Interview with R’ Tuvia Bolton: “Gaaguim”
Rabbi Tuvia Bolton is a fascinating person; not your typical artist, by any means. A Rosh Yeshiva and Maggid Shiur for many years at the Ohr Temimim yeshiva for Baalei Teshuva in Kfar C...
Dave Sharpner: Why I Don’t Get My Music Free
An open letter to Jewish music fans everywhere: I love good Jewish music. Wether its Shwekey, or 8thday, or my favorite singer Lipa Schmeltzer, it matters not who, when a new cd comes...
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...
iPhone Song By: Rabbi Shalom Muskat
Set to the tune of MBD’s Kulam Ahuvim, Rabbi Shalom Muskat has put together a song that seems to be making the rounds in Lakewood, Israel and beyond. The iPhone Song, performed, recorded, mixed an...
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...
Review: Yaakov Shwekey – Kolot
Holy smokes! This album is going to knock your socks off. This is the first album in years that I can say I enjoyed the first time I listened to it. Normally, it takes me 5 – ...