Sarah Dukes: Music to Put You in the Shabbos Mood
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Sarah Dukes started playing piano when she was six years old and composed her first song at the mere age of eight. Classically trained until she was 18, the...
Become A Team Player By Hiring One
By Gershon Veroba
Like anyone else working in the same field for a long time, I’ve learned a lot and I am still learning more than I could ever share...
The Evolution: What Happened To Jewish Music?
By Gershon Veroba
I grew up in an atmosphere of musical extremes. Both my parents were career wedding performers — my mother specializing in opera and Yiddish, while my father...
Rogosnitzky’s New CD Sets Reveal the Soul of High Holiday Davening
By Sandy Eller
Three times a day, we open our Siddurim and our hearts to the Ribbono shel Olam. As much as tefillah plays a large part in our everyday...
Singer, Composer and Producer Shim Craimer of Riverdale Prepares for ‘Aliyah’
Shim Craimer, whose dulcet tones and high energy have secured his place as a sought-after Jewish musical performer nationwide, has sung at hundreds of weddings in the New York...
Heard in the Bagel Store: He Could Be Something
Every now and then a story comes to your attention—or, in this case, to my attention—that is not relegated to the schedule or “to do” list to be addressed...
Belz Chassid Singer Shulem Lemmer Signs Major Record Deal
Marking perhaps the first time that a singer from the orthodox Hasidic community has been signed to major label, Shulem Lemmer’s debut singles, “Bring Him Home,” and “Jerusalem Of...
Classical Pianist Sarah Dukes Pays Tribute To Victims Of Tragic Kidnapping Of 2014
It has been four years since the terrorist kidnapping and brutal murders of three Israeli teenagers, Naftali, Gilad, and Eyal. The news left so many of us with so...
Eurovision Winner Signs International Distribution Deal
Netta Barzilai, the Israeli winner of Eurovision 2018, has signed a global distribution deal for her winning song, “Toy.”
The deal was signed with S-Curve/BMG.
“Toy” is officially the most viewed...
Netta Wins Eurovision Final for Israel
Israel's Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision final in Libson, Portugal, on Saturday night.
Earlier Saturday, Israel was ranked in second place in the betting charts, but ultimately trounced the other...
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