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 music is - and has been.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

There’s a Grammy for Christian music. These musicians want Jewish music to get one, too.

(J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — There is a Grammy Award for just about every kind of music — from pop to metal to New Age to Contemporary Christian — but there’s no Jewish ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Woodstock, but make it Orthodox: A Jewish music festival comes to the Catskills

Yamim Ba’im, starring Orthodox Israeli superstar Ishay Ribo, will take place Aug. 7 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts — the same site as the legendary 1969 Woodstock Festival. An Orthodox Jewish ...
Sun Sentinel

How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music

(New York Jewish Week) A collection of documents described as a treasure trove of Jewish music has been acquired by the New York Public Library, after being hidden in a cantor’s basement in Yonkers ...
The Atlantic

How ‘Glee’ and ‘Pitch Perfect’ Paved the Way for a Jewish Music Tradition

The song is called “I Hate A Cappella,” and the joke is that it was composed and performed by an a cappella group, The Richter Scales. The group, comprised largely of Ivy League tech workers in San ...
The Jewish Exponent

‘Spinning Gold’ Movie Departs From Hollywood Stereotypes About Jewish Music Producers

In the hit show “The Sopranos,” veteran actor Jerry Adler plays mob-adjacent Jewish businessman Hesh Rabkin, who made a fortune in the music business decades earlier. In a first season episode, Hesh ...