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Acclaimed Pianist and Peabody Instructor Leon Fleisher Dies at 92
Celebrated concert pianist, conductor, pedagogue and longtime Peabody Institute faculty member Leon Fleisher died of cancer on Aug. 2. A Baltimore resident since 1959, he was 92. “With the passing of Leon Fleisher, the music world has lost one of its towering...
Gene Simmons Learns of his Family’s History During the Holocaust
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...
Lil Dicky is Becoming the Larry David of Rap (and a TV Star to Boot)
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...
Singers Salute Pandemic Frontline Workers and Others
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...
Quick 5: Jordan Goodman, The Drum Whisperer
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...
He’s All Mouth: Max Schwartz Bent Explores Sound and Storytelling with New Podcast
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...
Pink and the Power of Aging Gracefully
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...
Jewish Bandleader Makes Musical Statement about Dating his Muslim Girlfriend
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...
Jewish Museum of Maryland to Host Baltimore’s First-Ever Jewish Folk Life Festival
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...Upcoming Events
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