Monday August 1 Israeli singer Ravid Kahalani and his nine-member blues band, Yemen Blues, rocked the Independent in San Francisco. Kahalani sings in both his native Hebrew and his family's Yemeni dialect of Arabic, fusing jazz, Middle Eastern melodies, and funky blues into one modern brew.
Off The Grid, a popular food truck meet-up already in place in many SF locations, launched a North Berkeley version last week to much success — we heard it was mad crowded. This sixth location of Off the Grid will feature eight…
Matisyahu is revving up to embark on his summer tour.
He'll play a slew of shows across the U.S. during these hot sticky months (elsewhere), finally hitting (cold, windy) San Francisco on Aug. 2 at the Regency…
Some big Jewy music news this week! Chasidic rapper, Y-love’s “See Me” EP hits stores today, as does the second Girls in Trouble record “Half You Half Me” (Jdub).
Check out Y-love’s new video (and get the E.P.) here.
Guns N' Roses member Steven Adler: heavy drummer, addict, Jew. Adler's memoir "My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns' Roses" came out last year, and in it, among other images, the classic bar mitzvah shot.
Yes folk, it's that time of year again — Purim parody videos! This one comes courtesy of The Maccabeats, sung to the tune of Pink's "Raise Your Glass."
It's cute, real cute. So cute, that there's a baby…
The always-excellent Jdub act Sway Machinery has a sparkly new video up this week. The song "Gawad Teriamou" is off the bands forthcoming album The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. 1
Did you know Vanessa Carlton is the descendent of Russian Jews? Neither did I until the stunning pianist stepped in and saved the day at the 10th Annual JFCS Emigre Gala last weekend in San Francisco.
Not satisfied with simply smashing rigid Hasidic stereotypes by becoming a mega-selling reggae star, Matisyahu can now also check off friend to the animals. Last year, he went vegan.
Matisyahu attributes the change to reading “Eating Animals” by Jonathan Safran…
Remember when superfluous boy band music videos clogged up our television sets in ‘90s? Yeah, we sort of, begrudgingly, enjoyed them too. So flashy! So fresh! This awesome new Chanuakah 2010 video courtesy of NCSY…
Breaking news: Neil Diamond (AKA Jewish Elvis) just Tweeted a photo of his super cute dog covered in snow. See above or check the TwitPic. Have a good Thanksgiving Neil -- and you too, Poker.
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