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Shimon’s Review of “Kol Haneshama Sheli” by Benny Friedman

The date: Monday, August 13, 2001. The place: Camp Romimu, Sackett Lake, Monticello, New York. It was my second summer at Romimu, and I was the counselor of Bunk Yud Beis, the second youngest bunk ...

Shimon’s Review of “V’Havienu 4”

Fun fact of the day: Did you know that the name “Künstler” is German for “artist”?  It’s appropriate, then, that the Kunstler family is one of the most recognized musical families in Jewish Music t...

Inspiring Voice Reviews Shira Chadasha Volume #5 –

                  Tatty, which album is this?  It starts off  ” whoa,wo-how” sounds like Yeshiva Boys Choir. No, it’s sung with an Israeli accent. Is it a new Miami Mizrach? Hey, the second song is...

Shimon’s Review of “New York Boys Choir: The Sequel”

Very few people have had as much influence on the current state of Jewish Music as Yitzy Bald.  When I was in high school, Mendy Wald’s Sameach was lighting the world on fire, and ten years later h...

New Double CD from Haminagnim: Kumtantz Audio Preview is Here!

(download audio sampler here)   After two successful recordings including both a double audio album & DVD of their creation Kumzing, producer Shalom Vagshal, arranger Moishy Roth and the Hamena...