Since nearly every major and not-so-major band in the universe is prepping for South By Southwest (the hugemongous Austin, TX music festival) next week, there isn’t very much concert news happening on either coast.
With the annual Jewish Music Festival coming up soon (March 20-29), Bay Area audiophile Jews should have little cause for complaint. The fest will include world music, Israeli rock and Argentinian klezmer, among other genres.
Husky-voiced local Jewish vocalist Rykarda Parasol will perform TONIGHT (Thursday, Feb. 18) at the Hemlock Tavern alongside ambient math rockers Chambers.
Parasol, who lives and plays in San Francisco, was born to a Polish father who escaped…
I have often told myself that I want to change the world - and yet I'm not sure how to do so. My intentions are good. But my actions? Um, does reading and writing about activists count?
If you've ever felt the disparity between your aspirations and your actions, come…
Last week, a crowd gathered outside of my office building to gawk and shout at -- and be shocked by -- the posse of Midwesterners holding signs that said "God hates fags" and "Jews killed Jesus."
Cantor Shimon Craimer has joined the worldwide effort to assist the people of Haiti following the country's devastating earthquake earlier the month. The UK-born vocalist released "Bring Them Peace" on his website www.shimoncraimer.com. Visitors to the site can download the…
Vampire Weekend is having a moment. The band recently appeared on MTV’s “Unplugged” surrounded by drippy candles and a plunky string section and the adorable rockers performed live on the Tonight Show with Conan…
'Tis the season for Jewish-pride parody songs! I was just saying last week that I am not typically a fan of comedy songs, but now South Florida’s SHEER has come out with this…
I had no idea Jews ever lived east of Siberia (okay, actually, I had no idea anyone lived east of Siberia given that the term has an end-of-the-earth-like connotation). I began reading about the history of this part of the world, known as the Jewish Autonomous Region, in a
A Bay Area synagogue will host a Grateful Dead-infused Shabbat service next week. For serious.
Congregation Etz Chayim plans to celebrate a Halloween-y Shabbat weekend with "Erev Halloween Grateful Dead Service" at 6:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. The service, which includes a helpful booklet, will explore spiritual interpretations of the…
Watch out glam-fans, a glitter bomb just exploded. Okay, I stole the "glitter bomb" description from MTV.com but it just works so well. I apologize. Anyways, today glittery American Idol-runner up Adam Lambert tweeted that he's been working in the studio with Lady…
The Brooklyn-based indie rockers of MGMT (one of whom is Jewish) are officially within our lovely city. Tonight the duo will play a sold-out (like, seriously sold out, within minutes according to SFist) show at the Independent and tomorrow (Saturday) they…
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