wedding’s ever. My brother married a lovely Chinese American woman. The cerem…
Demo track for “David in Shadow and Light”
I exchanged some e mail that afternoon with Daniel Hoffman, the composer of “David in Shadow and Light.” Daniel sent me a .mp3 recording of a demo track for one of the David songs and the following note”sure you can use it - as enlarged as you include that description/disclaimer:Blood, DavidBook and…
David Krakauer’s Abraham, Inc - Live at the Apollo
Ok, so I missed that one. It was another MMH show (many miles from here), so I wouldn’t have been able to attend but what a cool line up. I saw Krakauer and Socalled here on the North Coast a while back, the addition of Fred Wesley is amazing. The Apollo website has more information and that great …
David in Shadow and Light, a new musical
Here’s quick press release for a show that looks interesting. I wonder whether I’ll manufacture it down to DC in day catch the show.(Washington, DC) — Theater J presents the world premiere of DAVID IN SHADOW AND LIGHT, a contemporary musical retelling of the biblical tale of King David by Yehuda H…
Do You Know The Words?
I was just catching up on the Life in Israel blog and caught a great pointer to a new Jewish music blog. It’s called Know the Words and it wants to help us, well, know the worlds. Specifically, know the words to a repertoire of religious Hebrew language songs that get sung at traditional Jewish simc…
Hatikvah, the World Record Singalong
Israel’s 60th birthday is coming up and I take in about new celebrations nearly daily now. One entertaining one is Israeli businesswoman Galia Albin’s plan to break the break the Guinness world record for “Most society singing an anthem simultaneously” on May 7, 2008. whether you feel like singing …















