Music
by Marcy Oster | Jun 5, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons — born Chaim Witz in Haifa to Hungarian-Jewish immigrants — says his late mother almost never spoke about her experiences during the Holocaust, including her time spent in Nazi concentration camps. But a German newspaper recently... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Jun 2, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Film & TV, Fun, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts
If you haven’t heard of the comic rapper Lil Dicky, and you are at least tangentially interested in rap or comedy, you should familiarize yourself with him. Of course, you’ll need to be OK dealing with a good amount of blatant vulgarity. You read his name... read more
by Staff Report | May 20, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Music
Lo Irah rah is Hebrew for do not fear. It’s also the name of a Jewish musical response to the COVID-19 pandemic led by Baltimorean David Lipsitz and featuring his friends and fellow vocalists, Jeremy Schonzeit, Ayton Sanders and Mordy Weinstein. David Lipsitz... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Apr 22, 2020 | Arts & Life, Music
At 34, Owings Mills native Jordan Goodman has already fulfilled many of his dreams. Now, he wants to help others fulfill theirs. A professional musician and licensed psychotherapist, Goodman, who lives in Remington, is founder of Beatwell, an initiative that creates... read more
by Aliza Friedlander | Mar 25, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Music, The Arts
It takes less than a minute of listening to Max Schwartz Bent’s new podcast, “Sound Tales,” to recognize his immense talent. What started as an experiment for Bent, a musician and beat boxer, has become a tapestry of stories, songs and sounds created only with... read more
by JTA | Feb 26, 2020 | Arts & Life, Music
By Lior Zaltzman I grew up with Pink. The Jewish pop singer’s first two albums, “Can’t Take Me Home” and “Missundaztood,” came out during bat mitzvah season for me, and her songs truly got the party started. Yes, they were catchy, but they were also vulnerable, wise... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Feb 12, 2020 | Arts & Life, Music
Sammy Miller and his girlfriend, Misha, grew up in vastly different cultures. Miller was raised Jewish in suburban Los Angeles, while Misha was raised Muslim in Karachi, Pakistan, and moved to the United States when she was 12. Miller also happens to be a musician, a... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jan 30, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Fun, Museum, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts
Bagels and banjos. Hebrew and harmonicas. Isaac Bashevis Singer and Pete Seeger. You could say that Jewish culture and the American folk music tradition are a natural fit. Do banjos and Yiddishkeit mix? (File photo) The staff at the Jewish Museum of Maryland realized... read more
by Linda L. Esterson | Jan 15, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Film & TV, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts
Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harrison Fribush had a dream. A Krieger Schechter eighth grade student, Harrison dreamed of members of his Pikesville day school’s choir singing in harmony with their peers from the Cardinal Shehan School, a private Catholic school in... read more
by Staff Report | Jan 8, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts
The final recordings of the late Jewish rapper Mac Miller will be released on Jan. 17, his family announced in a statement. Miller, 26, who was born Malcolm James McCormick, died Sept. 7, 2018, of an accidental drug overdose while in the middle of recording an album.... read more
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