Blue Box
Jazz and klezmer merge on 'Azoy Tsu Tsveyt'
Joel Rubin listened to and learned from aging klezmorim Sid Beckerman and Max Epstein, on his road to clarinet virtuosity....
Dave Liebman Big Band brims over with talent
Jazz veteran Dave Liebman composed all of the tunes on his new album, As Always (MAMA Records), and is the...
What it means to be Finnish and Jewish
New York-based artist Dina Kantor, a Minneapolis native, explores the personal significance of what it means to have both Finnish...
Dan Israel rocks on Crosstown Traveler
Dan Israel, the singer-songwriter and state employee from St. Louis Park, submits his latest bid for rock stardom with the...
'Korkoro' brims with life in the face of brutality
Director Tony Gatlif (Latcho Drom) tells the story of a Roma (Gypsy) family trying to maintain their nomadic lifestyle in...
Entertaining 'Jews and Baseball' doc on DVD
You can tune in on the dispiriting spectacle of the Twins’ demise, or you can watch the greatly enjoyable and...
Guitarist and composer Nadav Remez shines
It seems that there is an unending supply of stellar Israeli musicians migrating to the United States. Further evidence of...
Keren Ann warns of ‘Trouble’ on new disc
Dutch/Israeli chanteuse Keren Ann stocks the record store shelves with a new CD, 101 (Blue Note), which contrasts her melancholy,...
The ‘Socalled’ Movie can be enjoyed in your home
Socalled, a.k.a. Josh Dolgin, the Montreal-based composer and klezmer/hip-hop artist, is known to millions from the brilliant YouTube video of...
Presenting this year’s Purim shpiel in rhyme
Minneapolis-based publisher Kar-Ben has released "The Queen Who Saved Her People" by Tilda Balsley, a new adaptation of the well-known...
