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Shimon’s Review of “A Time For Music XXVII: Celebrating 40 Years of Camp HASC”

Full disclosure: I love, love, love the annual HASC Concert.  It is—and has been for many years—the flagship event of the Jewish Music industry, featuring many of the greatest stars of past, presen...

Shimon’s Review of “Am Yisroel” by R’ Nachman Seltzer and Shira Chadasha

The boys’ choir has always been a mainstay of Jewish music.  From the earliest chassidishe choirs, to Amudei Shaish and Toronto Pirchei in the ‘70s, to Tzlil V’zemer and Miami in the ‘80s and ‘90s,...

Shimon’s Review of “Hearts Mind” by Eli Schwebel

Jewish music has reached a bit of a comfort zone.  Albums have a formula which listeners expect: 4 discos + 4 slow songs + 1 kumzitzy-“Shiru Lamelech”-type song + 1 or 2 rock songs (optional: 1 fre...

Shimon’s Review of “A Cappella Soul 2” by Ari Goldwag

I started caring about Jewish Music in earnest when I was in middle school, and the hottest singers among my circle of friends were not the MBDs and Avraham Frieds of the world—we were Miami Boys’ ...

SPLASHNEWS-Review of Ari Goldwag-SOUL 2

                @SPLASHNEWSUSA: If you are looking for a well-balanced, sefira album without music, (years ago that would not have made sense!) this is it! Ari Goldwag has been making music for a w...