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First in a Series: Shimon’s Review of “Purim MiX”

Happy Adar, everyone!  In honor of the season, I will be putting out a series of reviews of Purim-themed albums in the coming weeks.  If there are any particular albums you want to hear about, cont...

Shimon’s Review of “Kolot” by Yaakov Shwekey

                    In 2000, R’ Shmuel Brazil released the album Shuvu, a compilation of new songs which featured some new and upcoming singers, including a young Sefardi vocalist from Brooklyn nam...

OutofTowner Reviews Bnei Heichala by Benny Friedman

                      I have a habit of starting reviews and never finishing them, so when I am in the middle of a review I am loathe to stop because I am not sure I’ll ever finish. However, I have...

OutofTowner Reviews Modim Anachnu Lach by Baruch Levine

                      The past few months I have been on an unofficial leave of absence from JMR (no worries guys…it was paternity leave) but that hasn’t stopped me from listening to and enjoying s...

Shimon’s Review of “Breather” by Shlomi Cohen

                      UPDATE: Thank you so much to Shlomi Cohen for his feedback on the first version of this review.  Apparently, my ear isn’t as good as I thought it was, and I misidentified a fe...

[Audio] Now in Stores! B’nei Heichala – A Shabbos with Benny Friedman

Talk about taking a break for Shabbos. “We were deep in the process of putting the pieces together for our next album,” says Benny Friedman, “when we decided to go in another direction and create s...